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Message: [QUOTE="PoKeRFoRNiA, post: 2177709, member: 51710"] Do NOT go full time poker. Treat poker like a hobby. I was thinking the same thing as you were when I was in college. But I decided to finish my university and get my bachelors first. If you plan to drop out to pursue your poker career full time while you have no credentials or proof that you can make a living off poker, or dont' have enough money, then you're fooling yourself. Many successful poker players rarely dropped out. They treated poker as a hobby, which then turned into a career because they realized that their hobby is making way more than their current career. Do not use exceptions to guide your life. Yes, there are exceptions who have dropped out to pursue their career in poker, such as Phil Hellmuth, Joe Cada, etc. The difference is, these guys were making far more money than what they could make in their 9-5 job. Unless you can prove it that you make enough money to go full time by profiting as much as you would make if you get out of college, and do that steadily every year, I don't recommend it. Just because Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college but became billionaires don't mean you shouldn't consider college or university. These guys had bright career and hobby that turned out to be way more profitable than if they were to finish school and get a job. Vanessa Rousso was completing her school and getting her degrees while playing poker. Chris Moneymaker finished his school while playing poker as his hobby. Vanessa dropped out of law school after she was assured that she can make way more money playing poker than becoming a lawyer. She didn't just drop out and relied on poker, hoping to make it big. [/QUOTE]

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