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Wanted: Winning gambler

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1) As an engineering student at UIUC, I met a grad student in mathematics who wanted to play poker but had few friends. We started a game and he introduced me to rec.gambling.poker. After graduating, I decided that playing poker sounded more fun than working in water/wastewater treatment.

2) Amateur since 1992, part-time since 1993, full-time since 1994.

3) 75% good money and easy hours. 25% I enjoy it.

4) Yes.

5) No. There is a very, very long list of things I enjoy more than gambling.

6) That's hard to answer. My gut reaction was "no". I really don't know how to answer. I put in a lot of work at times. It was mostly fun and interesting. Bad runs are difficult emotionally, but I don't really think that that's the question you're asking.
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Want to expand if you have the time. These are a little less fluffy and more brain picking.

You mentioned that you were first interested because of a friend. What about him was interesting to you? How was he different from others? Was he your role model or just a partner in crime? This sounds like the influence towards your work.

At what point did you transition from poker to sports and what prompted that transition? There was curiosity and Tomato is wondering where that developed.

You mention that you enjoy sports betting outside of the money, what about it interests you? The rush, the status (is there an ego associated with the profession?), the difficulty, what is enjoyable outside of seeing your account go up?

Is there a point that you see yourself quitting from this?

You said "yes" to the question do you consider yourself "good at" this. How does a professional like yourself measure mastery at gambling? What was the point where you said "I'm good at this"?
 
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