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Originally Posted by kevin21
when u say playing poker .... are you playing mainly online or live i can understand the online aspect because there are so many players playing nowadays making it a real grind to win and make it worthwhile ... i am becoming a bit disillusioned with poker myself so i know wer u are coming from tho i play mostly online and not alot live... i imagine live play hasnt changed as much as online has over the last 4 years
Kevin21, yes, I play basically online only, and even I have not experience the live scene lately, I also imagine it must have not changed at least as much as the online one.
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I am also older at 44. I will be surprised if I am not back at poker giving it a full time shot and seeing how I do
Lozen, yes me too, maybe not full time, but one of the good things about poker is that if you maintain a good brain you can do it even at an old age, nothing wrong with a hobby that allows to compete with guys much younger than you.
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I was in my late 30's when I started getting the poker bug back in '01 and I was lucky enough to befriend and play with many players that become poker celebrities in the following years. After taking a parachute from a company buy-out, I felt confident that I could probably handle the poker pro lifestyle. Thus, from 06 and 07, I took the route of playing live in LV, LA and the Northeast at the middle stakes as the thought of constantly staring at a screen remind me too much of a normal job.
The experience financially was very good but after a while the lifestyle become trivial. In the end, there was very little intellectual challenge left for any of the games and truly I wasn't contributing anything meaningful to anything or anyone.
Thus, I decided to get back to the business world and found work that besides being sometimes maddening, it leaves an imprint beyond the loss or gain of clay chips.
I still love poker in its many forms but engage in it at my leisure and the funny thing is that once your learn the game, it's relatively easy to pick up where one left off. There are times that I miss the daily shuffling of chips in my hands, needling a respected opponent or just sharing silly poker war stories with a fellow poker degenerate but overall I am happy with leaving it behind.
My only advice that I feel qualified to give a stranger is that you have to honestly ask yourself whether you are happy and fulfilled with what you do with your time now, does it fit with your values, are you getting the most out of your own personal potential?
Best wishes with whatever choice you make.
Gio, pretty good post, I really thank you for your contribution. It really hit me, and for sure at least now, I'm not feel fulfilled and probably that's the main reason I need a change.
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Im shocked at how helpfull everyone has been so far. there is hope for NVG after all.
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Wow, an in depth topic and truly deep thoughts on nvg, who woulda thought !
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This is the first decent thread I have read in NVG in a long time. Good job Sirio
Ha, TBH I'm surprised too at the excellent responses in the thread and I really appreciate people sharing their experiences.
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OP,
I assume you were some type of adjunct since you don't have a PhD? And what field are you considering for a PhD?
Dalebrock, I was a full time lecturer (non-tenure track) at UTEP.
Not sure about the PhD field, my Master is in Mathematics, so the only thing I have clear is I
don't want my PhD in Math. I love Math and teaching, but with all the respect to my math peers in the forum, I don't find the math research in general that rewarding and usually a very lonely endevour.
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I've found work more enjoying and also this might sound strange but the structure of a 9-5 job 5 days a week a lot more rewarding.
Norfolk, I can relate, even I didn't have a 9-5 job, for sure I miss the interaction with the world, I played poker too those days and I think it gave me balance.
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Transition to fantasy sports full time?
Another rack, if only there were enough money
. Besides, too many grinders like you these days
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I'm on the wy to doing the same thing (quitting poker) but I guess I've been procrastinating for about 2 years. Inertia is a bitch.
CardSharpCook,
Ha, I remember talking with you about this in 2005 in Vegas (if I remember correctly, you didn't live there then). It was clear to me then that you loved cooking and I asked you if you envisioned yourself playing poker for many years more and you told me maybe 1 year more or something like that. I answered you "1 year? no way Brendan, you'll be here (playing poker) much more than that"
Break the inertia Brendan, don't be afraid, poker has been here, is here and will still be here years from now and as Ucla said, it's not an either/or proposition.