«Thank you. Come back again soon» he said and closed the door. The decision he made was the correct one: One day Joe McKeheen the last WSOP champion, winner of $7,683,346 and the gold bracelet decided to leave his job.

That is the story of how he decided to become a professional poker player after working at the local market. He was 17 in 2009 when he decided to ask the readers of an internet forum about his thoughts on leaving his job to become a full time poker player.

«I have a minimum salary at the super market. Do I have to leave my job and play poker for a living? I am going back to school in a month and I will have no time to play poker,» asked to the forum before going back to school.

Only 21 users answer his question in the SurferPoker forum: Nine told him to leave his job while twelve told him to keep working at the supermarket. Altough almost everybody told him to keep his job he decided to leave: «When you earn $150 a week at the supermarket and then go back to your home after winning $300 for a tournament» he said in an interview to AllInmag.