If you won big, what would you do?

dj11 · Dec 29, 2012

I'm still trying to get any of it off line.........

BigCountryAA · Dec 29, 2012

Well with 250k I could pay all my bills off put 100k in savings to draw interest and have a decent bankroll.

lilturkgirl86 · Dec 30, 2012

i would deffenately want to keep working, but i believe i would startup my own small business and build it up.. investing my $ wisely, and of course play a lil poker on the side lol

doomasiggy · Dec 30, 2012

LukeSilver said:
is aprox £155000 in my currency.
at the moment i would quit my job because i hate my job and move up to be nearer my girlfriend. i would invest £100000 in property to either live in or rent out then id spend about £10000 on a car. 45k left. then id spend 2k on computer equipment. 3k across various sites for playing poker with. 40k to live of until i can find a new job.

Will get you a terrible house in a shitty area btw.

MIShroomer47 · Dec 30, 2012

I wouldnt stop working that's for sure. I would however focus a majority of my time on earning playing poker... 250,000 would be a nice cushion on bills and what not. I'd definitely do some investing as well... gold, and silver, as well as other things. But i would totally work on playing poker for earnings... If it worked out for more than a year then i'd consider not working at all and focusing on poker as a primary source of income.

jrctherake · Dec 30, 2012

Anyone that can not afford to play a main event before winning 250k can not afford to do so after winning 250k.

Why?............lol.........anyone that has to ask why would be the very person/people that will end up old and busted.

Now if you won a mil or something close that would be little different. In that case you could take 25% of it and live your dream and if it didnt work out you still got a somewhat good chunk to add to retirement............any other way is just plain reckless.

arahel_jazz · Dec 30, 2012

$250K? Not enough to quit my six-figure job for sure.

I would bank half in dividend paying investments, then take what's left after taxes and plan a nice wsop week in Vegas - and yes, include the ME. Antonio E. once said that if you play any WSOP event, the ME is the most +EV exactly because of all the dreamers being easy money.

WEC · Dec 31, 2012

I did win a $50K tournament in Vegas a few years ago, and the best I could do was call in sick to work for a week, while partying every night the whole week long with a couple friends who lived in town. Good Times!!! In retrospect I was lucky they didn't fire me...

Marginal · Dec 31, 2012

id by 12,500 perfect pancake pans.

fletchdad · Dec 31, 2012

arahel_jazz said:
$250K? Not enough to quit my six-figure job for sure.

I would bank half in dividend paying investments, then take what's left after taxes and plan a nice WSOP week in Vegas - and yes, include the ME. Antonio E. once said that if you play any WSOP event, the ME is the most +EV exactly because of all the dreamers being easy money.

if you count the .00 at the right of my bottom line, i have a 7 figure job..................

nc_royals · Dec 31, 2012

dj11 said:
I'd spend the next 10 years trying to get it off line!

Classic, lol

I'd pay off my house, bills and put a dent in my daughters college fund. $250K is way too little in my opinion to change your life such as quitting work, quitting college or going pro. I'd go on a great vacation with family and my poker would continue at the smaller levels Im comfortable with.

arahel_jazz · Dec 31, 2012

fletchdad said:
if you count the .00 at the right of my bottom line, i have a 7 figure job..................

Yeah... but it's in KCZ... lol. Happy New Year FD!

fletchdad · Jan 1, 2013

arahel_jazz said:
Yeah... but it's in KCZ... lol. Happy New Year FD!

even google didnt help me.......

But Happy New Year back at ya!!!

BTW, I found and old acoustic guitar in a junk pile waiting to be picked up. It looked interesting, so I picked it up. 1924, hand built. I dont think it can be restored to playability - and dont know if it would be worth it anyway - but its on my wall.

I count this as a big win, so not too much of a derail...IMO............

Chips4Buds · Jan 1, 2013

fletchdad said:
even google didnt help me.......

But Happy New Year back at ya!!!

BTW, I found and old acoustic guitar in a junk pile waiting to be picked up. It looked interesting, so I picked it up. 1924, hand built. I dont think it can be restored to playability - and dont know if it would be worth it anyway - but its on my wall.

I count this as a big win, so not too much of a derail...IMO............

Wow! nice guitar. Too bad it wasn't playable. I am a classical guitarist myself, you never know might of been one of Andre Segovia's practice guitars lol. Happy New Years everyone

arahel_jazz · Jan 1, 2013

fletchdad said:
even google didnt help me.......

I had it backwards - CZK... Czech Republic Kouruna... currently trading at 1 to $0.05 USD.

I've got a great Luthier that could easily make that playable.
<end derail>

But then again, if I won big, I would have to buy a bigger house for all of the instruments I would buy! I played one of these on Friday night... what a trip.

kissapig · Jan 1, 2013

I would pay off my house and credit cards, then go on a circuit playing low buy in tourneys.

ScottieDuncan · Jan 1, 2013

If I won big, I would set up my wife for life if possible, and, then go back to playing poker.

Marginal · Jan 1, 2013

hookers and blow

bz54321 · Jan 2, 2013

Marginal said:
hookers and blow

Maybe but your other answer is just as appealing

id by 12,500 perfect pancake pans.

I just cant diced I guess I will invest half in one and half in the other.

Marginal · Jan 2, 2013

well the perfect pancake pan is going to be the new snuggy

bz54321 · Jan 2, 2013

Marginal said:
well the perfect pancake pan is going to be the new snuggy

Oh ya and I would buy a snuggy if I won big also.

Marginal · Jan 2, 2013

or some chipotle away

LeanAndMean · Jan 2, 2013

Winning big would not change my poker habits. I would just use it to send my grandkids to college

woohoomadness · Jan 4, 2013

If I would won $250 000, I would probably withdrawn 90% of the winnings and invested in some offline business like restaurant or a sports bar.

bubbasbestbabe · Jan 4, 2013

Buy hydroponic farm and grow pot. Become a drug lord.

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