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Originally Posted by rickroll
OP, I am 100% of team sack here and I say that with all respect.
1. You're not poker young and you won't be getting any younger. The game is only going get harder to win and you're only going to get slower. In my 20s I could 18 table no problem, today if I have more than 6 open I begin making mistakes and going it nit mode just to limit the amount of tables i need to actively manage.
2. 1k a month is not comfortable anywhere in the world. Yes, you can survive off of it but look at this with the perspective that nearly everyone who lives in the countries you could go to live off 12k a year would happily leave behind their 12k a year lives in that country to go emigrate to vancouver.
The novelty of the new exotic life or low cost of certain things may make it seem like a good choice. But after a few years the place will lose it's "oh that's new and interesting" charm and you'll no longer see $2 fruit smoothies vs $9 ones enough of a tradeoff. I'm paraphrasing, but David Sedaris said it best, it's wonderful to be a tourist on vacation but there's nothing worse in life that being a foreigner. Not being able to understand most people, not being able to have simple conversations with those who you do understand, not being able to make certain references that everyone understands and likewise, learning the language where you hear and understand everything that was said but still don't know what they meant because you don't understand the background context they are referencing. You are basically Borat, someone few people take seriously and just want to have around because the things that make you unique entertain them and make up for the fact that you are difficult to talk to easily.
You're a million times better off keeping poker as a fun and profitable hobby. Perhaps even go on some poker vacations where you go to a place to grind for 2 weeks etc. At the very least, if you will do this anyway then spend a few months at home dedicating yourself to the grind and prove that you can earn what you expect you can. A few times after my retirement I considered diving back into the game that treated me so well in my early 20s. First time I conservatively estimated I could earn about 3k a month and turned that down because there were much better non poker options. Several years later I did the same dedicated grind and found that number was now 2k a month. Yes, I knew I could study and improve and perhaps increase those winrates. But the trend was undeniable. The game was getting harder, I was getting dumber/slower. Meanwhile, if you earn money outside of poker it's the opposite. Each year you'll earn more and your job will become less stressful as you get better at it.
And if you do ignore this, for the love of god go to a place that has a healthy expat community so you have people to socialize with and don't feel isolated.
Hey man, thanks for giving your feedback. You made alot of good points. Ya, I have always felt more comfortable with keeping poker as a hobby. That way, any profits I make, I can enjoy and feel good about, rather than have to depend on for life expenses.
Ya I can totally see how a new environment can seem like a cool escape, but that is very different than making it your new home.
I think I'm at a point in life where I am a bit lost and I'm looking for new ideas and answers. I left my last job at the end of December, and I'm currently on employment insurance while I try to figure out my next move.
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Originally Posted by mindflayer
Do you play live in the Casinos or online? Hardrock in Coquitlam or River Rock in Rmd?
Hey man, I haven't played live around the lower mainland for awhile now. The last time I did regularly was at Edgewater around 2015 and 2016. I have played a few sessions at both the River Rock and Hard Rock though. I've contemplated checking out Grand Villa, as I've never been yet. Haven't gotten around to popping in though.