how to become a professional poker player?

[Kasanova King]

If he actually tries hard enough, it should not take him longer than 2 weeks to beat 2nl.

I don't know of too many "pros" that make a living off of 2 NL.

 

[Marginal]

I don't know of too many "pros" that make a living off of 2 NL.

All I was saying is that it would not take him years to break even.

 

[Kasanova King]

All I was saying is that it would not take him years to break even.

Oh, ok...gotcha...

 

[PC69]

I have a lot of sex.. I mean ALOT. Does neone know how I can become a pornstar..

 

[Kasanova King]

I have a lot of sex.. I mean ALOT. Does neone know how I can become a pornstar..

You need to measure up.

 

[Marginal]

I have a lot of sex.. I mean ALOT. Does neone know how I can become a pornstar..

This one is easy. Just need a camcorder and some studio lights. You don't even need to know how to act!!!! Also just remember to do some man trimming and you should be fine.

 

[PC69]

Also just remember to do some man trimming and you should be fine.

Funniest thing Ive ever read from Marginal.. Lmfao

 

[Makwa]

Old one:

How do u get a pro poker player off your porch??

Pay him for the pizza!!!!

 

[Grossberger]

Quit your job.

Make $$$ from poker.

You're a pro.

(Although you might want to make sure you can do number 2 before you do number 1)

WHOA WHAT?!?!?!?!? I have to do #2 before #1???? What if I dont have to do #2 do I just wet myself...........oh wait thats not what your talking about NEVERMIND!!!!!

 

[Grossberger]

Welcome cesar rabelo. ^^ This. If you're in the US...the IRS will let you know if you're a pro (or if you're just a gambler ).

Aw gee Boys & Girls, this is his/her 1st post...he/she may not realize the level of hilarity that occurs here (yet).

True but when your first post says you just started playing poker and want to be a pro you kinda open yourself up to some funny business, just like the guy whose first post was I want to open my own online poker site what do I do LMAO.

 

[ukaliks]

Old one:

How do u get a pro poker player off your porch??

Pay him for the pizza!!!!

hahahahaha i love it!!

 

[Slow Roll Poker]

The best advice from me is just use poker as a hobby and not a career. Poker is a hobby for many and is what it's really used for. Don't let poker get into the way of anything... That's at least what I think. Poker is a game and games are not jobs.

 

[RoyalFish]

The best advice from me is just use poker as a hobby and not a career. Poker is a hobby for many and is what it's really used for. Don't let poker get into the way of anything... That's at least what I think. Poker is a game and games are not jobs.

Tell that to Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, etc.

RF

 

[prepare]

play poker for a living as your main, or only source of income, but be warned its not easy and its not fun. playing poker as a hobby is fun but once you get a job its another job that feels like 9 to 5

 

[Makwa]

play poker for a living as your main, or only source of income, but be warned its not easy and its not fun. playing poker as a hobby is fun but once you get a job its another job that feels like 9 to 5

Amarillo Slim once said he made a lot playing poker over his lifetime, about the same as if he had been selling hotdogs on the street for 40 years...

 

[joeaugie]

It's sooooo much tougher than anyone thinks at first.

Basically, you need 6 months living expenses in the bank (in case of bad months and downswings) and at least a 10K bankroll (adequate for 100NL).

Play part time, build your roll, and if you are ready, you won't have to ask anyone if you are ready.

Or....

Do what lots of people do and play as a lucrative part-time hobby. Sooooo much less stressful.

 

[cesar rabelo]

thanks

On the chance cesar is not just trolling, here's a real answer.

Play for 2 months on play money tables. See if you can beat those players. Then play freerolls and see if you can get a bankroll. When you have $100 made through freerolls, move over to micro tables and mini-tourneys and see if you can build your roll there.

Use excellent bankroll management. Never put your whole roll on the table. See if you can avoid going broke at all for a year. Or three.

Read at least 5 top poker books. SuperSystem, Harrington on holdem (series), look through the book section on others that might help. I like The Poker Mindset a lot, but it's more advanced. Try doing some of the things in these books one at a time. Eventually try each thing. Find out what works for you. Develop your own style of play.

Watch every lesson in the FTP Academy, and every session. Watch them again. Take the tests. When you start playing for real money, take the challenges. Look around the net for similar help. When you have made $100K, invest in a poker coach. Or a WSOP Academy class.

After you have been playing for two years, see if you are breaking even. Many people can't do that. Most cannot.

If you can go from $0 to $50000, you may be ready to consider going pro. But then you have to take into account whether you can make a profit beyond your basic expenses, which will have to come out of your bankroll monthly. So, if there comes a point when you think you might be able to pull this off (few can), take a two week vacation from your job and play as if it is your work (8 hours each day, with disciplined breaks.). See if you can make more profit than you would make at your regular job.

Then think about whether you can stand doing that every day. By that point, you will have considerable experience and vast familiarity with variance. You may have a clue whether you are mentally capable of playing poker for a living.

I am, of course, thinking "pro" as someone who makes a respectable income over the course of a year. If you live in your parents' basement, and you make the $200 a week you need for food and stuff grinding away online, and that's what you live on, that could be a "pro" too.

thanks a lot for your help..m not thinking to be a professional poker player, i just wanted to konow if anyone could be seriuous to answer that simple question...im alredy professional tennis player..im here just for funn...and about the guy wrote about band aid to be a doctor i think he needs a dostor for himself..that is no brain at all..thanks..im heving poker lessons alredy and reading a book...so thanks for advice

 

[Stu_Ungar]

thanks a lot for your help..m not thinking to be a professional poker player, i just wanted to konow if anyone could be seriuous to answer that simple question...im alredy professional tennis player..im here just for funn...and about the guy wrote about band aid to be a doctor i think he needs a dostor for himself..that is no brain at all..thanks..im heving poker lessons alredy and reading a book...so thanks for advice

I have just bought a tennis racket. I have hired a coach and have several books on tennis. Could you give me some advice for becoming a tennis pro please.

 

[RoyalFish]

..and about the guy wrote about band aid to be a doctor i think he needs a dostor for himself..that is no brain at all..thanks..im heving poker lessons alredy and reading a book...so thanks for advice

That was me. I didn't write it to insult you. Poker just is deceptive in that it seems like a simple game, yet is not at all. If you're a tennis pro, you will appreciate that if I asked you how to become a pro after just a few games, I'd be jumping the gun. Most people can't be tennis or poker pros. They're just not good enough. I played tennis recreationally for years--enough to know I will never make a living at it.

If you're good enough to do this, you have nothing but my best wishes. I just think people come at this question the wrong way. It's something that answers itself. You have to start winning and move up in stakes until you're winning enough that one day you wake up to go to work and just say screw it, I don't need the money anymore.

RF

 

[Stu_Ungar]

That was me. I didn't write it to insult you. Poker just is deceptive in that it seems like a simple game, yet is not at all. If you're a tennis pro, you will appreciate that if I asked you how to become a pro after just a few games, I'd be jumping the gun. Most people can't be tennis or poker pros. They're just not good enough. I played tennis recreationally for years--enough to know I will never make a living at it.

Don't you start shattering my dreams of becoming a tennis pro. All I have to do is hit the ball over the net and keep it in-between the lines, realistically how difficult can that be?

 

[Poker Orifice]

Unless you are the next durrrr, it will take years to become even a break even player in this game, then even longer to start showing steady profits and a lifetime (or longer, lol) to master it.

My first week playing online poker I had an ROI+800%

Anyone can become a poker pro, as mentioned above > just quit your job, play poker & get rich obviously.

 

[Poker Orifice]

I have just taken up jogging, does anyone know how I can become a professional runner?

Thanks in advance

Kick in storefront windows in busy downtown neighbourhoods. When you see red lights this means 'go'. Once you've been at it for awhile, head to the rough neighbourhoods & ask for fiddy piece, make sure your $10bill is wrapped tightly in a roll around some Cdn.Tire money (monopoly money will do). Hand this to the guy with his ballcap on sideways & pants down low enough to store a week's worth of dumps & now begin to jog slowly away (yelling out something like "Thanks a-hole" can be added to increase intensite of workout). When you hear fireworks, pick up the pace. Repeat this 4x/wk.

 

[paumarhas]

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha very intertaining still laughing- you guys are hilarious. #1, #2 - wet myself haha; pornstar - hahahahahaha loota sex double hahahahahahahaha. tenniis pro in between the lines hahahahahahaha...............really u guys are crazy funny

but don't be so hard on the guy he's a newbie.

i once read a long time ago. that all it takes to be a professional player is to be able to pay your bills with the $$ you make. i'm assuming that means when your able to quit your day job.
now in order to be a pro, i would think it all depends on your talent. because there is such a thing as someone being a natural, gifted with unusual talent (like dustin hoffman in rainman, just trying to be funny.)
but if you find yourself without this natural and unusual talent i guess you need to work at it, but even with "a lot of work" some still won't make it - just a fact. not everyone can be a pro now a professional player would be another story. i don't think you need as much skill. just my personal opinion.
good luck on you poker game......hope you find "your" game.

 

[DietDave]

I couldn't think of anything worse than grinding it out to be a pro. Here's a good article on the subject:

http://www.pokerology.com/poker-articles/becoming-a-professional-poker-player/

It's mainly aimed at live poker, but still useful nonetheless.

There's a lot of things to consider before even thinking of going pro. Also remember that 90% of online players are losers. Getting in the top 10% is not easy.

 

[RoyalFish]

Good link. I've heard lots of different numbers for online winners, though. As low as 2%, which I don't believe, up to 33%.

RF