It's just not worth it to me to be a professional gambler. If you're smart enough to be a professional BJ player or poker player you're smart enough to have a good job. The game will test every nerve you have in your being. Take for instance last Saturday night when I was playing NL texas hold 'em poker. I ended up going all in 4 times in a period of 1/2 hour with great hands and lost them all in. One hand I had A,4 and the flop came out 8,4,4. I lost to a guy who had a boat with an 8,4 in his hand. Another hand I had a two pair on the flop after raising preflop. The flop was K,10, 4. I had K,10. The guy pulls a straight on the river on me after I went all in on the turn.
Next time I had K,J suited with a flush draw and top pair on the flop with K, 6, 3. . Even though I raised preflop in a 10 player game, the guy caught trip 6's and I lost. So the moral of the story is, even if you do have the advantage, the stress due to bad luck, variance, heat, etc can kill you. Plus it's very unhealthy to be sitting at a table all day long. I think you'll live a much happier life having a stable job and having meaningful goals to achieve and look forward to. Being a professional card player gets old after a while and can be very lonely when you have no one to share your joy with. Most people will also frown upon what you do.
Next time I had K,J suited with a flush draw and top pair on the flop with K, 6, 3. . Even though I raised preflop in a 10 player game, the guy caught trip 6's and I lost. So the moral of the story is, even if you do have the advantage, the stress due to bad luck, variance, heat, etc can kill you. Plus it's very unhealthy to be sitting at a table all day long. I think you'll live a much happier life having a stable job and having meaningful goals to achieve and look forward to. Being a professional card player gets old after a while and can be very lonely when you have no one to share your joy with. Most people will also frown upon what you do.
