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Originally Posted by zilblitz
I absolutely intended no slight at you personally, abarone - I think you would make a great PS pro tbh and if I could vote for you I would. I would vote for sippin criss too for that matter. My point was more regarding Jaime, although his becoming a PS pro did seem to happen exceedingly fast.
Oh I didn't take it as a slight, in fact I wanted to make it clear that I wasn't anti-Jaime at all. A big part of why Jaime became a pro rather quickly is because the Twitch scene exploded almost overnight and Stars wanted to capitalize on that audience in case that flame dims in the coming months. It makes perfect sense, business-wise. WP, Stars.
While I'd love to be a Team Pro, there are several other individuals that I'd vote for ahead of myself. Would my inclusion grow the game? Eh, maybe. I think it would be good for SNGs to have their own 'Pro' to show rec players that you can
make it by playing those games. But I'm certainly not the only possible choice to represent SNGs.
I've mentioned her before, but Katie Dozier (HotJenny314) is probably my #1 pick. She's a great poker player, regularly interacts with the table, active on social media, hits the woman demographic, and is a super friendly person.
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Originally Posted by Rusemandingo
How do you keep the motivational fires going. Youve had money to chill on for a minute. What keeps you grinding and pressing and moving up, as you have the last 18 months or so?
I'm in the minority on this, but I still have a lot of passion for the game. A lot of guys who have been playing for a while are rather withered. They've lost that spark that made poker so enjoyable in the first place, the drive that made them want to put in hours on and off the table.
I guess I still have it.
A common question I'm asked is, 'How much $ would I have to win to quit poker entirely?' The amount is staggering because playing poker remains one of my favorite pastimes and I don't know what else I'd do with my time. When I finished off SNE last November, I planned on spending the rest of the year off the tables. But a few weeks later, I found myself a bit bored and fired up some games.
Being on the 'SNE grind' has really helped motivate me these last 18 months. I don't think I was lacking in that beforehand, but now I have more focus -- I know I need to get x amount of VPPs per day/month and without that pressure I think I'd work less often.
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Originally Posted by Rusemandingo
Youve had money to chill on for a minute.
Wanted to address this by itself -- I'm doing fine, financially. Comfortable. But I'm only 29 and nowhere near retirement, so now would be a terrible time to chill. Have some financial milestones in mind, #s I want to have saved up by certain birthdays, because eventually, I won't be able to do this for a living. Either the games will dry up, my eyesight will diminish, I'll get carpal-tunnel, or some other unforeseen circumstance will force me to do something else. When that time comes, I want to have enough $ saved where I can continue living the same quality of life while transitioning to another job.
Soapbox incoming -- even some of the more successful regulars aren't saving IMO, they're scraping by, spending lavishly, and/or accumulating debt. Doesn't bode well for their financial future, as this is an industry where the returns are diminishing. In a non poker career, your perks increase as time is spent with the company (More vacation time, pay raises, etc) but that doesn't happen with poker. There's no severance package when you quit so you better have a plan in place and some money saved up. That's what I'm trying to do.