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Originally Posted by LetsGambool
Got burnt out and quit life for about 21 months (was supposed to be six months, but whoops, massive financial crisis) and lived off poker, savings, and investments for two years as a fair-to-middling 2/4 online grinder with a couple of middling tourney scores.
Hid in business school through the rest of the recession playing to supplement my income during school and full-time in-lieu of summer internship. Used poker and playing the WSOP heavily in my essays, dont think Id have gotten into school without that.
Signed a job offer about a month before Black Friday and have probably played less than 500 hands since combined online and live. Starting to read and sharpen my game back up again for if/when regulated poker comes to my state.
I owe a lot to poker, no chance Id have been able to just take a 3.5 year vacation (including school) and resume working in the job I have now if I had just bummed around for 3.5 years. Poker paid the bills, but more importantly gave me the chance take time off without completely wrecking my career as well as a hook to get into school.
How did this work exactly? I have wanted to work my poker exploits into my CV in a meaningful way but worry that it will do more harm than good.
