Stay At Home Poker Dad
Tired of your job? Good at poker? Do what my friend Ben Foster did, quit your job and play poker online for a living. From the Wired articled linked above:
Last summer, Ben Foster quit his $110,000-a-year job as a senior product manager at eBay to play online poker full-time. In the months leading up to his decision, the 28-year-old with a degree in statistics had been tracking his winnings on a detailed spreadsheet. After checking and rechecking the numbers, he came to the conclusion that he could earn more money playing poker than working at eBay. Plus, his wife was pregnant with their second child, and he was needed around the house. Foster decided to become a stay-at-home poker dad.
[As a side note, Ben has indeed taken much money from me at poker. But that was before I learned to play poker. That was when I learned that I just shouldn't play with him. "Strange game Dr. FalconFalken, the only way to win is not to play."]
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July 30th, 2006 at 7:06 pm
It’s “Falken”, not Falcon. He’s supposed to represent Dr. Fredkin, who was one of the early “everything is really a giant computer” automata builders.
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July 31st, 2006 at 8:14 am
Oops. Thanks Drew. You remind me that I want to do a post about how my view of the world has changed from “everything is really a giant computer” to the opposite!
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August 6th, 2006 at 3:32 pm
Yes, I have taken a lot of money from you playing poker, but that was before I learned how to play poker, too.
Whenever you feel up to the challenge, you just let me know. Before you make an excuse about living 1000 miles away, note that it is possible to play online heads up with no rake.
Plus, other people can be invited to watch. Let’s get it on, Boss.
Ben Foster, poker star
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August 6th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
Yes, I have taken a lot of money from you playing poker, but that was before I learned how to play poker, too.
Yeah and I was just a poor graduate student when you took that money for me. Sheesh, so heartless. BTW, the beer was always good.
No way am I playing with you now. You’re the one who gave me that “Poker for Dummys” book where I read “playing with a professional poker play is stupid.”
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August 7th, 2006 at 12:21 pm
I knew I shouldn’t have given you that book. Apparently it cost me more money than the sticker showed.
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August 7th, 2006 at 12:31 pm
Which brings up the question of why more poker pros don’t write incorrect books. I mean certainly giving disinformation about how to play is more valuable to them than giving good information? Or maybe they already are writing such books…
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October 22nd, 2006 at 4:26 am
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December 7th, 2007 at 7:29 am
Just one of the many stories I have read in the past 2 yrs about every day people giving up their day job and playing poker for a living.. great story. How is Ben doing now?
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March 2nd, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Yes, I have taken a lot of money from you playing poker, but that was before I learned how to play poker, too.
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April 14th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
I am new to your blog and I do like to read it!
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May 11th, 2009 at 11:12 pm
I have seen many people working full time poker player and they are earning a big time. Poker is game, of course it is a gambling, but if you are consistent, you can certainly make good money out of this.
Sherry
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December 28th, 2009 at 2:28 am
what a story.. i don’t know if i could do that. but kudos to Ben for doing it. but i guess if you are good playing poker.the risk is worth taking. So how’s ben now? i guess since he was needed to be in the house most of the time. he definetley can practice ,a href = “htp.segapoker.com” Playing Poker in an <a href = “www.segapoker.com” online environment
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December 28th, 2009 at 2:31 am
what a story.. i don’t know if i could do that. but kudos to Ben for doing it. but i guess if you are good playing poker.the risk is worth taking. So how’s ben now? i guess since he was needed to be in the house most of the time. he definetley can practice ,<a href = “http://www.segapoker.com” Playing Poker in an <a href = “http://www.segapoker.com” online environment
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June 10th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
I can’t figure out how to subscribe to the comments via feed . I want to keep up to date on this, how do I do that?
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July 8th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
ok, I found that interesting, but not for me !
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