So I just sent out the email to my coworkers that I am leaving.
I'm really leaving. It's hard to believe sometimes and I occasionally find myself thinking how crazy this is. I'm in a stable job making good money. There are a lot of good reasons to stay. A couple times I'd gone down this train of thought I almost convinced myself not to leave.
But then I think about what my true passion is. What motivates me to try harder every day and learn something new. And that's poker. If I never take this leap into the unknown, I will never know if I can make it. If I look back at my life when I'm 40 without ever giving myself the chance to turn my passion into my career, what will I think?
It's a risk, but it's a risk where the downside is not the end of the world. If I have grossly over-estimated my skills, or if fate frowns on me and throws me into a spiral of bad session after bad session, where will I be? I'll be a 25 or 26 year-old with a Computer Science degree from a leading university looking for a job.
But enough of the worst-case scenario talk. What's the best case? Well, fortune smiles upon me, I crush the 15/30 and 30/60 LHE games and build my bankroll up. I play some $200-$600 tournaments and make a big score in one. I push my bankroll up to 6 digits. I play a $1500 WSOP event and make a final table. I get lucky with AK against QQ and become a dominant chip leader which leads inevitably to my first bracelet and a heaping pile of cash. And that's just the beginning .
Which way will my life turn from here? I'll let you know when I get my other foot out there.
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3 comments:
Bon Chance. Gambate, neh?
I don't really see a downside for you Rob. This is a smart idea and I wish you all the best!
Keep to the games you are good at. I'd avoid the casino games since any game against the casino is an edge toward the casino while poker and cards are against other players where you can have an edge.
Good luck!
this is craziness! crazineess rob!
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