Quote Originally Posted by dwarfman
d I have the option of moving on to uni in October if this doesn't work out and getting another part time job there. This is, in my opinion, the absolute best time to give this a shot.
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agreed, a great time to give this a shot

two options I recommend :

1) study at least part-time and support yourself with poker while you're studying - hell, there's a limit to how many hours a week you can play and studying a few papers at the same time will be fine. Reason is keeping your options open! Look at what people like spoonitnow are doing - making $$$ playing poker and getting set-up for another career if that's what they choose.

2) play poker for a year fulltime. No studying. With the understanding that you plan to go study afterwards if it doesn't work or you get sick of it. You'll never get stuck looking back and wondering "what if?" Hell, loads of people do some sort of GAP-year getting drunk and getting laid in Oz or wherever - long-term a year off doesn't matter...

regardless of what you choose to do - all the best!

I've recently gone from full to part-time work. Part of the reason is that I want to investigate poker as an income stream. There are other things I'm also investigating along this line. Another reason is that I simply don't feel like working 40hrs a week at the moment, and decided not to travel for the moment. Career-wise it's exactly the same working part-time or full-time.

edit: I just read this
Quote Originally Posted by dwarfman
Yah, maybe i mis-worded what I wrote. Something quite special has to happen to stop me going to uni in October. Essentially I am going to be playing poker full time until October when I go to uni - and then it will be my job on top of degree stuff... thats the plan.
- sounds like the first of my two recommendations. I like your plan. Also - think about earnings...
50 000 hands running 5ptBB/100 gives $2500, add to that rakeback and there's another $500. That excludes any bonus-whoring you plan on doing. If you're not planning on doing some of that - then you should be...
e.g. for ten days run 5 tables of everest at the same time as 11 at your normal site and clear another $500 in bonus. Or whatever. I've got loads of suggestions - but you've probably read it elsewhere already.