Can you make a living playing poker at casinos starting with $50?

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Hello community. Is it possible to make a living playing poker at casinos starting with $50? I would really love your help on this.
 
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$50 is not enough to sit at the table. Are you talking about cash games? You would need at least $200 to decide to play for 1 night (even then you might only last an hour) - can't even think about making a living. ;)
 
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No... It's not possible.
 
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Not impossible but very very hard... you can save lets say about 1k $ and is a chance but with 50 $ nope ...
 
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With $50 I cannot even buy a decnt bag of food where I live, nor do we have casinos. But I would think it is almost next to impossible unless you get off to a very good start and get a few lucky breaks.
 
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Its not likely you could do it its a casino its not your home game
 
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shoot 50$? it's only play Cash game live 1$/2$ LIMIT Holdem not NL. probably not. but hey there is a way!
 
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Bankroll to go pro

I am living prof that someone can profit in small stakes live, limit cash games with a rake. However, I have a very low overhead and living costs, thanks to my midwest location. I've also qualified for free meals at my local casino (lunch, dinner daily and brunch/dinner on weekends) via my poker play over the years. I have no children and very cheap rent. Most don't have these luxuries, so most would have to play higher limits (which requires more money in the form of a playing bankroll) in order to earn enough to keep up with their living expenses. If you work hard enough and are disciplined enough, you may be able to earn close to a big bet per hour in your live, limit holdem' cash games, but as far as the amount of $ you'll need to withstand the inevitable variance is far more than $50. I believe the standard if you ask most pros is at least 500 big bets. So if your local card room offers $3/$6 holdem like mine does, you'll want to have at least $3000 on hand and ready to use it for your "business". If you really wanted to be risky, 250 big bets is $1,500 in this example. Personally, I prefer to keep 1,000 big bets handy ($6,000 in this example). At the end of each month, If my bankroll has grown to $7,200, for example, then my "paycheck" for the month is $1,200. If my bankroll, heaven forbid at the end of the month is $5,600, I don't get paid and I resort to a separate stash of funds that I call "6 month living expense reserve" to pay bills and continue working (playing poker) until my balance is back to $6,000. As you can see, playing even the smallest raked poker games takes a lot more money behind than just whats in your pocket. Playing just for fun? I say toss your $50 on the table and see what happens. Perhaps play during times of promotions and give aways (my card room pays $100 if you lose with pocket aces to the first 5 of the day). If you want to create and maintain a successful poker business though, you'll likely need to keep or get a job and save up at least a grand, start at the smallest limit cash games offered, be patient and not take shots, keep good stats with a program so that you know if and how much you are winning (I use cardplayer.com's poker stats tracker). Sorry to be a buzz kill, but playing for a living is a very difficult thing to do and takes a lot of time and work to build a safe, successful business out of it. Hope this helps. Good luck!
 
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I am living prof that someone can profit in small stakes live, limit cash games with a rake. However, I have a very low overhead and living costs, thanks to my midwest location. I've also qualified for free meals at my local casino (lunch, dinner daily and brunch/dinner on weekends) via my poker play over the years. I have no children and very cheap rent. Most don't have these luxuries, so most would have to play higher limits (which requires more money in the form of a playing bankroll) in order to earn enough to keep up with their living expenses. If you work hard enough and are disciplined enough, you may be able to earn close to a big bet per hour in your live, limit holdem' cash games, but as far as the amount of $ you'll need to withstand the inevitable variance is far more than $50. I believe the standard if you ask most pros is at least 500 big bets. So if your local card room offers $3/$6 holdem like mine does, you'll want to have at least $3000 on hand and ready to use it for your "business". If you really wanted to be risky, 250 big bets is $1,500 in this example. Personally, I prefer to keep 1,000 big bets handy ($6,000 in this example). At the end of each month, If my bankroll has grown to $7,200, for example, then my "paycheck" for the month is $1,200. If my bankroll, heaven forbid at the end of the month is $5,600, I don't get paid and I resort to a separate stash of funds that I call "6 month living expense reserve" to pay bills and continue working (playing poker) until my balance is back to $6,000. As you can see, playing even the smallest raked poker games takes a lot more money behind than just whats in your pocket. Playing just for fun? I say toss your $50 on the table and see what happens. Perhaps play during times of promotions and give aways (my card room pays $100 if you lose with pocket aces to the first 5 of the day). If you want to create and maintain a successful poker business though, you'll likely need to keep or get a job and save up at least a grand, start at the smallest limit cash games offered, be patient and not take shots, keep good stats with a program so that you know if and how much you are winning (I use cardplayer.com's poker stats tracker). Sorry to be a buzz kill, but playing for a living is a very difficult thing to do and takes a lot of time and work to build a safe, successful business out of it. Hope this helps. Good luck!

Thanks for sharing this. This is a great example of what really happens when you try to play for a living. It seems you have it down to a science, which you should. As for the $50 starting bankroll, save up some funds then give it a shot. Rather than buying in with 25BB at a $1/$2 table and basically forcing yourself to win some flips to just get started.
 
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Anything is possible...good luck! You might need more than luck but who knows.
 
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Thank you for your advice.

I am living prof that someone can profit in small stakes live, limit cash games with a rake. However, I have a very low overhead and living costs, thanks to my midwest location. I've also qualified for free meals at my local casino (lunch, dinner daily and brunch/dinner on weekends) via my poker play over the years. I have no children and very cheap rent. Most don't have these luxuries, so most would have to play higher limits (which requires more money in the form of a playing bankroll) in order to earn enough to keep up with their living expenses. If you work hard enough and are disciplined enough, you may be able to earn close to a big bet per hour in your live, limit holdem' cash games, but as far as the amount of $ you'll need to withstand the inevitable variance is far more than $50. I believe the standard if you ask most pros is at least 500 big bets. So if your local card room offers $3/$6 holdem like mine does, you'll want to have at least $3000 on hand and ready to use it for your "business". If you really wanted to be risky, 250 big bets is $1,500 in this example. Personally, I prefer to keep 1,000 big bets handy ($6,000 in this example). At the end of each month, If my bankroll has grown to $7,200, for example, then my "paycheck" for the month is $1,200. If my bankroll, heaven forbid at the end of the month is $5,600, I don't get paid and I resort to a separate stash of funds that I call "6 month living expense reserve" to pay bills and continue working (playing poker) until my balance is back to $6,000. As you can see, playing even the smallest raked poker games takes a lot more money behind than just whats in your pocket. Playing just for fun? I say toss your $50 on the table and see what happens. Perhaps play during times of promotions and give aways (my card room pays $100 if you lose with pocket aces to the first 5 of the day). If you want to create and maintain a successful poker business though, you'll likely need to keep or get a job and save up at least a grand, start at the smallest limit cash games offered, be patient and not take shots, keep good stats with a program so that you know if and how much you are winning (I use cardplayer.com's poker stats tracker). Sorry to be a buzz kill, but playing for a living is a very difficult thing to do and takes a lot of time and work to build a safe, successful business out of it. Hope this helps. Good luck!

Thanks for your advice. What you've said makes a lot of sense and I'm definitely taking note of everything you said. You really have a lot of experience making a living with poker.
 
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Doubtful,but it would be a good social xperiment.
 
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The casino with the sum of $ 50 usually do not go yes and unwind with this amount of money as the above problem will be contacted.
 
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As Dakota says, $50 isn't enough for the minimum buyin for most cash games, and it's certainly not enough for a proper bankroll. So the short answer is no. It's possible you might be able to, say, enter a $50 tournament, get super lucky and then win a few grand and then have some money to work with, but I wouldn't say it's likely, or a good way to try "making a living".
 
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I would deposit 50$ online and try to build bankroll tthere
 
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we have this amount will be sufficient for many purposes , but you , I think this will be enough
 
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I haven t exprience but i think if u have luck u can leaving with that money....
 
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Realistically, probably not.

But in theory sure.

If you doubled up and got to 100 you could sit 1-2 semi comfortable and assuming you didn't have a losing session for a few times, build a BR.

But again, unless you go on a nice little heater, itll probably be VERY difficult.
 
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you found a place where you can buy in for $50? well, if you did, why don't you try it? :D But due to variance you should have about 20 times that or something :p
 
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well i have played poker at casinos for a good while , but i play at winstar casino which is the largest caino in the world and i can buy in for $30 and i have played at horseshoe casino at bosiercity and the ameristar casino in vickburgs ms and the buyin for those where $20 but you better be a real decent player or have a lot of money if you want to make poker your means making a living i would love to try that but i haven`t hit a lotto yet,lol, but as always gl to you in trying to
 
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i know this old man that shows up at the casino, sits on the table for 5 hours just to get his lunch comped at the buffet. he buys in for $50 and might get involved in 1 hand all day. free lunch.
 
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Hello community. Is it possible to make a living playing poker at casinos starting with $50? I would really love your help on this.

not impossible but i wonder on the odds. and what is the game plan there must be a game plan. i really cant say for not enough info for me roll around in the brain like are you sitting down every day with only 50$ or if you make profit one day and sit down with bank roll the next session. how many tables and games you have access to (fish count) to do this every day. oh so many variables. gl gl with this one:) :)
 
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Hello community. Is it possible to make a living playing poker at casinos starting with $50? I would really love your help on this.

At a real casino, no way but online a person who is skilled at cashing in tournaments can work that up to few hundred after a week or two. Back five to eight years ago I knew people who were basically off grid or on disability that would play free rolls all day and cash out a hundred to a few hundred each month. If they had brains they could have worked that money up into real games and made a living but they were content on pulling it out for cigarettes or beer.
 
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toss 50 bucks into any one no in roulette n hope to hit ..it s not possible mate to make a living of poker from 50 bukcs n that too in a Casino.. better get a Job , save Minimum 1500 bucks then go to Play the lowest stakes possible.. gl
 
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Very hard but maybe if your playing microstakes it is possible. Managing your bankroll is the key but usually if your just starting up I am guessing you have no experience in poker unless practised live for many years so be prepared to lose $50.
 
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