<janet.abou DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Does anyone have experience dating a professional poker player? What
> is the lifestyle of a professional poker player? Do people have
> experiences they can share? I've been dating someone recently and he
> has decided to quit te day job for poker, I just need to know what I'm
> getting into....Thanks!
Talk to him.
You can't say "don't do it", it would not work, and it would not be right.
Now in his mind he is good enough to do that, and he really wants to have a
chance. You may want to let him have his chance, but you need to set up
things so that a failure would not be devastating for both of you.
As someone else said, he needs to set aside enough money to live for a year,
in case things go wrong, to get another job. Plus, the bankroll: and should
be enough to accommodate swings, since when that money is over, he will have
to return to day job.
If he does not have, you can agree on a specific amount, and decide together
that he will become a pro when he has set aside so much.
Is he going to accept these conditions? Probably yes, since in his mind, the
chances of a failure are minimal, so the agreement will appear to him as "I
can be a pro, and in the extremely unlikely case I lose, I will stop". Of
course, in the mind of everyone else what he calls "extremely unlikely" is
something that has 90% probability.
When he loses enough (and "lose" must include the cost of travels, hotels,
etc.) he will try to deny, so it would be a good idea to have him sign of
piece of paper in advance.
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