Real world LOL's for this one.

I'm going to remember that response.

OP, if you want the best advice, post this thread in OOT. I'm not sure if this type of thread is topical for OOT, but if they infract you for it, tell me and I'll get them to rescind it.

No. The one thread you derailed is enough. Stop posting.

results ?

ok, here is this year so far. keep in mind i'm in school right now and have been slacking off pretty hard. I've only put in 60 hours so....





and from august on when i quit my job to just play poker (by the way, i quit my job, not a career. i'm a full-time student)....





I also won a rakeback freeroll for a $7K package to the EPO and sold it for $5.3K (thanks raketherake).

yeah, i've played only 250 hours since august...i'm a slacker.


graph (you can see where i jumped up to 200NL and ran terrible so decided to drop back down, but am now back at 1/2 and running at my usual winrate )




By the way, if anybody wants to stake me in any sunday majors then i'm game I don't wanna ride the MTT variance wave, but if someone wants to make an investment i'm pretty sure you'll make yourself some money. PM me if interested.

professions create wealth for society. you're a gambler

I said "professional" not "profession"

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=definerofession&btnG=Sea rch

also, i don't see where it says a professions create wealth for society

also, where are these trolls coming from

also, i know i'm a gambler. that's what poker is. this isn't news to me.

also, what if i somehow contribute to society through poker, like maybe donating some winnings to charity or something? then are the haters still gon' hate?

also, gtfo, this thread was not created for you.

yo i think it's a lot easier than you are thinking atm ! you feel too much pressure to explain/excuse yourself imo !! If ppl ask u what you do you just say i dont really have a job, but i win money playing cards. then if they ask further you can answer like if they ask what kind of cardgame etc, you say poker, they say ooh gambling game. you will say it's not gambling game, it's a mindsport like chess. if they keep on saying it's gambling blablabla you just say well i will explain the game in little more detail if you are really interested..if not just keep thinking it's a gambling game..i mean wtf does it matter what ppl think of ur profession rly ? if ur having fun and are confident and happy with ur life, why would you let it take away by some random person who's got tunnelvision and is ignorant ?? ppl who really care about you will want to know about the details, the ones who don't want to know, don't care or see you as inferior/degen. just leave them

gg


kkk look up in this post, i give guy honest advice

thx

awwwww, s1ckone is being nice yeah, i agree with this. F the haters, they don't matter anyway. I was just wondering the best and fastest way to explain how poker is profitable to the ones that matter (family and friends). Whether they agree with it or not, I don't care, just want to paint a clear picture for those who are interested in understanding the game.

good post s1ckone

Alot o ****** up in dis fred

Wow, you're a douchebag.

LOL...you say you've made hundreds of thousands playing poker just a few posts ago and you put up a graph playing 1/2 nl with modest winnings.

fyp

this is a dumb discussion to be having. so many people work jobs that don't really add value to our society. Look at super bowl commercials. tens of millions of dollars are spent on 30 second advertisements. Do the ads offer any added value to the product? No. They help companies better compete over others, but do they add value to the product in the way the mechanical engineer does that designed it, or that designed the machinery its being manufactured on? absolutely not.

presidential campaigns and lobbying. let's funnel millions of dollars into getting elected and getting legislation how we want it, when instead that money could be put to something that actually benefits our society. can tell you that far more money is wasted "not adding value" in these two examples alone than by someone spending their time playing poker instead of working a "profession."

lol at people who fail at hating. Reading comprehension 101: I did not say that I had made hundreds of thousands of dollars playing poker. I had replied to someone who asked "the real question you're going to have to answer 5 years from now is 'what have you done for the last 5 years with your life'?"

I replied: made hundreds of thousands of dollars playing poker, ldo.

This means that FIVE YEARS FROM NOW I plan on having made several hundred thousand dollars from poker. And yes I would be shocked if I have not broken $200,000 profit in 5 years from playing poker seeing as how I have nearly a dozen friends who have done so in less than 2 years and their opinions of my play and my realistic understanding of the game lead me to believe there is absolutely no f***ing way I won't be able to accomplish this.

Let's do some math: Assuming I play 40 hours per week and give myself 2 weeks of vacation per year, I would have to make $800 per week to reach $200,000 in 5 years. So, Mr. mikeinyonkers, I think $200K in 5 years is easily attainable. $200K every 5 years is roughly $3400 per month. If you'd like to make a bet I'll bet you up to $1,000 that I will make over that much on any given month. When you want to try and be a hater, be ready to put your money down. Look forward to hearing from you.

ty!

haters gonna hate

gl cavino

there are things you can't learn from searching google and clicking the first link.

claiming poker as a profession to people with true value adding professions will make you look naive. you are essentially competing for and attempting to redistribute wealth to yourself that has already been created. not only is that true, but there is also a significant opportunity cost to society of having competent and intelligent people like yourself spending time trying to redistribute existing wealth to yourself by playing poker instead of endeavoring in activities that create wealth. that's a point that a lot of people don't consider.

with all of that said, does it bother me personally? no. like most people, i don't care whether the transactions in which wealth is redistributed to me create wealth for society. hence why i have no problem taking manies from/giving manies to people on the felt.

with that said, i don't try to have it both ways. i make no effort to legitimize the money i make playing poker to others, nor do i consider it a viable profession by which to label myself. if i were to rely on poker as my sole source of income, i would simply call myself a gambler and do my best not to get into conversations with people about the details. that's the basic jist of the thread that was linked previously in this thread.

to be fair, "playing poker for a living" is not calling it a profession, so maybe my point is inconsequential. the semantic difference between "professional" and "for a living" doesn't matter to most, but it can offend some.

It comes down to what's your most important value--yourself or "society"? Depending on the answer to that all the rest follows.

well done

you are 54/44, wow, please post a ev line too if you can.

very true, but if you answer yourself, you better be ready to hold your tongue when you want to impress someone who answers society.

I have no interest in impressing anyone. And I would pity anyone who answered society.

here's an EV line and showdown/non-showdown winnings. and 55/44 for a heads up player is pretty standard i think.

i mean, i understand what you're saying, but I don't mean professional in the sense of a profession. I only mean it as my primary source of income by far comes from poker. don't really think you're hating, i understand your point. but (hypothetically) if u were to make 20k a year owning a small coin laundery operation that runs itself and 200K a year playing poker, you sir are a professional poker player who also makes an addiotional 20k on the side with the coin op gig, not the other way around.

they ask can u really make money at that?

wow

thats cool

ur the 1st person i have met who does that

can i blow u?



these are teh typical repsonses i get

note to self: move to where Rart Dirt lives, receive more blow jobs as a result.