Timex retiring as poker pro!
First, my poker hero Shaun Deeb retires from grinding MTTs. Now timex wants to retire from being a poker pro at the age of 20! Read his long blog that ends
Fortunately for him, he made the right decision to leave university early and maximized his earnings, including being a CardRunners and FTP pro, and achieved his life goal of never having "to do anything for the rest of my life as early as possible." Now even before he has played a single WSOP Main Event, he has the luxury of doing whatever he wants, including taking university courses or finding something he loves more than making money at poker.
Many people dream of "Freedom 55", I myself dreamt of an earlier retirement age, but a few poker players have found Freedom 20! Best of luck, timex.
I feel that the poker chapter of my life is ending and although I may regret it, I'm looking forward to finding something new.
Fortunately for him, he made the right decision to leave university early and maximized his earnings, including being a CardRunners and FTP pro, and achieved his life goal of never having "to do anything for the rest of my life as early as possible." Now even before he has played a single WSOP Main Event, he has the luxury of doing whatever he wants, including taking university courses or finding something he loves more than making money at poker.
Many people dream of "Freedom 55", I myself dreamt of an earlier retirement age, but a few poker players have found Freedom 20! Best of luck, timex.
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ahhh yes, guess he is still not old enough:)
i had a friend who used to play multi-player online RPGs all the time. one day he decided that he spent too much time playing them, so he quit entirely and hasn't played any for years now even though he had greatly enjoyed playing them.
i guess it's just me, but i don't understand how people can have such black and white feelings about something they used to enjoy so immensely. even if i grew to not enjoy grinding at poker, i would never give it up entirely. it's not possible for me to change my feelings about something that dramatically i guess.
Ask anyone who has been married more then once.
no i didn't read the blog, i just went by the original post.
yeah i don't feel like that about ex-girlfriend's either. i always want to be friends still. normally they don't though...
my point exactly. it's kind of crazy to change your feelings to the complete opposite. at least for me it is.
I'm immensely enjoy cigarettes, It's only black and white, do or don't. For me poker would be the same.
EDIT: Changed Clarification fail
cigarettes as enjoyable as poker (and vice versa) - i don't smoke, but i pretty much understand this.
cigarettes as 'displeasure-able' for you as poker (and vice versa) - ah, i don't get this one. poker does not give me diseases or slowly ruin my health or make me smell or change the color of my fingers, teeth, etc. (at least not the way i play poker
also, isn't "do or don't" a black and white distinction...??
If you're a real grinder and play live poker, Poker can cause malnourishemnt, can give you viruses such as the flu due to touching dirty ass chips/cards, it can lead to a lack of excercise routine and excessive free coffee drinking which would slowly ruin your health, can cause harsh B.O. from long sessions / stressful hands.
You can have poor dental hygiene from not being near a toothbrush in 12 hours.... but you got me on the fingers. Maybe if you play with chips enough the colour of your fingers would change.
uh.... and yeah same thing black/white - do/don't.
And cigarettes cause just as much pleasure/displeasure as poker. I feel guilty/awesome when i do either.
lol that's awesome.