In theory the game doesn't matter, its how much you average/hour.
In reality you can't make a living playing 1/2.
On a side note, whats with all these topics about making a living playing 1/2?
Why not?
You only need to win one big pot every 2 or 3 hours with $50 or $100 in.
so what kind of a bankroll should one have to make a decent living off of poker?
i dont know anyone that lives off 1/2, but know a couple of persons that make a living playing live 3/6
Think about winrates and hands/month. Let's say you need $4k a month to live nicely - rent, car, food, internet, girlfriend, whatever.
A really good player will win at 3BB/100 at $1/$2.
A good player will play (at the minimum) 500 hands per hour.
Playing 100 hands = $12
10,000 hands = $1,200
40,000 hands = $4,800
So let's just call it 35,000 hands are needed per month at $1/$2 if you're a GREAT winning player to make around what you need to live.
35000 (hands) / 500 (hands per hour) = 70 Hours
So that's not bad. 70 hours in a month. Seems kinda doable lol. Go go go!
500 hands per hour would mean multiplaying about 8 tables which would take some practice.
Why not?
You only need to win one big pot every 2 or 3 hours with $50 or $100 in.
My job pays me a very good living, and I like it, so I'm not interesting in giving it up to strictly play poker for a living. But I'd love to be able to supplement my income for "discretionary spending" purposes by playing say 50-60 hours a month at a decent winrate.
That's assuming you can do that every day - 5 days a week - for the rest of your life.
At $375 a week (avg. it out for winning $75 a day) That's $1500 a month.. $18,000 a year... Yeah, technically you can live off that.. but, if I'm quitting my "real job" to play poker professionally.. I better be making a lot more than that.
That's assuming you can do that every day - 5 days a week - for the rest of your life.
At $375 a week (avg. it out for winning $75 a day) That's $1500 a month.. $18,000 a year... Yeah, technically you can live off that.. but, if I'm quitting my "real job" to play poker professionally.. I better be making a lot more than that.
Well I guess I have to admit that I've done pretty well this year as far as secondary income goes -- I'm up around $8K for the year (thanks primarily to a $7K tourney win a week or so ago), but I'm also well aware that variance is a fickle beast. I don't yet have a lot of confidence that I'll maintain that level of earning, even though I do feel my game gets a little better every time I play.That describes me pretty accurately if you replace "i'd love to be able to" by "i do".
I'd be more than happy earning $18,000 a year playing poker.
A lot of people earn less.