I'm not the first guy to drop out of law school to pursue a poker career. Matt Damon did it. So did a relatively well-known blogger called LSD (law-school-dropout). I might, however, be the most foolhardy. I'd say I've been a slightly more than marginal winner at small stakes games like 25 and 50NL for several years. Good, but hardly enough for most folks to justify such a move. Well I was pretty much hating life in law school - and steadily putting in more hands each month as my interest in the law waned. When the chance to be a "hammered quad" came up over winter break - well, there was just no way I was going back for more hell. So there, I done justified it.

In any case we've all been in the house now for a few days and finally getting some grinding done. It's a great setup and we're all feeling pretty good about our respective games taking off in the coming months. It already seems clear that having a house-full of poker players is extremely beneficial - of course that is especially true for the relative novices like myself. Here's hoping this is the starting point of lifelong poker adventures.