Quote from: hua_hui on October 15, 2015, 01:34:34 AM

Quote from: chennan on October 15, 2015, 12:09:43 AM

Quote from: bitgolden on October 01, 2015, 09:29:34 AM

Can a full time gambler lead a life just from the earning from gambling. I think it's possible when we get some experience over time. But some of friends claim they are all successful from day one itself.
It would be nice if you share your experience whether a modern days internet gambling will provide enough and regular money for getting a living out of it.

I have never knew of anyone who was successful from gambling online... except for this one guy...

My brother had a roommate in college who was SUPER into gambling on poker websites, mainly texas hold'em. This was still at the time when online gambling was still legal in the US, maybe around like 2006 or so? Definitely not a part of the bitcoin gambling scene, but I'll tell his story any ways as it might interest some of y'all.

This kid just had a knack for gambling. Sometimes when I would visit my brother at his college, we would play texas hold'em... we never stood a chance. I guess from playing online, he came across as having this blank look like he was looking at a computer screen when playing, seldemly drinking at all when playing, he was very serious.

Then he started to get more into gambling. It was a serious addiction, but it was an addiction that he profited off of, so I guess that's a good thing? He would get into some pretty heavy buy ins, and would stay in his room for hours at a time. Then, when/if he got in the "final table" he would quickly run to the library and go on the basement level to isolate him self from everything... no cell phone service, just wifi. He would just literally disappear and stay there all night long until morning and maybe even in the afternoon if the game was really long. There was times when my brother said he would come back with bags under his eyes and just a grin on his face as he sat down his lap top and goes... "I won 100K..." Of course my brother and all his friends where estatic for him and would through these parties for him, where the guy would fund all the alcohol they wanted.

After he graduated (Accounting) he started flying out to Vegas and playing in tournaments. He would win some pretty nice sized pots there as well, and started making a name for him self. Major poker players would "sponsor" him and funded his entry fees to play in these tournaments, and he would just have to pay back a portion of the profits to the lender.

Anyways, he never has worked a day in his life... still flies out to Vegas. Does pretty well in WSP tournaments (though hasn't made the final table there yet). Oh... I forgot to mention that he has won a couple of $1K-$20K pools on FanDuel before and thinks nothing of it.

But he was one of the coolest, nerdiest, most genuine guys I got to know from my brothers friend group. Ended up buying a 50 inch plasma screen from him for $50 dollars, simply because he didn't want it any more... lol Roll Eyes

yup, the case is very rare but it is indeed true. there is a lot of these cases in texas poker and the amount you can win from the major tournament is really really huge. he really put in a lot of effort into this and that is why he successed. so overall, u can see that in order to win big, you still have to put in a lot of committment and effort.

Absolutely.. My brother said there would be these periods in time where he wouldn't want to socialize at all by going out with them and doing some occasional partying. He would just be that focused into playing poker.

Now is that a healthy way to make a living? Hell no. But does he enjoy what he's doing, and not having to slave away hours for someone above him through work? Well.. maybe, considering he does take some sponsorships to play tournaments and has to pay a percentage of his winnings to investors, but still... Makes my day job look like shit considering the hours I work and at what wage rate.