A first-person reflection by a former professional poker player who stopped playing to pursue larger ambitions (including starting a skincare brand). The speaker describes enjoying casual home games but leaving professional poker because they wanted to avoid complacency and pursue opportunities that wouldn’t pay off overnight.
I love the game. It's one of my favorite nights of the month is I host a poker game at my home, but now that my livelihood doesn't depend on it, it's a lot more enjoyable. I stopped because I just had much, much, much bigger ambitions than playing poker. Basically. I think you can easily fall into a trap of comfort. Like I could have easily slipped into a few more years, but they're such crucial years there. Yeah. I hung my boots up as hard as it was at the time, because I didn't have, like, an alternative that was going to make me money overnight, so it was hard to walk away from.
