Kinda screwed up

Hi guys/girls,

I am in a bit of a situation here.

I am already 22 years old, will be 23 when I am finished. Currently finishing my degree Economics, in my fourth year with 1 course and thesis left. My university is ranked top 20 in europe and top 50 world wide, isnt known for Economics or anything.

I can still fit in some other courses to improve my GPA (3.2), quite easily to a 3.5+ by following a few extra courses before finishing my degree. Lack of direction, working on poker and health issues are the cause of this. It makes me really sad as I know I am amble to, brainwize, to just get 4.0 GPA with a degree such as economics.

I dont have any finance related internships. In the country where I am from this is not uncommon, but then when I look at the international competition, everyone seems to have internships.

I took a year off after high school to play poker profesionally and also spent a lot of time on poker during my studies. In the end I managed to save 150 000 USD after taxes. Which gives me some relieve of being able to pursue more education financially wise.

I want to go into the real world, I am burned out from poker and the opportunity costs of continue playing are immense.

I know I wont get into top universities with a 3.5GPA, let alone a 3.2GPA, + no internships. One may argue to playing poker is something unique though.

Anyway, sorry for the ridicusly long post, I am just totally lost what I want to do with my life.

I had the idea of getting a pre-master in Econometrics and then later on a master in Econometrics. I will be almost 24 when I finish my pre-master, and almost 25 when I finish my master. I have several possibilities for a master in Econometrics:

Econometrics and mathmatical economics
Operations research and management
Quantitative Finance and Actuarial Science

Another option would be to finish this year and do a
Masters in finance and investments (ranked 25th worldwide)
or
Masters in international management (ranked 7th world wide)
or
Pray to get into LSE with a 3.5 GPA and a delayed study.

I would like to get into finance in New York or London. Not investment banking, because I probably not be able to handle to hours without getting demotivated.

Which path is less likely to fail... or all they all?