Do you consider yourself a part-time poker player?

JimmyHo

Someone told me the other day they are a "part-time" poker player. How do you define a part-time player? certain number of hours per week or certain number of sessions per week? Would you consider yourself a part-time poker player? Do you have to have a profit overall for the year to be considered a part-time player? Thoughts.

JimmyHo

In Canada, this seems to indicate you work less than 30 hours a week to be considered part-time. Not sure if there is a minimum number of hours:

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trigs

i would consider someone a part-time player if they are a winning player, they use their winnings for something (i.e. buying crap, bills, etc.), and they also hold down another job. therefore, they aren't earning the majority of their income from poker. i'd also suggest that they do only put in limited hours for poker but i don't know an exact number.

JimmyHo

I'm averaging 10/hrs week so far this year and am profitable. Guess I am a part-time player :) Although my trip to Bahamas added a lot of hours to my overall total. I usually play 1-2 weeks and most sessions are normally 4-5 hrs.

blackmagicz

Yeah I was a part time player for a long time and I did consider myself that as I supplemented my income with poker and I really had no pressure as my job always paid the bills. I kept good records to see how improved over the years and it helped me figure out where I should be playing if I want to make a quick buck and games I lost in I would analyze why and go back and try to beat them.

Now lately work has truly consumed my life and I have gone back to being a recreational player which means I am playing home games and with friends mainly.

Hopefully in the summer I can resume my part time status lol

Milo

Wow . . . so the designations are the following?:

Professional
Part time
Recreational

Guess I am going to have to slot myself in as a "Beer League" kind of a guy. I have a lot of fun, but in the end, it's almost as much about the company at the table.

BlondeFish

What happened to all those players in the poker rooms who like to think of themselves as "semi-pro"? Part-time players play less than 30 hours a week and most of them lose to the rake.

T8urmoney

I would consider myself a part-time poker player, usually play around 20-30 hrs / week mostly online.

I don't believe you need to have a profit to be a part-time player, as I believe most who would consider themselves part-time are actually losing players.

PocketsTwos

Part-time emplies that it is a job....I've never seen an advertisment looking to employ a poker player.

I think it falls into the category of activity/game/sport.

Also, it is done for gain or pay..(and not for a previously agreed upon rate of pay/renumeration).

Therefore, we are all semipros or professionals (unless you play poker for fun/recreation.)

So I would suggest the categories should be..

Professional
Semipro
Semipro loser
Professional loser

:)

Card Dead

Milo;352272 wroteWow . . . so the designations are the following?:

Professional
Part time
Recreational

Guess I am going to have to slot myself in as a "Beer League" kind of a guy. I have a lot of fun, but in the end, it's almost as much about the company at the table.

You have a whole company at your table? Big game!

Or is it a company of geese? Easy game.

>:D

Milo

Depends on how far down the bottle I am . . .