Good stuff serio. Look me up down the road if you are back in Vegas.

I'm curious out of the top 10 ten responders to this thread frequently offering advice vs simple encouragement, how many play BM cash NLTH any limit at least four days or avg 30+ hours a week in a chair at the tables?

I'm asking so I know who is talking from real experience vs what they read or simply believe to be solid info they offer? Don't get me wrong, I know plenty of regular players who are better than full time players, they are knowledgeable and dangerous, and always get respect at the table.

Are you a full time player depending on poker for a living or at least a major portion of your monthly nut?

Are you a regular player playing at least 2-3 days a week either the winnings go toward living costs are just a bonus?

Are you a semi regular player playing at least 6 days a month, your regular job pays your bills?

90% of your experience is online poker and hardly any BM cash game poker?

In addition would anyone who has lived solely off of playing poker for 9 months or more success or failure acknowledge who they are.

As for me, I have worked as a Prop, worked in card rooms at a variety of positions, have lived off online & BM poker for X period. However it does help to have a wife with a good job, (we always split our monthly nut). I've also managed a $10 million a year regional locations for major company, and several other businesses. I'm older than most (way older than the OP) on this forum and have been in and out of cardrooms as either a player or employee since the early 1980s.

The advice about a car:
IMHO this is sound advice that should not be ignored. Even a scooter or MC would be preferable over no private transportation.

As an example 8pm Sat nite in 1-3 NL I join a table with and a player my age has nearly $2000 in chips stacked in front of him (max buy-in $300). He is wearing a WSOP Main Event Tshirt & BB hat. I never have seen him before, I want to take a piece of his stack. I get the seat to his left. Lots of conversation with WSOP and one seat change about 2 hours later I decide I have to change tables and find easier pickings the table & his chip stack had drawn other good players, I'm down about $250, new table make $430, move to another new table make $200. So I want to make another run at WSOP and again get the seat to his left. One hour later am busted by him for $200. Go to another juicy table cash out $300, however it is 3 am and the games are breaking down WSOP is still playing. I tell the floor I want back on WSOP table but since there are 3 tables left and they are all losing players I would be left to the luck of drawing a card for the seat with WSOP. Instead I find the shortest stack on WSOP table and offer him $20 for the seat. He accepts. WSOP and I are very friendly except he knows I want a piece of his stack, instead of playing he is now folding hands, I know he is about to cash out. I double my $200 buy-in and with $400 I want to get involved in hands with him, however he is in fold mode. His stack is down to $1600 the cards had been running over him all nite, his big card hands mostly held up, he finally gets up to get chip racks. He leaves and I'm on a table with 4 or 5 tuff players and 3 rec players, I manage to make another $150 about 3 hands later and leave.

My point is that the opportunity to make some big coin was there, I didn't get that money this time, but going after the big chip whale who are NOT top rec or pro players has paid off many times before. Without private transportation you are limiting your opportunities. In our area there are multiple card rooms, players with lots of loose cash to loose float around to the different card rooms trying their luck at a different room. It only takes a couple of questions to find out where the best game is and drive there.

OP BTW good luck on your quest....

Cinkid,

You should be able to decipher a players ability by the contents of their postings/ threads.

What was the purpose of your long unending post?

Interesting post. Thanks for the advice.
I have been giving lots of thought to the transportation dilemma. Im considering a bicycle. It hardly ever rains or snows in Vegas. I would be far more mobile on a bike and Vegas has lots of bike paths now. It's also good exercise.

Thanks for the advice and the encouragement. I enjoyed your story about WSOP. Good stuff.

LoL at cinnkid demanding resumes ITT. I will be nice enough to answer though: Cinnkid, we are all better than you.


I hope that works for you. I tried to make my response as clear and concise as possible so you would understand.

Sorry if some may have been offended that someone actually asked about real-world experience. I bad!
Like others I enjoy reading about real world experiences. The OP is laying open his life for all to see and welcomes comments & advice no qualifications necessary. While it has been made clear to me I rank at the bottom "Cinnkid we are all better than you", I can accept that evaluation. Best to ALL!

Cinnkid, this is OP's thread and your question could serve to seriously derail it. If you want to know about someone you can: create your own thread, search post histories, or pm the individuals directly. You are welcome to PM me anytime because I would love to tell you how much better I am.

yeah, cinnkid if you wanna know my credentials check out my blog/thread. i don't quite meet your minimums (i've played about 12 hours this month but i really haven't felt like playing the last couple of days).

cinnkid - Ill answer

play full time
no job for a very long time
used to play on line
prior to on line was a road gambler
I make a good living
been doing it for way too long
when i meet young dudes i encourage em to find something else to do
graduated college high honors
mid life regrets a plenty

Thanks squid face for your post, your "need an auto reply" (which I quote in my op) was the reason I posted my original post.

It wasn't an attempt to derail this thread, it was intended to help the OP achieve his goal. Amongst all the well wishers, and "how" to if I were going to try thoughts, is some genuine important info based on real world experience, such as "squid face". That valuable info should receive careful consideration.

I'm looking forward to PolProf next post following his quest.

As for those who can't leave it alone, note I did offer an apology and wishing you the best if offended. Instead of ragging or flaming on me lets get back to the OP and his quest.

Why is no one commenting on these hands..... Op from someone who has made the same journey as you when you get out here please try and make as many friends as you can to discuss poker with. I'm not going to clutter up this thread with criticism and what not but if you would like to discuss those hands or any in the future pm me

its a wall of text... post individual hands.

This.

Op one or two hands with seperate postings would be easier for us. We at 2+2 have short attention spans.

Will do going forward. Sorry for the wall of text. Def hard to read.

Quick update

Went to court today. A former employer owes me back wages. I don't want to say the amount but it's significant. Unfortunately they have been ducking the sheriffs summons so they did not get served. Now it's going to get pushed out another month. Which means Vegas is on hold another month. Very frustrating.

Also something else has come up.

I am not looking to get involved with anyone as I am coming out of a 7 year relationship. However....I think im falling for my massage therapist. It's mutual and no, it's not THAT kind of massage. Totally professional.

She's really unlike any woman I have ever met. She's really cool, sexy as hell with a ridiculous body. She has a great world view to always looking for the positive.

Suddenly what seemed like a super clear path to Vegas has gotten murky. I'm kind of at a loss to know what to do.

More to come...

Remember, women are the rake...

Yes.

I don't know why I am so infatuated with her.

She claims she put a spell on me. Haha. Who knows?

Another I'm going 2 Vegas thread ends in failure

Have you unveiled your inner hustler yet?

DietMtnDew is one more idiotic post away from the ignore list.

I wouldn't go that far. I'm just reassessing a few things. I don't think that's unreasonable at all not is it a failure.

I'm on a quest to find out who I am. I believe I'm a poker player. That doesnt mean I have no life outside of poker. That doesn't mean that I have no interests outside of poker. That doesn't mean if I don't end up in Vegas it's a failure.

I'm not sure what your definition of failure is but if you think like many on this forum seem to think that success will be measured only by me moving to Vegas, playing poker for a living and being a winning player, then I guess I'm a failure. There is so much more to life than your job/career/profession.

I can move to Vegas and play poker for a living and still be a failure at life.

^...LMAO

Reminds me of curious small stakes players; "will you show me if I fold?".....which I respond "I might not even show you if you call"

And that affects my personal well being HOW?

You started a thread telling us you were taking a shot (like so many others) if that shot doesn't get taken - well then this thread ( like so many others) is a failure ............ Jus another pipe dream

PolProf: Chill out.

Diet Mountain Dew is the kind of poker player that likes to taunt and berate his opponents to put them on tilt. Its best to just ignore such players and to not feed into their egos.

You got a small bump in your plans and your plans might change. Its not over yet.

No worries she'll be right.