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real estate lotsa variance but if u get with the right group good.

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i think being a sports betting pro is more difficult than being a poker pro and the variance is even higher
if someone wants to quit poker to do something similar i think this is a step in the wrong direction

giving what i have withness in the past years...very few can do it, gotta have that ace in the hole ...if your not a sportsperson in the first place, you will need an infinite amount of times to catch up and understand all the variances when others have a lifetime of knowledge about (that particular sports) ,ist not all about data/stats you have to watch and understand what is going on in the games imo the real edge is there

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A poker pro's assistant would be so fun Let me know if any are hiring.

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Can confirm the resume gap problem. I had a naive assumption that it wouldnt be too hard to get back into my field (mechanical engineering) after taking a couple years to travel the live poker circuit in 2018 and 2019. I got tired of the full time grind after the WSOP 2019 and decided that I wanted a traditional job and travel for tourneys when I got the chance. I even had a resume worthy result, WSOP Circuit Main Event Champion.

It took about a year of diligent job search before I found one, COVID certainly didnt help, but it was dry for 4-5 months before that too. Recruiters and interviewers were very interested in my poker journey as a story, but it definitely hurt me as far as getting a job offer.

I managed to find job at a small manufacturer near me, where my boss saw the value of someone who was smart enough to make a living for a while playing poker. The pay isn't ideal but its lower cost of living area and I have the flexibility to take long weekends every now and then to travel for poker tourneys. 3 times in the past 6 months I have taken a 4 day weekend to travel to Florida, and if I show up late on Monday morning because I was up making deep run in a Sunday tourney the night before, they are happy for me.

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WRONG.…WRONG…WRONG.

Luck has little to do with trading. OK, maybe on your Robinhood account it's a thing; but professionals are not "luck boxes."

"Big roll" is not required either.

Difficult to get into? Did I mention Robinhood, or TD Ameritrade, or Schwab, or TradeStation, or NinjaTrader, or …

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I'm continually amazed by the use of "variance" as an excuse for failure.

ignorance is bliss.

Simple yet brilliant answer! I was thinking of the guy on Fremont who has the "kick me in the nutz for $20" sign. Life of pro poker is pretty much like that!

Well said. Had a live 6 session losing streak where I got it in good every time, and didn't make any egregious mistakes, and that's exactly how it felt.

wow 6 sessions. cant think of any other job were someone might have 6 bad days in a row.

Should be a lot of good jobs (i.e. not ticket writer) in new markets like FL.

If u have the roll and don't feel like playing poker find a casino with 6 deck Blackjack that pays 3:2 with surrender rule and can resplit aces and no mid-shoe entry. Use Hi-Lo system and Wong out when the count is -10 or worse and don't spread your bets more than 1:3. Or you could back count and enter mid-shoe but you are going to get backed off eventually. But seriously options trading or sports data analyst would also work.

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Pushing against variance provides transferable skills

Sports betting is gonna be boom once states regulated it. Be like bob. Gonna be like poker 2001

and super easy to beat!

I have zero work-life experience outside of poker. Have got a BBA degree and some extracurricular stuff. Recently got my first actual job doing econ admin stuff and trading systems supervision at a company that trades derivatives.

Super lucky but also a perfect fit for the job (night shift, alone computer work, and also have the degree matching the econ admin stuff). And while it may be hard to believe, I come off as a likeable and normal guy in person, which helps.

A friend of mine works in Timeshare, from the stories he has told me, I think it would be the perfect environment for a lot of poker players.

As many have said there are tonnes of similarity between poker and trading. Used to grind 500NL+ but am now at one of the bigger Prop trading shops around globally and poker is more recreational for me now. The work I do can be classified as HFT and is different from those trading arcades which require capital contributions.

I always find it remarkable how similar some of the trading I'm doing now is to multitabling in regards to the need to store and process information and make decisions quickly. Solver work and database analysis obv very transferrable skills in real markets as well.

As a long long time lurker for 2p2, thought it might be nice to give back if anybody is keen to learn more/make the career switch to prop trading. Any good/young HS reg with a STEM degree (preferably from top colleges... firms in this space still use this as some signal) would make a good fit. Starting salaries for fresh grads in this space as a reference are probably what a v good 200Z/meh 500z stars grinder would make but compensation is waaay more scalable than poker. This is especially the case with the state of NL on the big sites getting more dire. In addition, there is also less variance to your comp by far.

I went from a pro to a real estate agent - first year I barely made any money, second year was around 100k, and in my 5th year now. My hourly over the past year has been through the roof - most of the work I do is from my home just making phone calls, and you choose when you want to work. You also don't need much money to do well - I probably spend 1200-1500/mo in marketing expenses, usually have 2-3 closings a month so cash flow is consistent, and it's a career that builds(the longer you've been in it the more people come to you vs you having to find them). I'm an introvert as well so you don't need to be the extrovert most people think of.

I went from pro to getting government money but that’s ending soon cuz I don’t want that money anymore lol could have gotten a free 2000$ rest of my life cuz they **** me over. Coulda sue them for 500k+ but we settle 2000$ a month for as long as I want