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Message: [QUOTE="ChuckTs, post: 825311, member: 467"] Well the first thing you have to realize is that you are never above variance - playing within your bankroll limits is a habit you have to form, starting now. Cheating and telling yourself things like is going to get you in a LOT of trouble. Again, you're never above variance. Right now it doesn't seem to matter much as the money you're playing with isn't your livelihood, but getting into the bad habit of playing out of your bankroll will get you in the end. Read up on posts like [URL="https://www.cardschat.com/forum/cash-games-11/irexes-principle-napoleonic-player-116849/?highlight=irexes"]these[/URL]. I also agree that you should sort your schooling out first and find something you actually enjoy doing. Poker is definitely worth a shot if not for full time then for part-time 'work', but there are plenty of downsides. You might not be good enough. You might not actually like the poker lifestyle of staring at a computer screen for x hours a day. You might underestimate how much studying there is to do away from the tables. You might not have the mental toughness to deal with the swings (especially in fixed limit). Anything could change your mind - all I'm saying is a lot of people fail trying to go pro, and you need a backup when that happens. Whatever, you probably know all this, but really it's something you have to think about. But ya, I say go for it. Follow your dreams. I finished my trades courses at college back in December, moved to rings and started taking my game seriously (coaching, >20k hands monthly, heavy studying) at about the same time. I've since averaged well over 1k monthly, more than enough for a 22 year old student, and my monthly results are only going up. It's just like anything - you work hard, you get results. If I could give you one piece of advice it would be to treat it like a serious business. Put in a certain number of hours daily at the tables. Put in more hours for away from the table study. Play not only within your bankroll limits, but play with as little of your BR as you can. Give serious thought to tilt management. Look into coaching. Get/use/study a poker tracking program. Anyways I'm ranting here because this is something I've thought about a lot myself, but yeah definitely go for it. Start by putting in as many hands as you can, learn to multitable, PRACTICE PROPER BANKROLL MANAGEMENT, and buy a poker tracker. Post every trouble hand you can here in hand analysis. Take part in the forums and learn as much as you can. Pro is a long way for someone who's at 2c/4c, but you gotta start somewhere. Just start grinding. [/QUOTE]

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