Becoming a professional

StraightPoolIU said:
I tried seaching to no avail, but I'm curious. Who is Sam Lambert and whats the story there?
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He was a kid was basically a beginner that decided to dedicate himself to becoming pro within 6 months or whatever and documented his entire journey on video
 
I think he got a bunch of videos to watch, asked lots of ??? here, amd I believe he attempted the H.A.M.B. method.
 
Good question? I'm curious myself.

Mapman hasn't been on AZB since March of this year.

Hoping that he is still doing well.

Now, I'm wondering if anyone on the forum new him personally. I'm sure someone knows what's up.

JoeyA



easy-e said:
So what’s going on Mapman? Did you turn pro, or what?
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Well, the MUCH more important question IMHO, of course is...

Did Sarah Rousey end up finding a fellow to take care of her?

Lol.....

Short Bus Russ
 
mapman72 said:
I hope I get some feedback from the pros on this one. I am at the point in my life where my pool game is very good, but I just can't get over the hump and beat the pros consistently. I play in the regional tour events, and can upset a pro every now and again, but I'm more likely to lose both matches to professional caliber players and just make it into the money rounds and break even or make a little cash. One thing I notice after I play well and lose to McCready or Davis 7-5 or 9-7 is that these guys don't work other than playing pool. Right now, I have a decent career and make pretty good money. Although I would love to try to become professional and play pool for a living, I know I would have to take my lumps for a while until I could make enough money to survive. So my question is: Do I have to totally give up my career and focus all my attention on my pool game to take a chance at turning pro and making living playing pool? or, Can I continue to work a regular job and try to increase my practice time and expect to be able to improve to the level to compete with the professionals that play pool every day of the week? I wanted the feedback from the pros because I'm sure they were all faced with this dilemna at one point or another. When do you know when it's time to drop the "traditional" lifestyle and jump into professional pool? and, can you do it halfway or you just have to take the plunge? Oh, by the way, I'm hating my job lately.

Please help :confused: :confused: :confused:
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I guess when you say you have a pretty good career and make decent money, we would need a little more info as to what kind of career, how good a job and how much $$ you'd be giving up, and if there would be an opportunity to resume that career it if the pro pool thing didn't work out? Also, your current age, how long you've been playing pool, and whether you have a wife or family you are supporting would be additional factors to consider.

Like others here have suggested, if you have the passion which it sounds like you do, and you're willing to put in the extra time/effort, I would choose to do everything you possibly can to improve your pool game and test yourself as much as you can in as tough a competition as you can, without giving up your career / job, if that is possible.

Then, down the road in a year or two, if you continue to make progress and have had some breakthrough tournaments, then maybe you'll be in position to make the 100% commitment. If you seem to have plateaued as many very good players at a very high level but not a touring pro level, you'll still have your job / career.
 
easy-e said:
I wonder what his Fargo rating is now, and how much different it’d be if he played exclusively against women.
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According to the dude who came up with the system, his rating would be virtually the same...

Short Bus Russ
 
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