I met a pro player in poker. Rather, we were acquainted in absentia for four years (according to ICQ), but we had not seen each other until yesterday, although we live in the same city. We met in a banal case. They sat down, talked, exchanged thoughts. When SYL left me a comment: "With a poker example, I wanted to convey the following: thanks to one pro I clearly realized what needs to be put in order to achieve great success in that game and did not see a chance for myself." To be honest, then I did not understand, that he had in mind and hardly understand it now, but here's the story of my familiar player. After the institute he married, rented a house and stayed in the city. I settled down in a construction company, quickly went on a career ladder, showed myself as a competent engineer and manager. Accidentally carried away by online poker, he liked and he began to study it thoroughly. For several years he did not work for an enterprise during the day, he played poker at night. In the end I realized that it would not take so long to set priorities. The lion's share of the family's budget was the income from the game, so with the choice of long hesitated, quit work and completely immersed in the world of poker. Further 3 years consisted of poker, sleep and food. No day, no night, no weekend, no less than 12 hours of game every day plus a few hours to study the works of poker classics. A significant increase in profits, the purchase of an apartment, a car, the fulfillment of the vagaries of his wife. My whole life was in card combinations. The first patience burst from his wife, one day she just told him that they need to part. Whether this was his fault with poker, or his wife would have gone away anyway, if he stayed on the engineer's salary, it's hard to judge. As a result, the apartment remained with his wife, and he again switched to a removable. The desire to continue the game was lost, I wanted to return to real life. I tried to get a job, but everywhere I offered beggarly wages. Now he continues to pound poker for money, trying to find a rational solution to how to break out of this vicious circle and just live. Smart people say that you can achieve success in any business only by giving it completely, but forget to add what the price of this success will be.
