future plans

so i have been having some thoughts lately about what im going to be doing in the future as far as life, work,poker and where ill be at or what ill be doing and i decided to just do a midweek post about it.

so the past couple years after i would work my summer season i would move out of alaska and play poker in the winter. that is all fine and everything except this last summer was the last year on the contract for the company that ive been working for and i didnt know if they were gonna get it again this year. so i really had no idea what i would be doing for work this summer. i mean im in a construction union so im on an out of work list so whenever my name comes up on the list i get called out for a job so its not like i was out of a job completely i just didnt know what to expect. with that on my mind a whole lot of things were going through my head this winter. i was contimplating just taking the summer off and traveling europe, move somwhere and just play poker, find a new career path, and a lot more things. in the end i decided wether or not the company gets the contract this season or not i was going to go back up to alaska and see how the summer went and then take it from there but now i have a little better of a direction to head towards.

so the company i work for did end up getting the contract and its either for 2 or 3 years every summer so i will be set for a couple years at least. now being that im in a construction union i make damn good money and i really got lucky to be in the position that i am and i know that and try not to take things for granted. in the summers i work usually 6-7 days a week for 12 hours a day, this year it will most likely be 7 days a week. it is definitely a grind and by the end of the season everyone is burned out and bitter but after you recover it was totally worth it. i would make more money than the average house hold a year and do it in 5 months. i actually like working that schedule. although it doesnt leave much time to enjoy the summer at all i do get the whole winter off which i have been moving out of alaska and enjoying other spots anyways.

with all that being said new thoughts creeped into my head. this last winter has been going pretty decent poker wise. although at the moment i only have like 750 hours at 3/5 nl here i feel really confident in saying im a winning player at these games. im comftorable with everything im doing at poker and im sustaining a pretty decent winrate and with me actually knowing what ill be doing in the summers for the next few years my thoughts for new winter destinations have been swirling in my head. at the moment my bankroll is right around 27k. i only have a few weeks left to play so i doubt i will gain or lose a lot more than that. i was hoping i would have a little more time to play than that but its ok. i really wanted to build my bankroll to 40k which is where i will start playing 5/10 nl. i want to have 30 buyins for 5/10 and 20 buy ins for 2/5 nl before i move up so thats the plans. the thing is poker in washington isnt the best. i mean they have soft games and you can make good money but its hard to find steady 5/10 games and theres better places to spend the winters.

so ive been thinking but ill rethink everything before i actually commit to any ideas but this next winter im really considering moving to florida. every one i talk to says there games are super soft and the action is always good with plenty of 5/10 games. the weather is hot and the girls are sexy oh and they also have beaches. that is just one thaught ive had my options are really kinda open and arent that limited. i thaught about going to vegas again and it seems like a decent thaught. i could move near jersey and play at atlantic city which that one i probablly wouldnt do but im just saying i have the chance to move somwhere this winter and i plan on doing it unless somthing else comes up. the problem i know im going to have is that if i start playing 5/10 regularly and im able to have a decent winrate than i should be making 40-50$hr and after doing that for a whole winter it might be hard to get away from but ill deal with that when the time comes.

after saying that, another choice is going to arise in my future. after this contract is up in alaska in the next 2 or 3 years ill be put in this situation again in not knowing what ill be doing unless they get the contract again. if however, ive been playing 5/10 every winter and showing steady results than i might have a new career laid in front of me. playing poker professionally is hard and not somthing for the weak hearted and i know this. i do have a lot of personal traights that can handle playing poker as a profession but that doesnt mean it would be easy. everyone has heard the term "its a hard way to make an easy living" and some might not grasp that concept to what it truly means. poker is a brutal game to where you can be at your lowest lows and your highest highs all within the same month theres also not that many professions that you have to put in the dedication that you have to with poker. after leaving vegas last winter i told myself i dont think i would want to go pro unless i was able to win consistantly atleast at 5/10. well that time will be coming around and ill have a decision to make when it does. that decision is quite a bit aways in the future so i dont need to think about it right now but thaught i would share the ideas i was having.

so those are a lot of the thaughts going through my mind right now. i realize this post was pretty damn long and not really too informational but i decided to just share my thaughts anyways. so if you read it all or a little bit thanks for reading and ill post this sunday again. so untill next time, stayed tuned cosmonauts :)