Yeah but incredibly valuable. The theory is amazing

I'm mostly watching iveyleague videos and pausing videos to compare my cbet decision to the coaches. I also simply watch videos at iveyleague that are dedicated to cbetting in micros.

Hey didnt read the whole thread but I gotta say I admire your will and courage. GL man! Btw any reason why you choose live over online? Other than the fact that you are break even online.

What's the point of quitting high school? You've answered that its because high school is an obstacle that is interfering with your passions, but doesn't that seem a bit infantile? If you proceed through schooling you would be as free as you want to be in just a few years. This all seems a bit impulsive, perhaps manic. You will still have the time to begin your adventures after schooling, why rush it?

I can't play live here in Sweden. 20+ to play at the casinos. So to get action I have to play online.

Update:

Another graph post. Still small sample though...

Coach found leaks in preflop play so I'm moving back to focusing a lot on blind defence. It's easy to get ahead of yourself and forget to focus on one concept at a time.

Looking good, keep going.

Update:

I'm still here, working every day to make this become a reality. This is my passion and I know I'm going to make it sooner or later. Right now though, my real challenge is finding a place to live.

I can live with my parents for at best, a month and a half, then I have to move. I have savings that makes it possible for me to pay rent, buy food and such for at least 3 months (on my own). This means that I have about 4.5 months to start earning some real money.

I haven't found a place yet and I'm still searching, my dream scenario would be to move out of Sweden abroad but it's a real challenge.

Maybe I'll be homeless for a while, who knows what the future will bring. The only thing I'm sure of is that sooner or later I will succeed.

Because of all the studying I'm not getting in a lot of hands but that's not important, what's important is that I get good before putting in volume.

Here's the graph anyways:

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I know you said playing live is not an option, but at some point once you get a hold on micro stakes if you have built a big enough roll you should try to find some live games because you be able to make money to live off playing p/t with solid micro crushing strategy. Also, I agree with getting some type of p/t job that wont interfere with your poker goals that will help you pay bills and provide some life balance. Whether you succeed or fail, at the end of the day as long as you take accountability for your decision I don't think its a bad one.

+1 for having the courage to do what a lot of people talk about doing but never do

How does health insurance in Sweden work? Are you covered on that? I'm fairly certain that you haven't obtained any for yourself on your own money. Out of everything that is coming of this, health insurance may be the one thing that would be the worst to completely punt. Perhaps consider this, look into it and make sure you're good with respect to it.

As others said, you're better off say getting a job and doing your first ~300+ poker hours on the side and then reevaluating. By then you should be able to throw a few hundred online and start at 10NL. Don't even bother 2NL; the only value in playing these stakes is to learn the actual rules of poker/get used to the sites software.

By getting a job you won't have as much pressure to perform and help you out re: homelessness. Also as someone else said, have health insurance. As someone who has moved up the online ranks...reading advanced books is NOT the best use of your time! Especially when you're micro stakes. You'd be much better off spending time with a coach (if he's competent), watching poker videos, and above all else playing more volume/posting stats & hands in the thread. Take the opportunity now to correct these mistakes early! I sincerely hope for your poker growth you don't just disregard this advice, it will help you.

If you are set on it go for it. Just give yourself a timeline. Sounds like if you fail you can always go home and start over (with family support) and you're so young it won't be a huge deal. Just know that there is a high chance it won't work and there are consequences (you could be living at home whole all your friends are developing themselves and building on their future). If you make it, it could be a great story and you sound entrepreneurial so if you succeed in this way it may inspire others to invest in your future endeavors. Lastly, this probably means nothing to you being so young and all. But when you are young people have a tendency to not fully embrace what the consequences could be. Often people who made big mistakes look back and think "I never would have done X if I know Y could happen" but that's just a part of growing up! GL

Health insurance is really no worry in Sweden.

Update:

I've moved up to 5NL now and since I've reached over 10K hands now I though I might update again for the sake of it:

Graph:

I find it pretty comical that people ITT are giving op false hope. Huge lol at you.

Nice graph man

you can't expect 20-25 years old kids who were beaten up daily in school to give good advice.

OP, i hope you fail fast enough to get back in school. You were not depressed, you were simply bored. High school are most people's best years and you are missing on them for a path that will not work. HS diploma -> then jump both feet in the entrepreneur lifestyle. There's literaly 0 chance you suceed in poker when you could not figure out how to win at 5nl by your own self. No matter how much coaching you get, you don't have the natural aptitude to make it to 200nl+ long term and seeing as you can't complete highschool(best years of most people's lives) how do you hope to accomplish anything in the poker world when the games are at their hardest and getting worse every year with bots and colluding rings?

This is literally one of the worst ideas I have ever seen, and I fully understand the ups and downs of poker.

I am not saying that because I think you have to finish school or that a 9-5 job is something you need to be looking forward to. Frankly I couldn't care what resources you use as long as you have a viable plan to provide in the near and distant future, as of this moment you are lacking both.

This isn't 2006 any more where a decent player will get $10K months regularly, you actually need to be the very top of your game to win enough to offset all the downsides. Right now you aren't even close to that and have no evidence to believe you ever will be and even if you could, you're entering a declining profession. If trends continue it will only become tougher so even if you have dedicated a good amount of time in learning a game and succeed, who knows online poker isn't killed in 2 years.

My advice would be to grind out a day job and play poker in the evening hours when the recreational players are at their peak anyways. You'll have a guarantee of income and are able to find out if you are actually capable. It would be different if you were at $100NL+ winning 4bb/100 at this very moment.

Again, your plan isn't terrible because it is "different" or "risky", it's because it's stupid.

Mx210 can we see a recent graph? Preferably $5 NL?

Please stop posting.

Seriously, this. This is truly a trainwreck waiting to happen. Not trying to be a 'hater' or 'doubter' and I say that with no ill will towards you at all (in fact I want you to succeed). But take a step back, read the last page, and realize most people are giving you great advice.

Would all the clowning stop and everyone deal with the fact that this guy won't change his mind just because a few more people decided that their irreplaceable opinion has to be shared. Yes, he's doing it wrong, yes he needs to fix his life but lol at any single one of you that thinks that their post made a difference. If OP quits that's because he chose to not because some internet life coach magically fixed OP's way of perceiving reality.

Let the man play his game and provide good entertainment for free.

Yeah exactly!! He ruins his life but at least we have some fun (;

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Hahaha

He decided to put his journey on the internet. He gets to listen to whatever we have to say. And so do you if you click on the link.