Introduction.....

Well everyone else has a blog, so if you can’t beat them!

The blog is mainly for me to reflect on, however I think I can give a slant that most poker blogs don’t cover, sure there will be some hands and a few rants about two outer rivers , but I’m also keen to look at how quitting the rat race for poker works from a practical perspective.... finance, bank roll, health, working every edge etc etc

I’d been thinking about it for several months but the timing never seemed quite right. For many months the poker winnings had been rivaling the pay packet, but it’s a serious leap of faith walking into see the boss and explain why you only want to work half a week from now on. Finally in August 2005 I took the decision and with the blessing of the Mrs I went part time at work. From then I had to rely on poker for a serious slice of my monthly income.

Now for some people this maybe isn’t a big deal… but with a big mortgage and a baby on the way (I didn’t know it was on the way at the time!!) the pressure was on to perform and pay the bills.... this was no longer a hobby... it was serious!!

As far as I am concerned poker is a business now. Over the coming weeks and months, in addition to detailing the daily ups and downs, I’m going to lay out the sensible business case for what it takes to play poker for a living.... hope it can help some of you!!

Cheers,

Wonky