Quote Originally Posted by griffey24 View Post
There are a few reasons I'm not just quitting my job and full time grinding live.

1. Online poker has made me VERY skeptical overall

2. I question the longevity of these games.

3. I just couldn't do it. I go once a week and I get bored / tired of playing after 4-5 hours. And this is when I'm playing well and doing well and I still can't motivate to play longer. I can't imagine grinding 40 hours a week, and i give credit to those that do. It's mentally draining!
I've come to similar conclusions myself. When I first came up the poker ladder, I got my hourly to $40 which was on par with my day job. Someone in my blog or somewhere even made a post to the effect "why not do it full time"? Then Black Friday hit and it's like "wow, how stupid would it have been to quit a nice day job for poker?" - especially as an American player. Also, regarding point 3, limon at 2+2 has mentioned this a few times, but if you play poker long enough, you start to realize that poker can be really boring - especially live. It is NOT passive income. You have to be inside the casino logging hours and hours mostly folding and waiting for the right hands and the right situations hoping you don't get coolered, sucked out on, run against top of ranges, and don't even think about tilting. I could maybe grind online 4 hours a day 5-6 days a week, but I don't think I could do 40 hours unless I had some ABC chart style of play that required little thinking. And even in that case, it wouldn't be fun, it would feel like a job and I'd eventually hate it. Grinding live for 40 hours a week live sounds like agony, too.