The 'worth' comes in been able to sit around for 3 years doing nothing and still pass at the end ldo.

Seriously, university isn't the time for hard work. It's a time for relaxing and getting laid. Don't piss it away on a computer science or physics degree.

Dunno what soon-to-be-occupied country you're from, but there is no education in America anymore. And our leaders will continue to make laws that ensure the dumbest human beings possible (more easily corrupted/brainwashable)

The second part of your statement makes me think you got your education in America. The only coders i have ever seen are socially inept mouth-breathers that only talk about how cool coding is and how smart they think they are lol.

OP, completely disregard this poster. Finish school, figure out if you want to spend your life paying student loans or paying MU. Same old ****, you choose how to flush. If poker is not fun to you, I'd choose the former option.

And you should really find out if poker is fun for you. Some people like it at first, but quickly get annoyed and quit. Some people hate it, but still play for money. Poker is very hard way to make a living, I'd be sure of it if I were you, before you commit.

I agree with this 100% I'm glad to see someone offering like minded advice I believe if it's truly what he wants after trial and error and he still wants it, give it a shot if he thinks he can do it and he's certain he wants it after realizing certain other lifestyles are not for him than the kid should be able to pursue his passion, who is to tell him otherwise may not be living their life the best they could or not truly how they want.... Go get em kid but when you're 18 of course.

The difference is that you don't have to go many thousands of dollars in debt to be a poker pro. I know many do, but it's not necessary.

The other difference is that with poker you have less in the way of career prospects after you don't want to or aren't good enough to play poker for a living any more.

Ok well I guess cash games have much smarter players than sngs because this is laughably untrue for sngs.

Not true, you can always just coach/write books

What kind of job do you expect to get with a liberal arts degree, shift leader at Jack in the Box?

I'm in the same boat. If you're interested maybe we can have some heads up sessions or get some kids together that are in our situation to play in a private club on Stars to ensure we are getting better.

hahaha +1

Not sure about the US but many here with decent (i.e. good university) history/English etc degrees enter the City and often end up in very high positions.

High positions at Jack in the Box? In the states it'll put you at the top of the list for a $9/hr job cleaning bathrooms at a strip club. A lot of BA degrees are delivering pizzas. A liberal arts degree is equivalent to a high school diploma over here. Most will go back and get their teaching credentials and teach school for $40K. Other people see this and go to a technical/trade school for two years after high school and provide a service people can't do themselves and crush the BA working at Liberty Tax or whatever.

By "the city" do you mean "city of London" aka "British wall street"?

Because youre not getting into Wall street with a BA in 99.8% of cases.

If I had any desire whatsoever to climb up the 'career ladder', so to speak, there's plenty of generic graduate scheme 'management' positions available for those with a degree in any subject. At least in the UK. I know, I was on one of them (it sucked big time, although this was nothing to do with the pay which was pretty decent, more to do with the people).

There's plenty of science degrees doing lab work for a crappy minimum wage too. Difficult degrees are - life EV. Instead of spending 3 years having fun and relaxing with minimum stress, you're putting in 30 hours contact time at uni each week then another 10 hours after you go home.

When you turn 18 play on Bovada. As has already been stated real money games are a whole different game. There are lots of people playing like they are in a play money game at low stakes, but to beat them you can't play at the same level.

If you are 18 and think there is anything in this world that you want to do GO FOR IT. But speaking from experience, don't start lighting bridges on fire thinking you are going to turn 18 and start making millions playing poker. Getting a degree in our country doesn't do much for you unless it is very specific to a field you want to enter. If you are young, go for the poker dream just don't chase it off a cliff. Work out a plan B,C and D. At the very least maybe you can continue to enjoy playing while making small money doing something you love, most peoples hobbies cost them money.
gl man

I'd maybe learn a trade too while trying out poker, that's a lot better than a degree nowadays. Don't goto college unless you plan on getting your graduate's degree too.

Island guy,

Whilst the 2+2 career guidance team have taken over, Op seems to have disappeared.

Maybe because he has lied about his age online and exposed his player name?

Op, if you are still around based on what you have shown us so far (zero commonsense and dubious integrity) I'd suggest you are ideally suited to a career in politics.

op - please stop playing play money online for 40 hours/week and actually enjoy your childhood

i have to assume this is trolling

not for poker, anyway. nothing that i learned while doing mine has poker applications - anything that has actual poker usage the OP should know already, unless the US education system is even worse than i imagined

You assume op has an enjoyable childhood. This is 'Merica. His enjoyment is probably being glued to a screen sucking down orange julius.

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This. Try to get a weekly game going with your buddies. In high school I played a weekly SnG with my buddies for like $10-20 each. It's fun and you can ease into live play a little bit. In college there was a sort of poker club that ran SnGos and sometimes side cash games that you could get into as well. Depending where you live there could be some 18+ casinos near you where you can play limit for small money.

What I'm getting at is treat it as a hobby and slowly start investing more and more time and meet other people your age who are into it. Splash around on Bovada when you're old enough. But get that degree/job.

This is good, in theory, because I agree that most trades are worth more than your general BA these days. You must tread carefully down this road tho, making sure you can handle the trade.

I am a journeyman operator for Forming IS machines with 6.5 years experience. The best thing about these jobs is that they usually pay very well, they pay you while you train, and all while only needing a HS diploma. The downside is that generally (hugely so, in my case) these jobs are 'hard-labor' jobs. Im a pretty big guy, I can handle it. OP may not be a big guy or just doesn't want to have to put hard work in everyday.

Basically, all options have their pitfalls/rewards. Its a life question really.

Life is about learning and experiencing. Poker in all forms will both teach you a lot and give you a ton of experiences if you are open to it. The idea is to live, love, and learn. I see no reason why you should not use poker as a means of helping you do all of those things. Good luck to you.

Lol my bad guys apparently the 2+2 site does not send me emails like its suppose to. Thanks for all of the responses. I am new to the site and did not know what to expect,
1. Alpha 7 would totally be interested.
2. Lol I play varcity basketball and write sports for my newspaper and get all A's and B's somehow despite playing 40 hours a week.
3. I am aware play money vs real money is a lot different and I really do not want to e wasting my time now playing play money and picking up bad habits when I could be doing something more productive poker wise. Any ideas???
4. Is it possible to do poker and college at the same time??? I am debating taking a gap year to try to play in Canada but I don't really have anyone to advise me.
Thanks again for the support and I will be watching the thread actually this time ahaha

I think devoting yourself to poker for a year is a bad idea at your age. You'd probably do better hustling guys on the blacktop than at poker. I'd take that over poker most days.