This is a good question and I'm glad I found your post. I play at your level too, but I do mix in many MTTs and do pick up some pretty good money there. Also I have 4 sites with pretty good BRs on each. I play them all in a days time. Well I don't play 10/12 hours a day. I play about like you were saying, 5 hours play is about all the focus span I have at 58. And you may wonder how the hell I play on 4 sites in 5 hours to have enough play time to win even 50 cents. Well I've got real used to playing 3 and even 4 tables at once in the past 16 years, and ain't that some shit that I'm playing still at 5nl. MONEY says what level I can play at. Anyway you asked if you could play 5 hours a day at 5nl and win $50 a day. And that's one table right? If it is, no you can't win that much in even a week. For example, for the past 3 days I have been going back and forth to a cash table on Global Poker and I would say I would play 1 hour each time, and I've not won the first dollar. But I don't sit there and lose over a dollar either. If your game's not on, no reason to stay. So that's why I play the MTTs a lot. You can hit 1/10 of those and really boost your BR. I just took a small buyin down at SB for $145. I hope that wasn't too blunt, and I don't know how long you been a member here and working on your game, but believe me, if you ask for advice and it's given by experienced members, take it as the truth. But you know we all have our pride and believe in ourselves to be able to do what we plan and reach out for those dreams no matter what, so my friend, if you have to see for yourself, I don't blame you a bit, because I sure did, but I'm sorry to say that I come back licking my wounds, and nothing left but 1000 more questions, and needing the advice renewed in my mind, because I forgot. But one thing I never done was to quit what I was trying to do here, which has been worth it's weight in gold for the long haul. 8 years a member here my friend, and I still have a ton of things to work on. These days the way I play, I let those things run through my mind while playing, and that has really helped me. It's really never ending and I'm sure you see my post is about the same, and I'm sorry that I run long, but it might as well be my trade mark here. I write books, not normal answers to other posts. Anyway, I hope a little of it will help you, and GL on your mission. Stay positive and it will happen in the long run.