What $$$ would make you go pro
Would you go pro if there was a way you could earn your current salary playing poker 40h/wk, or would you have to know that you were making more than that.
Do you think that you would enjoy playing that often on a consistant basis, or that poker would end up being more tedious than your current profession.
Do you think that you would enjoy playing that often on a consistant basis, or that poker would end up being more tedious than your current profession.
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Live poker may be a bit better but I expect the answer is the same for different reasons. I've never played in a casino yet, but I expect the "stereotypical" poker personality would piss me off too much for me to want to keep going. (berating players and dealers, no-it alls). Bottom line, I'm a little to competitive and having a losing session against a table of Yacks would eat me up to much to do it for a living.
I really enjoy it a s a hobby I enjoy but don't need, and am making a little spending money as a bonus.
I think that the above is the hard part. I :h: the game of poker. I enjoy playing it, studying it, thinking about past hands, etc. And it would only take a single BIG tournament win to get past my salary in a year. If I could use poker to make money and still have time to invest in other things I enjoy doing, then I think I could do it.
The other part would be the lifestyle. I have done consulting work and after a year was tired of living out of hotel rooms. With the internet, you could probably pull this off from home, but to be a real pro you would have to hit the road. Maybe if I had high-roller suites and flying first class it would be different, but the grind of being a pro is not too appealing at this point in my life.
It would be a great retirement type job ... there are a lot of "old pros" out there. Hope to be one of them someday.
God, this is me to a 'T'...could I do it for a living, yeah if I made $20/hr playing or more.....but do I ever foresee that....not unless I was always playing against myself?
plus whatever tourney fee's I would be playing in over the course of a year (WSOP/WTP/etc)
So maybe 40+$/hr to feel 'safe'
Tax free. F___ the gov't.
4 hours per day. No commuting. Sweet.
You really need the right mentality to play poker for a living. After going through your first 300+ BB downswing, it can be a very demoralizing to the point where the last thing in the world you want to do is play poker.
It can become a grind very quickly.
Please do not fill the Party $200 SNG's with players who have a clue.
Thank you.
Lets see...that's just shy of $2000/week. How many SNG's at $20buyins would that mean? How many hours? The way I play, it could mean I would need approximately 36hours per day...not including sleep, food, and other activities.
Nope, I'll take my day job...don't have to work so hard.
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I think I've played around 12-14 this week. 4 1sts, 2 2nds, 2 3rds, rest 9th/10th (suck outs vs AA and KK
Do you really think they're that easy ?
If only I had the bankroll
Sorry, Devin. Someone has to keep you honest.
An ITM ("in the money") rate of 50% is probably the pinnacle of a SNG players career and very likely unattainable. 40% is probably on the high end of the bell curve...even for the best of SnG players.
In my experience (and database) as you move up the SnG limits, its not your ITM that falls, its your ROI. It seems getting ITM is just as easy at the high levels, but the shorthanded ability of the players the you are continually meeting in the top spots is much better.