Minimum needed to live the dream

Quote Originally Posted by ShadowWarrior:

Post your picks and posters here will advise if you should leave or not.  Personally I would not.  If you have on line gaming then stay where you are, make a living in some career and save money while at home.  Gambling can be a side hobby and you can always go to LV or Atlantic City for fun.  I go to LV three to four times a year and quite enough for me.  I get to gamble through local books on line and stay in paradise although lots of locals move to LV becauseof the high cost of living here.  Will be there visiting in late Oct. to visit classmates and to see a neighbor who moved away.  Got family that moved there also but not so close with them, cousins but hardly know them.  Every trip I bump into people from here.  Most say home is where you make it.  LV gets hot and cold.  Both climate and gambling.

Quote Originally Posted by Qncyk1:

you have to open a 5dimes account.

i dont even want to tell you how much youve lost playing vegas lines. im with matchbook and pinnacle.

you cant do this on a dialy basis and bet vegas lines.

you just cant.

 

 

Quote Originally Posted by mafioso:

If you are going to rent an apartment the cheapest you will find is maybe a studio for around 500 a month

so thats 6500 for the year including security deposit

You will have Bills

Quote Originally Posted by mbialowas:

Have to disagree. Vegas lines are good, sometimes better than the online, you just have to shop around

Also, I know lots of people making a living, only betting at Vegas books

Quote Originally Posted by vlps5122:

just stumbled upon this thread, hope you are doing well and succeeding newyorkslim. I have watched sports my whole life and have played poker since i was about 11 or 12. I havent played poker for money in about 2 years. I am now a senior in college and as a sophomore i played some cash games about 3-4 times a week against 25+ year olds and made some good money over course of the winter. Ive always wanted to get into sports betting and i finally just started with the start of the nfl season. I am up $600 so far with $50 bets (sometimes $100 bets) in 1 months time. My win rate is 60%. this dream you are living newyorkslim would be my dream as well. i am 8 months away from graduating with an accounting and finance degree and my parents are expecting me to become a cpa and sit in a cubicle all day being bored out of my mind. I have about $20k in my savings account, which my parents would probably be extremely dissapointed with me if i decided to try and make it in vegas and live this lifestyle. they have always dissaporved of me playing poker but they stopped nagging me over it when i usually came home with more money then i left the home with. man, i just dont feel like the 9-5 lifestyle is meant for me i feel different than most ppl in that regard. im going to keep betting through the nfl/ncaaf/nba/ncaab and also i go to school in delaware and online gambling will be legal come january so ill probly do some poker and maybe a little blackjack during my last semester before graduation. hey man i hope you make it out there and live a great life, i hope to join you come 1 year from now as a 22 yr old thats never been on his own doing something most ppl would consider crazy. good luck man.

Quote Originally Posted by jecht:

If you have a lifetime 24hr fitness membership there will be no rent expenses.

Quote Originally Posted by mafioso:

Let me clarify

If you are going to rent an apartment the cheapest you will find is maybe a studio for around 500 a month

so thats 6500 for the year including security deposit

You will have Bills

Electric,gas,cable and or satalite, phone and internet with the summers and winters lets say your total for these bills is another 300 per month

thats 3600 per year

You will need a car, Lets say your car is payed off just to be nice with insurance and gas and maintenence you are looking at 300 per month

thats another 3600 for the year

now food, dining in dining out going out to movies, dating once in a while if you have a life say another 400 per month, Im being ultra conservative here on a tight ass budget

thats 4800 per year

add medical insurance another 150 per month thats 1800 per year

from bottom to top

1800

4800

3600

3600

6500

thats 20K to 23K depending on your life style

Now in order for you to have a chance in hell of being successfull You will need that money just to live on for 12 calender months

Now you need a bankroll

trying to win 100 per day is not feasable Its just not

You will have to be ultra selective and bet a nickle a game until you reach a desired goal for the month a desired goal would be 3k

Pay attention here its the most valuable lesson in this reply

You need to come up atleast 7 wagers won over the wagers you lost.

You are giving yourself 30 calender days to reach this goal, its the only way to make this type of move without going bust

so 500 a day is what you must have for wagering with the swings of wins and losses you need 500 a day x 60 days atleast 30K

so I was wrong when I said 100K You need atleast 50K

thats my opinion and in my case if I ever decided to do something so irresponsible I have a family, I would need atleast 150K because my expenses are double to tripple.

But good luck.