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Click400
Rock Star
Silver Level
The idea is not to quit your job until you generate a good bankroll and start making profits from there. Earnings that must exceed your expectations.
But there are hundreds of problems ... You can get overwhelmed if you only play Poker, you can also spend that day-to-day deal with Poker no longer the same, or you get into a bad run and you are not able to Assimilate it in a good way, not be prepared to go from hobby to profession ... Anyway.
Conscience and a lot of security when making a decision.
SlimHeperpokerstars
Rock Star
Silver Level
Everyone has different ways! I think this depends on what efforts you are making to become successful and make the game of poker the main source of revenue! For example, I have been doing poker for 2 years and only now I can say confidently that I can earn my living by this bread!
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parks124
Enthusiast
Silver Level
No. I only play for fun. Although I did harbor a fantasy of playing for a living. That ended after I read a blog post by some guy who took a year off of work and lived off his savings to play live poker for a year. In summary, the first few months he had a winning streak. The next few months he had a losing streak. But what frustrated him the most was the remainder of the year where he basically just broke even. He got so bored and frustrated with poker that he cut his playing time down (by half if I remember correctly) and he didn't enjoy playing anymore. It was a grind and it became like a job. He said he was relieved to return back to his old job.
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Chemist
Legend
Silver Level
Yeah but ...
- you moved to a cheaper apartment/location.
- coach
- author
- webmaster
:angel::angel::angel:
I would do it properly.
I would live in London.
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I would wait for a coach with free wifi to pass my cardboard box.
I would eat maybe once or twice a week.
Congrats on your Tin anniversary.
J
james bright
Enthusiast
Silver Level
yes i play online and casino poker everyday i play like a rock its rare for me to have a bad month but im living!!!
elflake
Rock Star
Silver Level
I played for a living from 2003-09 and at the end of that time I was utterly burnt out on it. It felt like I was on an assembly line, mechanical play with no joy. The first few years were wonderful, and my father lived with me the last several years of his life so being able to make good money sitting in my living room with him was a godsend. I went back to grad school and am now a university professor. I just started back playing poker a few months ago while recovering from knee surgery and am enjoying it as a hobby but have no desire to go back to grinding a living from the tables. I think it was a lot easier to play online for a living back then; you could just play ABC poker and people would hand you money. There was one site I was paid to play at ,( 2 BBs per hour per table, Limit poker $3/6 and $5/10 ), and had a $2000 deposit bonus for a $500 deposit : I could make $50-60 an hour just playing break-even poker. The level of play seems to have improved in general since then, and people seem more aggressive pre-flop, and more willing to go all-in than back then. As far as level to make a living, I started out playing Limit, 6 or 8 tables at a time, and switched to No Limit in 2004, as that was where the action was moving. I played $200 and $400 tables to make what I wanted, which was over a $100,000 a year, my best year being well over that. I also made alotta money by constantly moving money around to take advantage of bonuses. In general, for several reasons, I think it is much harder to play as an American for a living now.
Kingpoetmusic
Rock Star
Silver Level
I enjoy poker a lot. I like to play all the time. If only I can win a few big tournaments I could play for a living. Online might be tough to play for a living, due to cash out problems. I hope if I do win big I can get the money out no problem. I feel alive and excited when a game starts and also when I win a big all in. It's the best feeling.