AMA with Matt Stout

Originally Posted by Patrick M.

Did any of you family members or friends express concern when you told them you were gonna pursue poker as a profession? How did you deal with that? Any regrets re your career choice?

Of course they had concerns, but by the time most of them were hearing that I was going pro I'd experienced a good amount of success, chopping a $560 WSOPC AC event for $34k and winning two $10k seats into the main event. My father was very opposed to me playing poker while I was a broke college student, but once I won that much money he even said he'd understand if I took time off from school to pursue playing poker for a living.

I have absolutely no regrets about my career choice whatsoever and if I decide I want to go get my MBA/law degree like I planned on I'll just finish my undergrad and do it. I doubt I'll ever regret that I didn't have to graduate college and take an entry-level job busting my ass in a cubicle for Merrill Lynch while going to grad school part time, which is where I was headed.

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09-25-2013 09:06 PM #1
Patrick M. View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Join Date Dec 2012 Posts 85	Did any of you family members or friends express concern when you told them you were gonna pursue poker as a profession? How did you deal with that? Any regrets re your career choice?

10-10-2013 02:40 AM #2
ProMattStout View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Join Date Sep 2013 Posts 62	Originally Posted by Patrick M. Did any of you family members or friends express concern when you told them you were gonna pursue poker as a profession? How did you deal with that? Any regrets re your career choice? Of course they had concerns, but by the time most of them were hearing that I was going pro I'd experienced a good amount of success, chopping a $560 WSOPC AC event for $34k and winning two $10k seats into the main event. My father was very opposed to me playing poker while I was a broke college student, but once I won that much money he even said he'd understand if I took time off from school to pursue playing poker for a living. I have absolutely no regrets about my career choice whatsoever and if I decide I want to go get my MBA/law degree like I planned on I'll just finish my undergrad and do it. I doubt I'll ever regret that I didn't have to graduate college and take an entry-level job busting my ass in a cubicle for Merrill Lynch while going to grad school part time, which is where I was headed.