You mean no cash. Non-pro chess players make about as much money as non-pro gamers: zero.

No, you haven't done your resume out of 100% laziness. You just said you've been playing a ton of chess, and if you've got time for that you've got time to do a one-page resume consisting of "delivered pizzas".

So you'd feel guilty taking money off your gf but don't in any way feel guilty about squatting at your mother's house without paying rent? Funny to me that you don't mind this at all.

This has to be a troll. I know people in their early-mid twenties can be notoriously aloof wrt the future and life planning, but you've taken it to another level. You're saying the exact same stuff about university as you were about poker just a year ago: once I don't have x distraction I'll be able to do y no problem since I'm so smart. News flash: raw intelligence isn't the main factor in being successful.

Good luck!

I'd suggest dropping poker completely, concentrate on getting a job (more energy should be spent on this than your hobbies right now, and then once you get one you can go back to fitting hobbies into your life appropriately), working towards not freeloading off your parents/girlfriend, and good luck with school if you choose that route (but take it seriously).

Ggogogo,imoG

There's some kind of freeroll hiding somewhere in this whole situation, I can feel it!

OP has made some questionable decisions, and doesn't always listen to feedback, but - damn - his attitude is always so great in the face of the weirdly intense criticism he seems to inspire.

Not sure if he'll make millions, but I'm pretty sure he'll always be a happier soul than most, and that's worth a lot more than money.

I'd be happy too knowing I don't have to work, study or do anything really and still have a roof over my head. Actually I wouldn't but OP seems fine with it.

If there were a global award for understatement of the year I think "doesn't always listen to feedback" might win it.

It's going to be a close battle between that and "OP has made some questionable decisions"

it's not impossible. i got a BS in engineering in 1.5 years. it sounds like he has some credits already. depends how much he wants it though. his MO seems to be that he starts out of the gates super fast and then hits a brick wall and quits

+1

It's bizarre how intense some of that criticism, even for the most minor stuff at this point.

yeah I mean criticizing OP for playing chess as a hobby is ridiculous, it's almost as if OP should be working or going to school 24/7

It's not so much the chess playing that's the problem (it's not a problem in fact), but the fact he doesn't get his priorities right. It should be updating resume and finding a job first, chess playing second.

The issue is thinking you haven't done work because you are busy when you will literally never have more free time. I get it, I'm lazy and hate doing **** like that too. I put off writing a personal statement for like 3 years but it wasn't because I was busy it was because the process of writing it I find a chore (but a 2 hour job max) but because it required a process that meant I was going in a direction which is pretty stressful.

I think people forget that good things in life can be as stressful if not more than bad things.

I found this a bit strange too. If you have done one year of your 3 year degree you probably only need to finish off the two you haven't done if you meet some criteria like having done it in a certain time frame.

I will find it funny when OP goes for interviews at unis and is like yeah well I went to one of the best unis in australia* so your uni it should be a piece of piss.

*this is lol in itself as a brag

OP who is/was depressed and locked himself away for months playing runescape?

I didn't say it's impossible per se.
It's just impossible for someone with OPs mindset.

I'd love to see him succeed, but it's like hoping stars brings back SNE...

For him to succeed there needs to be some major shift in perspective, which I just don't see happening (we all tried) unless (some event) forces him to get his **** together.

Right now he's basically living off his mom and GF, they have no kids and he's playing chess. Defending such behaviour is as spineless as OP himself.

Ha. I said this would happen within a month. glgl with everything.

Pretty easy to have a carefree attitude when you're a 25 year old man-child mooching your rent from your mom and your salary from your girlfriend. But yeah we should all learn from OP, such an inspiration.

1. I sent 6b my resume but he didn’t ask for help looking for a job
2. I didn’t post on this thread because it wasn’t really my place to update you guys about 6b’s life, so out of respect for his privacy I stopped posting here.
3. I didn’t disappear, I’m still updating my own 2p2 semi regularly.

You got this all wrong.
You were supposed to send a new loan, not some silly resume.
Every minute OP can't afford to play, he's losing money.

OP, is there any way you can sell that house your mom lives in?

Unfortunately you chose to back his poker skills and comments on plenty of occasions, and claimed he was part of your stable of decent live pros/regs.

Amongst anyone with an IQ bigger than their shoe size, Op never had zero credibility, and you went and nailed your colours to his mast.

Ultimately 2+2 is supposed to be about poker and in that respect op was at best a poor reg and at worst an aggrotard fish.

And you backed him, with words and (allegedly) money.

I'm glad we are done here at last.

I thought it was a profitable investment, and I ended up in the +ve by quite a large clip, so...

You realise it definitely wasn't a good investment though right? You understand EV on some level surely.

Going to have to agree to disagree on this one, but I mean I could be wrong. I think it’s a bit strong to say that it definitely wasn’t a good investment.

I feel like with all the context I had and the parameters around the investment, it was profitable. I’ve staked a few guys similar to 6b before and have made money from all of the arrangements.

Don't think you realise how soft Crown Poker is. Assuming this was a live stake, haven't been following the thread too closely.

Because you made money isn't proof it was +EV. That's exactly how all the fish at the table rationalize their terrible play, so...

Yeah was a live stake @1/3

This is a pointless argument, if I lost money everyone would’ve said “I told you so, what an idiot to stake him” etc. If I make money from the stake everyone will just tell me I ran good.

Because that's how it is.

Cliffs: op is a standard mid twenties male in a first world country in 2019