Actually, poker tends to be a better job and better money for young people. 18 is the perfect age to embrace the grind. However, there is absolutely no reason to quit school. I know lots of kids making great money at poker but they are still pursuing a college degree.

Dunno if that's aimed at me personally - I love my job and its like 38 hours a week so leaves enough time to have hobbies.

But as a wider comment yeah, i guess if you end up at that age and have a career you hate then it might make sense to give poker a punt for a bit, and at least you can pick up the career again if it fails, regroup and try again. Leaving school to play poker though ? Not a good idea - at all. At the very least use the poker earnings that will be so critical in the future to pay for the schooling, and if they don't come then it might serve as a wake up call. If they do, then at least going pro is an educated guess, in more than one sense of the word..


Yeah, this. I'm not saying don't play poker at all (within reason obviously, as 18 is old enough to seriously screw up your finances for a long time for a losing player that gets addicted bad). But dropping out of school to do so is pretty freaking stupid. You've got effectively no bills, free time to learn, a roof over your head - its the ideal poker breeding ground really. To give that up a year or two early for poker at the expenses of a loss of a degree or education to show to employers is really not a good decision.

I'm sure it works out for some people, but i'd be very surprised if many, many others don't seriously regret it. Why take the risk ?

aaay Gl !!!!!

maybe went back to school?

Lets hope

wear a suit?

Sorry for not updating. Will update once I've made it (at least crushing 50NL), no need to ramble on when I'm still playing loser stakes. Btw. no school for me, I'm a man of my words, I won't give in.

Any updates OP?

I guess he never did it to NL50. advise of this post? Finish HS and study. Poker is not easy and is better as a part time that if you lose it is ok because you have a real job

Can't believe it's been two years since this masterpiece

Well that was a let down. Saw 300 post so thought "maybe he made it". Nope

No offense to OP but I kinda saw this coming as soon as I read the title. Hope he went back to school.

in the words of mike tyson, everbody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth