Turning Pro.
For me that's the dream.. I mean you hear the stories of good tough Canadian boys Daniel Negreau and Jonathan whats his face just start out small and boom a big win right here and millionaire.
But in reality it just doesn't work like that.. now any chance that there are some people here that play poker for a living? Has anyone ever tried it? If so where did you get started? Limit cash games? or what?
I remember Negreau telling a story that he almost never played no limit it was strictly the 10-20 limit tables.
But in reality it just doesn't work like that.. now any chance that there are some people here that play poker for a living? Has anyone ever tried it? If so where did you get started? Limit cash games? or what?
I remember Negreau telling a story that he almost never played no limit it was strictly the 10-20 limit tables.
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This depends. What decade are you going to be playing in?
I played part time pro for a while to take some time off of work but I doubt I would ever do it full time.
I couldn't explain what you don't know it would take months of conversations....but anyways stick around and ask questions. and don't play to win play to learn....thats the biggest mistake people make for sure, they play with the same style/skill level for years and hope the cards go there way.
and as for danial and jono, that was not a boom overnight million no where near....do some research, but just know that the history, the math, and the game theory goes waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyy deeper than you can imagine........
My younger nephew got a full ride to a US college for soccer, played with kids like Atiba Hutchinson growing up. His back-up keeper at University is now playing MLS for the New England Revolution. He never had the urge to try it. In that situation, I would always wonder "what if?"
So, with the caveats mentioned previous, why not give it a shot. If you fail, at least you will have your answer, and the ability to start over and get on with life.
Daniel I guess was bad yeah I remember him starting out in Toronto and then moving to Vegas and losing his original bankroll.. But Jonathan I think sort of popped up overnight.. but I guess the best example would be Chris Moneymaker wasn't the WSOP his first ever live tournament?
Anyways yeah poker to me is well firstly about fun but of course I'd always like to improve and learn I would like to play with some of you here anytime.. I am usually on pokerstars a couple times a day.
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This. Gave/giving wrestling a shot. Could not imagine living my life with the what if had I not tried. Am I going to make the big time? 99.99% chance of that being a no. However, if I didn't take this shot, I would have never found the woman of my dreams.
Sometimes it's not about the destination, it's about the journey.
Try the forum game tonight like Comp said. Good game, good people, etc.
If you seriously like poker and want to earn an income from it, learn to deal. Take the dealing course, learn everything there is to know about the rules, etc. and find a job locally dealing. Nearly impossible to find a dealing job at a casino but there are hundreds of clubs in the GTA and they all need dealers. Some dealers earn over $100 an hour in tips. You won't make this for a number of years but even if you make $20-$30/hr dealing, its a decent income and your still involved in poker indirectly. Then you can build a bankroll and learn from others mistakes.
I mean I've said before I believe I have never played any cash games at a casino before.. so I don't know even if I was at the lowest tables what would be around a good amount of money to bring to one? would you say? Though I've been told the people near my area that play are mostly seniors and play very tight.
Watcha thinks?
Though a couple years ago when I was in Edmonton I did see a cowboy just walking his horse down the road.. the cops stopped and pulled him over.
Man the cops gotta stop harassing couples in love.
I usually like documentaries but that one sucked.
1/2 $200 max buy-in; first time you likely should bring around $200-$300. You can always buy in short ($100) and see how it goes. No need to lose 300BB the first time out.
This is usually how it goes the first time playing at a casino:
newbie - waits for AK and raises out of position to $8; all the sharks at the table smell new blood and call with garbage. Flop comes K52 and newbie slow plays his monster hoping someone else raises. Shark 1 raises to $30 and everyone folds to newbie who re-raises to $80. Shark 1 pushes all-in and newbie insta calls. Newbie proudly flips over AK and shark waits patiently to the river to make sure the board doesn't pair up and then casually flips over the winning 52 offsuit. Newbie stares at Shark 1 with his mouth open for a couple minutes then leaves the table quitely hoping no one notices.
THe game there is soffffft. Gotta know your opponents though. Most guys will go to town with 1 pair which is a big payoff.
As for becoming pro, It's not as lucrative as you think. My very good friend who got me into poker was a poker pro. He'd play 2/5 live, and 1/2 online. He would study for 2 hours a day and play poker for 6-8 per day. Lived in his parents' basement and made about 45K per year.
He recently quit all together and now tutors math. He moved out and is now much happier then ever. Poker really REALLY messed up his attitude. He was angry all the time, not having any fun playing, and basically just mashing buttons at his computer.
It got to the point where he'd get it all in preflop AA vs KK and be RELIEVED that KK didnt take it down.
Wow, very good post Jah, I am interested to hear more of these tales.
Yes I am being serious.
That's another one for Prophet..."The longer you play poker, the better chance you have to break even."
I got more poker stories than Robert Munsch.
At the casinos I'd probably start off with a couple tournaments to be honest rather then jump straight into the cash games..
They just start so early though.
Any coke stories?
Although I cashed a crap shoot tournament in Vegas, but its highly not recommended.
Well thats what I was thinking of the early bird 30 buck things.
I guess the place to go would be starlight casino then eh?
i used to have an imaginary friend named macke...pronounced...mackie....
good ol mackie-bo