If you had to it all over, would you have started along the AP path?

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If I had the chance to do it all over again, I wouldn't have tried to pursue AP at all, period. This may be bias based on my personal experience but it's effected my life more negatively than positively.

I enjoy the game, learning, and making some extra money but it's made me incredibly cynical. I guess if I could go back in time I would have done it only part time as a hobby and not as a profession.

[Thirdbaseman]

I read Revere's book over 30 years ago, and even though I was intrigued about card counting, I did not pursue it seriously until many years later after I had retired from work, my kids were grown, and my body told me to slow down with young man sports.
I love AP as a retirement hobby. However, even though BJ conditions were better years ago, I'm glad I did not pursue CC until I did because it would have been a big distraction to my career, my family life and my weekend warrior activities.

[Aslan]

I read Revere's book over 30 years ago, and even though I was intrigued about card counting, I did not pursue it seriously until many years later after I had retired from work, my kids were grown, and my body told me to slow down with young man sports.
I love AP as a retirement hobby. However, even though BJ conditions were better years ago, I'm glad I did not pursue CC until I did because it would have been a big distraction to my career, my family life and my weekend warrior activities.

Well said.

I was a pretty good pool player back in the day. When I landed a good job I never played another game of pool for almost 30 years. I had developed a real passion for the game. I recognized that staying up all night gambling at pool would have and adverse effect on dating and later marriage and on my job. I realized that I was too obsessed with the game to become a "weekend warrior." When things become a passion, they tend to control you instead of the other way around. I'm now retired and I play all I want, although I do try strongly to give way to other things I need in my life, and in fact, had to quit playing for a long period even after I retired to make this happen.

[ZeeBabar]

Well said.

I was a pretty good pool player back in the day. When I landed a good job I never played another game of pool for almost 30 years. I had developed a real passion for the game. I recognized that staying up all night gambling at pool would have and adverse effect on dating and later marriage and on my job. I realized that I was too obsessed with the game to become a "weekend warrior." When things become a passion, they tend to control you instead of the other way around. I'm now retired and I play all I want, although I do try strongly to give way to other things I need in my life, and in fact, had to quit playing for a long period even after I retired to make this happen.

Exactly how I feel. People get addicted and then Card Counting and being an AP is just a form of denial and rationalization. Those AP's who had or have other ways of making money have generally quit playing (some write books and play occasionally) and others really have no other options of making similar income and stay AP'S.