are you a professional poker player

Jayplay916

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i would like to know if there are any professional poker players on this site that can say and prove that they are making a living off poker. Im really curious after seeing movies like my favorate matt damon and edward norton movie rounders when john malkavich played the russian poker player.

if there are i would like to chat with you sometime
 
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No but I will be or die trying lol good luck all.:)
 
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probably on this site more players who are just developing are exchanging their thoughts about the game and measuring their strength in freerolls. this is an excellent development path as a player)
it would be nice to have here were professionalism who will always help us with a practical advice to all of us)
 
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NO WAY IN THE WORLD WOULD I PLAY POKER AS A PRO, EVEN IF I COULD!!!!

I would die of a heart attack
or I would die of the stress of trying to die from a heart attack

But this is just me, I feel like iM going to die of a heart attack just playing fortnite
 
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By what criteria can you determine a professional player or an amateur?
 
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I was in the past. I had luck by winning some money in micro tourneys, then I went to nl20 on 888 and had quiet good winrate like ~15bb/100. That was good times but it had to change because I had to spend a lot of money on some serious life situation. It has ended and I had few tries to back to the game for real but the games now are much harder.
 
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Not a professional but an addicted guy that spend lots of money.
 
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I wouldnt call myself a professional poker player because of a simple fact that i dont devote myself to poker only and do not play any big tournaments just now. But i can beat every poker player in the world. Not to say im overall better player than them, but i know i can beat a final table in major poker tournament. Thats the main thing you need in life. Confidence. Do you think Negreanu lacks confidence? Or Cristiano Ronaldo? Or Lebron James? Do you really think they succeded because of luck? No, they all succeded because of their confidence.
 
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i think professional poker are those players whose be part of a team and play events like wsop or events like that, many people live by online poker but they are just regular players i dont think you could call them as a poker pro
 
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Hello.
I play poker for only 5 months. Every day I try to improve my skills. But now I am only playing freerolls.
 
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Hello.
I play poker for only 5 months. Every day I try to improve my skills. But now I am only playing freerolls.
5 months? all ahead. play more experience getting money, bankroll go to tournaments, and someday we will hear about you more than once.
good luck)
 
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I wouldnt call myself a professional poker player because of a simple fact that i dont devote myself to poker only and do not play any big tournaments just now. But i can beat every poker player in the world. Not to say im overall better player than them, but i know i can beat a final table in major poker tournament. Thats the main thing you need in life. Confidence. Do you think Negreanu lacks confidence? Or Cristiano Ronaldo? Or Lebron James? Do you really think they succeded because of luck? No, they all succeded because of their confidence.

The likes of Negreanu, Ronaldo and LeBron James are the best because of natural talent and obsessive levels of hard work, as well as confidence!
 
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in my opinion a player is not professional until he plays in the wsop .. if you play at home, you are NOT professional .. even if you play cash in a casino in your country you should not consider yourself a pro .. a pro compete in the world tournament more important. Can you compete in other tournaments but win these tournaments? Who plays them? Do you beat professionals? dont? then you are not pro ..
 
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Nope, just a random guy trying to build a bankroll off freerolls/ low entry tourney's for now.
 
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I can play poker and sometimes win tournaments or cash games, but I'm not a professional player, but I would very much like to become a professional poker player!
 
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been playing for 3 years and i still think I am a rookie lol
 
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In college I was but not currently.
 
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I thin of myself as a hobby player, as long it dont coast me too much money i am in the pokergame.
 
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Poker is my favorite game. My hobby. When I play poker, I am always curious. I think I would like to be a professional but unfortunately I am not a professional.
To be a professional you need to work hard every day. Unfortunately, I do not have so much time to play and study.
 
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in poker every day. and I read a lot. I think that my work will be successful in the future.
the truth is not enough trust and discipline.
these are important components for future specialists.
so I'm so far from professional level.
 
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No not a pro yet, but it is my goal at some point in my life. I have a regular job right now but saving everything penny I can to build the bankroll I need to become a pro. I study every chance I get and play tournaments I feel I have the edge in.
 
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I wouldnt call myself a professional poker player because of a simple fact that i dont devote myself to poker only and do not play any big tournaments just now. But i can beat every poker player in the world. Not to say im overall better player than them, but i know i can beat a final table in major poker tournament. Thats the main thing you need in life. Confidence. Do you think Negreanu lacks confidence? Or Cristiano Ronaldo? Or Lebron James? Do you really think they succeded because of luck? No, they all succeded because of their confidence.


Niceley put you would have to spend all your time playing poker to keep up with the bills. And not to mention nights that you lost so do you have to be well off already to even attempt to become a pro. Because I don't know anyone who would support me while I made an attempt at being a pro
 
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they exist because you think that the majority of TV tournaments always arrive they are professionals, I invite you to watch the movie the bettor is pure adrenaline
 
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I apologize in advance for the quality of the translation. I think that you will understand the meaning of my thoughts
Yeah. Without any I will say. Holy things in poker. Poker is business. And not everyone is allowed to invest a little and spin up to the heights. And then discipline and cold-blooded behavior are very important. Even tilt is necessary in poker to learn from early childhood (starting in poker) to respect and try to be with him a little even to be friends. this is a component of poker. This is psychology. We are all living people and we are not stranger to any behavior when we are psychologically broken from failures. I only refer to poker. In life, we must always be first and foremost people. So in poker. And not the fault of tilt. the blame for all the falls and ups, ours and only our mistakes. Well, just bad beats and crossings. Nobody called us here. We chose poker ourselves, and we ourselves determine who we are and what we want from it. We are the smiths of our victories and defeats. It's easier for me. I had a difficult psychological service. and I became a mater and an old man. It's easier for me to bear the fall. It's just a philosophy of play and life. The main principle of those who want to be and live poker, never give up, we are people, and we will always find ways to overcome obstacles. It's not just a game. I would even if there was a God of poker, banned the word GAME. It is a battle of wits, a mind of psychology. This is a whole world of confrontation. In poker millions are played, but only a few big stars are lit in it. But this is not an excuse to give up. These opportunities are given to all. And a series of falls is not a reason not to believe in yourself. one day, tired of a string of defeats, you will feel the strength at which you say - yes to eat. How can. I'll bring this tournament.

And you brought it. You're not a poker god and never will be. But you gave yourself faith and strength in yourself. And this means a lot to a person. I could not walk after the injury because of a spinal injury, but I was ashamed to go to the duck in the hospital for everyone. I found strength and went to the toilet myself. And now I'm a little sick, but I'm quite full.

So here. Tell yourself what you can when you want. Everyone does himself. ignite your let and not the big stars grind your available limits, live it and just enjoy it. I think that this is one of the main poker. Great game. For ordinary people it is not understandable. The game is supposedly the cheaters of liars and deceivers. even I, defending 20 years of laws, will now defend the honor of this game, these battles. It's not just a game. It's a whole world. and each of us has the opportunity to live sometimes in this other dimension, where we ourselves smiths of our own happiness and in our original world can themselves bring the ground for a better existence.

I plan to become one of the good players .. I do not swing while on poker Olympus. but I want to light my little star.

I wish all this to you ..

With respect to the Russian-language hour and club Card Chhat, Nikolay.

I got carried away a little and moved away from the topic of bankroll. This is our weapon. Someone himself creates it, someone will introduce and untwist. Improve and go to the heights.

Bankroll is a sacred cause. I have more than once convinced myself of this when I twice violently broke it. Now I rock in it.

Mathematics is sacred. But the main thing is in us. Poker started to change me. I have now changed my life schedule for the better. I began to teach myself to discipline and began to deny myself unnecessary things that prevent me. I'm a PLAYER NOW. And I do not want to go back. I have everything to go forward. And I wish that this motivation was for all who want at least a step closer to the poker Olympus. We can do this.

when I feel the strength and experience, not to be then just a long tongue and unfounded, I'll write a book about the psychology of poker. And this book will be designed primarily to help those newcomers who want to seriously associate their lives with poker. the book will be for real future players and not for the ludomans.

When ever I leave a trace in poker, a small one, but a trace. And I'll be happy if I help someone
someone will definitely be a professional.
sorry for the quality of the translation.
maybe there is no professional poker player here, but definitely there is a future star
 
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