So this blog is really a chance for me to vent out my ideas and feelings and I'm about to do so. Ever since I saw Jake and Steve playing last summer instead of working and doing something they enjoy instead of having to resort to the typical shitty summer job for $8 like I had done for so many years prior. I'm young and have very few obligations or financial commitments so why not take the chance at playing for the summer on my own time and enjoying my freedom from school?
I started planning it early on having a plan to make 5k playing poker over the school year in order to have money to fall back on if the summer playing goes poorly or I have a bad case of running bad. I have kind of half-assed the efforts so far and only have made about 1.9K in the few months of school so far.
My parents have always been supportive of what I have passion for so I figured they would see I'm treating it like a job and not entertainment with my purpose being making a profit and not purely gambling to see an outcome. Apparently I learned over the holiday's and tonight's dinner conversation that their views on the subject and my plans for the summer differ greatly. To my parents and my sister being a "gambler" and not taking the typical summer job is absolutely outrageous and not going to happen. My parents and sister (you know the super annoying, know-it-all, "I make measly salary a year and am better than you because I went to an ivy league school" kind of sister) claim it's "illegal" and that its similar to selling drugs.
They don't realize over the past 3 months I'm averaging $13 a hour and over the last 5000 hands I'm averaging over $33 a hour and hopefully will be growing that as I more high up and develope my HU game more. The only thing I want is to kill it the rest of the year and prove to them that my intentions are no joke. I'm upping my profit goals by May to 10K and will be putting in a lot more volume in hoping of crushing that goal. I'm sick and tired of not getting respect for the time and effort I've put into poker and I want to prove to my family once and for all that I'm capable of making very good money and enjoying my time off in the summer. If all else fails I'll be looking into renting an apartment of a house to live in the summer if my parents can't deal with it because truly and honestly their reasoning for not allowing me to follow my dream and take a risk once in my life is something that my mind is set on and I will be pursuing.
This is my last chance once and for all to motivate me to put in the hours I should be putting in and striving for the results that I have worked hard to be able to accomplish and I think I truly deserve.
do what ever it takes to motivate you to play. Don't sweat the P-rents, actions speak louder than words. When they see you able to pay for things without working or w.e maybe they'll come to realize what you do is completely beneficial and in no way harmful. (thats the way my parents think atleast). But not only the money, it's important to show that you are still growing as a person, meaning like ridding yourself of the harmful or "bad" things that you do, or what We all do. EX: like drinking or partying alot or being mean, w.e (i know you don't have problems with any of that but you know what i mean.) When i was drinking alot before, smoking, and just not improving myself as a man, my parents used that with the whole "gambling" pitch- to "validate" their point. Take it easy and try not to worry, in time things will work out. If not, fuck it. If it is your passion only YOU can stop you.
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