Joeyjojo40
Rising Star
Bronze Level
So, I cant seem to win online. I get caught in a never ending cycle, and this includes live games, where I play well and do ok, then get smashed in the face by variance so badly that I'm either back at zero or down. For example I walked away with $1000 at a 1/2NLHE live casino game one weekend, then dump $750 the next where I had AA cracked 4 times, set over set 3 times, and generally second best all night. This isn't caused by being too LAGG, this is pure cooler awesomeness.
I know the BS people will say, think long term, this happens to everyone, yadda yadda. But I'm looking for a living profit from this. My thinking is that 99% of the people on forums like these say they are positive but aren't. I'm wondering if poker in general is worth the time anymore. Its become a loose idiot fest at low stakes (super chaos) and too overcrowded with well trained people at higher stakes, meaning less profitability.
So, what do you claim to make and at what stakes. And I don't want to see BB/hour, I want real, per month take home dollars as if this was a job for you (it is). And how often are you up one month and down the exact same the next?
And part of me thinks the best move is save up a stake in the muggle-world and skip micro and 1/2 entirely to get out of the idiot-pool. You can be good but its the thunderdome in there. I have a friend, a pro starcraft gamer, who is profitable at 2/5 live. He tried to sit 1/2 with me and couldn't beat it. And never wants to go there again. Isn't that a big red flag?
I know the BS people will say, think long term, this happens to everyone, yadda yadda. But I'm looking for a living profit from this. My thinking is that 99% of the people on forums like these say they are positive but aren't. I'm wondering if poker in general is worth the time anymore. Its become a loose idiot fest at low stakes (super chaos) and too overcrowded with well trained people at higher stakes, meaning less profitability.
So, what do you claim to make and at what stakes. And I don't want to see BB/hour, I want real, per month take home dollars as if this was a job for you (it is). And how often are you up one month and down the exact same the next?
And part of me thinks the best move is save up a stake in the muggle-world and skip micro and 1/2 entirely to get out of the idiot-pool. You can be good but its the thunderdome in there. I have a friend, a pro starcraft gamer, who is profitable at 2/5 live. He tried to sit 1/2 with me and couldn't beat it. And never wants to go there again. Isn't that a big red flag?