Cuzco calls it quits...

Cuzco is the handle for a professional poker player.  On his best day he made the final table on PokerStars TV and ultimately walked away with $92K and a third place finish.  But that and another $44K payday are the two highs in an otherwise "mundane" career of 24 years.

See his big day described in blog fashion HERE

It also makes for an interesting entry in one's LinkedIn profile:

Professional Poker Player

Self Employed

February 1989 – April 2013 (24 years 3 months)USA and Peru

Used advanced game theory techniques to earn a living playing poker in a highly competitive environment. Played Texas Hold’em in both casinos and online poker sites. Introduced on PokerStars TV as an accomplished player when one of my final table appearances was broadcast on that internet channel.

Congrats to Frederick Chase on his successful reentry to the marketplace as: 

SIEM Platform Engineer

Hewlett-Packard

July 2014 – Present (1 year 5 months)Palo Alto, CA

Lest you forget, Fred was our class Math Scholar, won backgammon tournaments as a student at Stanford and was clearly able to survive on number theory as a poker player.  Awesome!