i don't get the way some people think. You would seriously do something you hate, full time like 40 hours a week, for two whole years, just so it looks good on your resume?

Keep doing it and just apply for other jobs? Play poker on the evenings/weekends online or at a local casino.

Getting a paycheck every couple weeks is higher underrated.

You mentioned a slight possibility of being able to transfer to Vegas with your current job, I would push that angle to start even if it's just a remote possibility that they will bite, and if not that, can you find your kind of work around Vegas or maybe the LA area?

Dont listen to these nits! Just say F'it and go take a shot... If you loose your BR, then you go crawl back home and start all over again (no big deal) If you WIN, you get to live your dream life playing poker and living like a degen. Life is to short not to take chances! The last thing I want to do is be old and regret never chasing dreams because I played it to safe, F THAT!

Honestly if u were crushing live 2/5nl or even ss nl online I'd say go for it. I grind online for a living, believe me it's a grind. It's not like playing live 1/2nl day in day out is gonna be so much more fun then a monotonous day job except you got some flexibility on when you play and that you're gonna make a lot less $. The other variable that wasn't mentioned is the online poker climate. Anytime now legislation can really clamp down on online poker. What do you think is gonna happen to the regs playing online nlhe? There going to move to live poker and make the live games much much harder. Ultimately it's up to you. I think it's good to take ur 15k and play like a pro for at least a couple of weeks and see if you want to do it.

As far as bankroll. That's a preference thing, some ppl need really big bankrolls for piece of mind when they go on that 5-10 buy in downswing others don't. 15k should easily be enough.

thanks for tipping TK that is actually my aunt that raised me and im sure i benefitted from that money in some way and sorry for the caps in the last post..

Yes. Absolutely. It is a sacrifice for a better/safer future.

The difference between OP and all the other degens that busted their rolls will be that he has a college degree and 2 years of work experience in his field.

It is a smart play.

I was madly in love with your aunt...weird! Is she still dealing?

Anybody that says games are better during WSOP times hasn't played games during WSOP times in the last 4 or so years. 1/2 is equally fishy/difficult all year. 2/5 is more of the the same. The upper limits are probably actually TOUGHER during WSOP time and I don't doubt that some of this filters down into the smaller games. More Euros setting up residence and playing cash. Lots of old nits doing nothing but waiting for good cards that you can't bluff off a hand. If you're not into the monotony of your job what makes you think you can handle live poker?

this is similar for limit holdem. all the 100-200+ games are full of online regs that I know and recognize, and the 30 games are just filled with online regs killing time waiting for the bigger games.

Anything lower that would net you an avg of $200 a day is basically not worth it and you should just get a real job imo if you think poker in Vegas will be easy (esp if you don't handle distractions well - very easy to burn through lot of money in Vegas).

I've been saying that too, and can confirm that it has trickled down into the 2/5 games. The 2/5 games are fishier during non-WSOP times. It wasn't always that way. I'm officially done with Vegas during WSOP unless I'm playing events, I can't think of any good reason to play there instead of LA (where I live).

Games in LA are much softer during the WSOP for obvious reasons. It's worth taking a trip to LA from Vegas if you were taking a week off from tournaments (and playing 5/10 or higher).

It's different for some people. A lot of people go through 4 years of college even though they hate it just so that they can have more options with a degree. I'm sure there are plenty of times when people do things they hate for a long time just so that their future can be easier or have more options. That's part of the "grind" of life. If everyone did what they wanted, nothing would ever get done tbh.

I think this is false thinking. Most people don't do what they want because they believe they cannot do what they want and succeed in life (or what they want to do is a worthless activity).

I just think social conformity plays a big role. "Do this now and it'll be easier for you later" - like college. I just think that if people didn't have to work, they won't.

I have been working since I was 16 and that helped me pay for college along the way. Even though it took me 7 years working on and off.

I have had the same job for 2 years now and the pay is great considering the industry and economy that I am in. Like I've mentioned, doing the same thing day in and day out is boring. I know poker can be a grind and I've had a few 8 hours+ sessions but the difference between poker grind and work grind is huge. I actually enjoy spending 8+ hours at a card room.

Another reason why I am considering quitting is because there are a zillion bosses I have to deal with in the corporation, unless I own the company. I have to consistently kiss ass to my bosses and when I am playing poker I don't have to deal with that at all. I can do whatever as I please.

I've learned a lot from this thread about the pros and cons of going "pro". I think it really depends on what my skills are at poker before I can really give up the dream of playing poker for a living.

Can you get a shared apartment with utilities and electricity for 550? Ive been checking craigs list just trying to get corroboration that this is possible from someone living in Las Vegas. Ive seen some nice places with pool for these amounts just wondering if actually true from people in the know.

you mean two people splitting and paying $550 each? yea if you are paying that you have rented a pretty nice apartment

or renting a room in someone's house you mean? either way, yes

yes both thanks. I have seen ones with private bathrooms not a bad deal.

Fly out on a Sunday, book 5 cheap nights at a mid-level place that will prob run you ~200 or less during the summer, go out and look at places and bargain. People are desperate to rent in this economy. My last trip to Vegas I was given cards by three separate property managers I "just happened to meet" during my stay. If you've got 20k saved up you can probably put it down on a decent condo and get a ****ing mortgage for the same price you would need to rent.

Isn't Vegas properties cash only right now?

If you're referring to the mortgage rout I would assume you had a lender already set up... I wouldn't be shocked to seeing places that went for $125k in 2006 going for $75k now. That's all I'm saying. In that scenario with 25k down at a 20 year fixed rate at 5% with 1.25% property tax you're looking at almost exactly 400/month mortgage payment.

Bump it up to a 100k place with 25k down same scenario and it's only 600/month. Just some food for thought if you have a lender/cosigner/good credit/high-paying job.

then you still wont get a mortgage because theyre not writing them for most complexes