Professional poker

As of November 1^st I will be unemployed.  My company is closing and I will be laid off.  In recent months I have been considering and planning on leaving the company, so I guess it was just meant to be.

Things have a way of working themselves out though as I have landed a job as a prop player at the poker club I normally frequent.  This means that I will be paid an hourly rate to play poker 40-50 hours a week.  I am really happy about this.  This is a great room to prop in because 90% of the time the only games going are No Limit Hold Em, which is my bread and butter.  So I will not be exposed to the hazards that many casino prop players are exposed to such as being moved from game to game and into games that they don’t like or play well.  Occasionally they will have a limit Omaha or limit hold em game going but I have experience and winning track records in those games as well and I should be fine with the hourly rate they are paying me.  When you include the money I win playing poker (I have not had a losing month this year) I should be able to actually make more money than I did at my day job. 

I am very excited about this new life that I am beginning on November 1^st.  I am excited to be putting away the alarm clock!  I will be working nights, around 5pm to 1am at the card room.  So I can sleep in mornings and have my days free.  This is really exciting to me.  I have never been a morning person and I think this new poker life will be good for me. 

I have a nice bankroll and living expenses saved in the bank so barring an eight month downswing that cripples me I should be able to stay in the game.  And if I have an eight month downswing on the tables I probably won’t want to play poker any more anyway.

So beginning November 1^st I will technically be a professional poker player.  All of my income will consist of prop money and the money I win at the tables.  I should start blogging more as well.  Since I will only be putting in 40-50 hours a week of poker instead of 45 hours a week at my job and 25 hours a week in poker I will have more free time.  Only two days left until my new life begins!

Disciplined Degenerate