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Originally Posted by kb5zcr
I'm believe I'm doing the opposite of the poker pros in this thread.
Which is definitely a noble path. You will have lived your live as a productive, accomplished, satisfied man and can live out your days playing a game you enjoy, for the sake of the enjoyment it brings.
Nobody talks about 'the poker life' in terms of the eras of life you don't get back. Prime, prime ****ing years. Years spent in pursuit of something immediately gratifying, but existentially, utterly empty.
"I spent my 20s and 30s tricking people into making bad decisions so I could take ski trips to Banff and post pics on the internet BALLA..."
You don't realize how sad that is until its too late.
Sure, a few weird autistics can find professional poker a rewarding, core aspect of their life but anyone with any kind of self or social awareness will eventually realize professional poker is basically the life equivalent of the rush you get from empty calories, without the nutrition you actually need to survive.
We're starting to see a few people get woke to this, since the poker boom now has enough road in the rear view, guys in their 20's and 30's back then are starting to age into those weird, nether-years when you start to realize this show eventually comes to an end and thus, make an accounting of what you chose to do with your time here. What it all means... just how little you have left and man, what you wouldn't ****ing give- all the money- to get just a little of the old days back and do something more meaningful with it.
Once the novelty wears off, all you're left with is the grind and the nagging realization that the money wasn't worth the time.
But in the meantime, you watch the 'new enthusiasts' come charging in, sounding like we all once did. You tell them this and listen to them say HAHA DONK UR JUST A FISH! SOUR BECAUSE YOU LOST!... even though you still take their money to this day. Day in and out. Because you've become like a campground dumpster bear, unable to do anything else.
Do not go down this path.