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Originally Posted by SpinMeRightRound
I haven't got experience of this, but I'd imagine that it shouldn't be too difficult to explain a gap of a few years when you're 18-25 years old. Any older than that starts to look dodgy.
I don't believe it will be a tough issue to get a normal job.
Especially if you're 18-25, but even if you're 30ish.
If you have been a winner for a decent period of time, chances are you are a smart dude and that will transition into everything.
With rare exceptions, I don't think you can be a mess of a person in real life but win consistently at poker.
The life flaws that you have transition themselves into poker, at least for me and for the ppl I've coached. And if those flaws are major you're just not gonna win.
So really, you can be a person that never cooked an egg in his life, take a cooking course and can get a job as a cook bc you're smart enough to pick it up if you study it a bit.
The real problem is: let's say you're a pro for years like TimStone, you won $ every year, enjoyed the freedom that this game gave you, how the fk are you ever gonna be anything other than depressed (not to mention happy) working 9-5 FOR someone?
For me at least, I'd rather live in a small 1 room home and eat cheap vegetable salad 3 times a day for the rest of my life but still have my freedom rather than doing a high paid 9-5 schedule(which if you count travel time, get ready, overtimes...its actually 8-6 at least)