The money is simply un-comparable to any job a 20 year old can get and is close to VP+ level in unicorn/FAANG companies
Poker has the best hourly rate for any job in India. You can play from anywhere, travel all the time and visit casinos in cool places. The lifestyle and the freedom that comes along with playing Poker full time.I was working as a product manager at back in 2020 and around that time, I quit my job to pursue the game for two main reasons: So, I want to write this post to summarily answer most questions around this topic and mostly because I am tired of repeating myself again and again. Its understandably hard to comprehend why anybody would stop pursuing a money making endeavour. These days whenever I recount my past with new people, everyone inevitably asks me why I stopped playing the game (full time) if it was profitable to do so. I used to play Poker for a living from 2018-2021.
