I disagree that it's a "complete myth" that professional gamblers can set their own hours. There is no law of nature that forces you to make every possible dime you can.
Let's say that by working incredibly hard at every promo, taking every multiplier and bit of bounce back that I can find, I'd expect to earn $150K next year. If I choose to make $80K by passing up the weaker 2/3 of the plays, doesn't that mean I am setting my own hours to some degree?
If I want to take 3 weeks off to go on a vacation, I can do it pretty much whenever I want. You can't do that in most other jobs. Yes, there's an opportunity cost, but enjoying life has definite value, too.
Your average law firm lawyer and most doctors have far less control over their hours than professional gamblers. Certainly no one with a 9-to-5 job has as much control as a professional gambler.
Yes, there will be the occasional opportunity that is too good to pass up. But those, unfortunately, are the exception, not the rule. Day to day, we have a ton of flexibility in what we choose to do and when we choose to do it.
--Dunbar
---In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, <emeraldcitybj@...> wrote :
The whole notion that a professional gambler sets their own hours is a complete myth. As a video poker player, you don't get to decide when a casino is going offer a multiplier or when a progressive is going to go positive. You also don't get to decide which days of the week a casino will allow you to collect free play or when they do that drawing where you stuffed the drum. These factors might dictate when you have to travel out of town.
If you are a table games player, you have similar issues since playable conditions seldom exist 24/7.
A successful pro needs to take advantage of opportunities when they come up, which means they often do not get to set their own hours.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Posted by: h_dunbar@hotmail.com
| Reply via web post | • | Reply to sender | • | Reply to group | • | Start a New Topic | • | Messages in this topic (8) |
