Pros?

Quick question.

Do we have any full-time poker pros at CC? What I mean is poker is your primary income.

Just curious.

Mostly no. Just some recreational players who make a decent amount of money.

Dusty "Leatherass" Schmidt is a member here. I think we have a few others as well that make a living from poker.

A lot of people think they are.....but really they arent

Yeah, I forgot about Dusty. Guess I mean anyone else that we are unaware of.

Also, is it rude of me to ask? Would there be any reason why they'd want to keep it quiet? If so, I apologize in advance.

I play for a living, but I'm a new member, and play Limit Holdem, the Volvo of Poker.

Also, you can't call yourself a pro if you are unemployed and play poker, making it your primary income... except I'd tell everyone I was a pro

I've just decided I will never play for a living because I couldn't handle all the stress poker brings. That's just me and the low tables talking, but it wouldn't be worth it to me... too much money lost on a picture perfect hand by a river from hell!!

Not to mention Im not good enough...

I only wish I was pro and was good enough to make a living at it.You are looking at a ametuer here.

Well I do play for a living, been playing full time for around four years. My main game is the 20/40 nl game at the commerce but I also travel the home game circuit, I play a 25/50 nl game on Sundays, and some 10/20's mixed with a few 5/10's. BUT at the same time I don't call myself a "pro" to me a pro is a flashy tv guy that has sponsers and showboats himself! I just say that I play for a living and leave it at that! I do play tournaments but do so more for fun then anything else (this I have learned) I have done well in some tournaments and even have one big win but other then that I make my living from live cash games. Recently I have been trying to get in to online poker some but I seem to be having a hard time taking it as seriously as I do live games, there us so much money online that I would love to take a piece of it but haven't really accomplished it as of yet! Online really points out a lot of holes in your game that you get away with when playing live! Plus people online seem to call so much more often....

This makes no sense what so ever.

Playing poker because you make as much or more $ than you would at a regular job and playing because you can't find a job (or don't want one) and you cash in $50 a month is 2 totally different things...

Hard to say because its hard to define what a pro really is... for example, BelgoSuisse once mentioned that he has a full time job yet makes about 2000 a month 8 tabling 100nl or 200nl, I cant remember which. Is he a pro? Other people on here im sure have no jobs and play a lot of poker... and lose a lot while they're at it. Are they pros?

Imo if you decide that you play poker professionally and you are making enough that you can live on it, you can be considered a pro.

Definition

Main criteria for professional include the following:

1. Academic qualifications - A teaching degree (University doctoral program)theological, medical, or law degree - i.e., university college/institute.
2. Expert and specialized knowledge in field which one is practicing professionally.[6]
3. Excellent manual/practical and literary skills in relation to profession.[7]
4. High quality work in (examples): creations, products, services, presentations, consultancy, primary/other research, administrative, marketing or other work endeavours.
5. A high standard of professional ethics, behaviour and work activities while carrying out one's profession (as an employee, self-employed person, career, enterprise, business, company, or partnership/associate/colleague, etc). The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a privilege of confidentiality, as well as a duty not to abandon the client just because he or she may not be able to pay or remunerate the professional. Often the professional is required to put the interest of the client ahead of his own interests.
6. Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in attaining a high level of professionalism.
7. Participating for gain or livelihood in an activity or field of endeavor often engaged in by amateurs b : having a particular profession as a permanent career c : engaged in by persons receiving financial return[8]

Definition

Main criteria for professional include the following:

1. Academic qualifications - A teaching degree (University doctoral program)theological, medical, or law degree - i.e., university college/institute.
2. Expert and specialized knowledge in field which one is practicing professionally.[6]
3. Excellent manual/practical and literary skills in relation to profession.[7]
4. High quality work in (examples): creations, products, services, presentations, consultancy, primary/other research, administrative, marketing or other work endeavours.
5. A high standard of professional ethics, behaviour and work activities while carrying out one's profession (as an employee, self-employed person, career, enterprise, business, company, or partnership/associate/colleague, etc). The professional owes a higher duty to a client, often a privilege of confidentiality, as well as a duty not to abandon the client just because he or she may not be able to pay or remunerate the professional. Often the professional is required to put the interest of the client ahead of his own interests.
6. Reasonable work moral and motivation. Having interest and desire to do a job well as holding positive attitude towards the profession are important elements in attaining a high level of professionalism.
7. Participating for gain or livelihood in an activity or field of endeavor often engaged in by amateurs b : having a particular profession as a permanent career c : engaged in by persons receiving financial return[8]

would you call someone like "tony g" a pro? hardly. he probably makes enough money to live of it. but i wouldnt consider him a pro.. i think a "pro" is someone who plays full time. puts in hard work. is somewhat talented, and also handles themselves well. tilt control etc..

oops sorry ,delete the first one please..

I have been playing poker as my only source of income for some time.
I make about $1500 a month on average playing mostly $10 sit n gos.

I'm skint all the time but it pays the rent and bills, and its still more than I'd earn full time in a bar job or supermarket.
I'm unemployed and can't find a stupid 9 to 5 job anywhere, so this is the only thing I can do to earn money.

Does this make me a pro?

No.

I know i'm not a pro, and miles away from being one. I'm trying to get a job, hopefully get one soon so I can deposit at least $150 on FTP(first time deposit will be $300). From there, hopefully make over 10K in 6 months and qualify for a WSOP package and win a million buck. But yet again this is just a dream, and i'm more likely to lose the $300 inside a month than making just 1k, LOL.