Skatesblog: I'm Quitting Poker :)
Hey everyone,
I recently accepted a job offer to work on algorithmic modeling and trading for a high-frequency trading firm. Due to the highly competitive industry they are a part of, I will not be able to answer questions about the interview process or what exactly it is that they do. However, it should be clear that I wouldn't be leaving the world of professional online poker unless I were afforded an excellent opportunity.
I will be continuing to play until the end of 2009 while I reach Supernova Elite for the second year in a row. After I have completed that goal, I anticipate quitting poker altogether.
I already answered a handful of questions on the 2+2 HUSNG Regs Thread about my poker career and development as a player, and I recently made a bunch of higher-level strategy posts in line-check threads about polarization and leveling. If you start reading the Regs thread around comment #17000, everything is linked from there.
If you have more questions about what poker has been like for me or if there are any strategy concepts you'd like me to elaborate on, please post them here.
I have made enough videos with ChicagoRy to finish up the year at husng.com, and there are plans currently in the works to get another high-stakes coach posting videos. husng.com will continue to serve as the heads-up sit-and-go player's best and most dedicated training resource.
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RyPac13 says:
Don't worry, I'll try to hit him up on weekends on slow trading weeks for videos (oOOOo).
thrift says:
What they offered must be enough to get you off poker.
Grats Skates, thanks for your videos.
dwusbu says:
Best of luck in your new job!
ftisne says:
Good luck
Frederic
Frederic
unidentity says:
Sick life! Passes on being SNE+a HU baller to get a "real job". Good luck and hope all goes well :-)
ratex says:
Hey Stakes! Firstly, I'd like to wish you good luck!
I don't know if you have played enough at other forms of Hold'em (cash, fl, mtt-sng...), but, what do you think about the HU variance, and how it affected your life as a poker pro?
Regards,
ratex.
Skates says:
HU variance...
It's high, but lower in terms of buyins than any other form of SNG except for DoNs. It's really hard to relate it to cash-games because that depends on a ton of factors.
I'm less-affected by variance than most, I think. I've had enough big swings by now that I kinda just say "blah, stuck 50k since monday" to my roommates, then go climbing and don't think of it again. The money is pretty much not-real to me. I just play a game. And when the game ends, so do the emotions related to it.
While playing though, I certainly think/say all the time "WTF why couldn't I just run at expectation all the time instead of going 30k below, 30k above, etc. etc."
Shad0 says:
Skates, why didn't u answer on 2+2 to my PMs.?
U told that u'd answer after thanksgiving :)
Skates says:
I'll look shortly, sorry for the delay :(. I got soooo many PMs.
RuneSky says:
You make the best vids. Will miss them as they actually make me think hard about my game and want to be a better player.
p.s. Now your quiting could you unlock your sharkscope so we can see how much money you've actually made? :E