how to become a professional poker player?

[Makwa]

I couldn't think of anything worse than grinding it out to be a pro.

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.

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

I figure 10-15% of players are winners, but most of those not by much. Then the top 2-5% make a real living at it, usually multitable grinding for long hours/days.

Not fun, but can be done... several members here are in the top percentile, but that is several members out of 50,000+.

 

[Makwa]

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.

Thanks PO, I'm getting way out of shape trying to be an armchair poker pro, this might be just the recreation I need!!

:creep:

 

[Sk8surf]

better get to work

ya maybe walk before you run and trip and fall and get disapointed . agree with all the other coments i mean it will taken hundreds of hours and hundreds of thousands of hands before you will even start to comprehend the game and then you will still be learning even at that stage . i mean i could be wrong but most poker players are break even or losing poker player, to get to that level of play would be like you going to your local park, climbing the hill there then booking a trip to Mt. Everest for the next weekend get away .GL hope it works out for you .
Oh ya and poker is the hardest easy money you will want to make ,donkeys bad beats no cards, hours of useless waiting for a big hand that gets you put out more bad beats few more donks and more waiting lol HOPES & DREAMS.

 

[LRPharm54]

Being a Pro Poker Player

It appears to me most know pretty much what it takes to be a pro. I figure it takes guts, a bankroll worthy to start out, determination, focus, study, and a willingness to handle your emotions well under duress.

I am seeing anyone who really wants to aspire to a pro to give up an easy life of working for a paycheck in the usual sense and then pay your bills and then investing your money wisely. This holds true in poker as well, but bank management is a main consideration if you expect to make any strides towards attaining "Professional (PRO)" status.

The dedication and change of lifestyle is not something everyone can elevate to in the practical sense. It requires a total dedication to the game and a constant desire to improve your game. Not focusing primarily on the money, it should be a goal to maintain some semblance of consistency in winning more than you lose, knowing what levels to play, and knowing just how much to invest in each game. Then it is on to what games are you best at and focus on those and learn others but do it with frugal sensitivity to how much you can afford.

Playing cash games and open tournaments in brick and mortar casinos could be a great way to see if you have what it takes. Furthermore, your name will be known if you do well, and a reputation can go far to working in tandem with your success rate to include an increasingly improving ROI.

I don't think everyone can be a Poker Pro, but there are those who have the potential given their amount of experience, and how serious they are to develop the characteristics necessary to elevate yourself to a position of "great" player status and climbing the slow rungs of professional poker playing.

I am not expert and certainly no professional, but I am very aware of what I see in pros that give them the qualities necessary to obtain and maintain that status. I sincerely laud them for their accomplishments and wish anyone well who wants to attain the goal of becoming a poker master.

It takes time, effort, money, and an unswerving reverence to the game of poker to excel to being called a "Pro".

That's about all I can think of for now. Take care and be well, and good luck to everyone on the felts.

 

[Spookey]

Need years of experience .

When you start making regular wins and you make your first cash at wsop

Then you can say your a pro

 

[fletchdad]

The differences between being a pro poker player and a pro musician:

1. You can be really REALLY good and work for years many hours a day and still never make any money because you dont look good enough

2. You can be really REALLY bad and spend no time working on your craft at all and still make a lot of money cause you look good enough

3. As long as you play in public, and do it on a stage, no matter how you look, and no matter how much money you make, one of the girls in the room will go to bed with you. (You may want to have a few drinks first, depending)

4. Being good, talented and doing good work can actually be more important than making money.

5. Stroking your "Instrument" in public is actually not only allowed but expected.

6. You want the people you play with to be at least as good as you are.

7. Its not a good idea to knock one of the other players out (Unless he moves in on your girl)

8. Knowing you played real bad tonight and still made money can put you in a bad mood.

 

[dontshiveagit]

I'm pretty sure to be a professional poker player you need to make a living and pay the bills just by playing poker, you also need to place very high in WSOP events to get your name out there so you get sponsors and such. Not easy at all.

 

[bullishwwd]

Learn the math FIRST

:boxing:

 

[Sixes Full]

Move next door to a casino, get a job there washing dishes, sweeping butts, and kissing donk ass. Once you master that, enter the daily tournaments, kiss tourney director ass, win. Once you master that, enter weekly tourney, kiss rounder poker ass, win. Once you master that, see a doctor about your drinking and gambling habit. Once you master that, re-evaluate your priorities and decide if you still want to go "pro"

 

[dan abnormal]

I have less than a year and even less that 4 months of understanding how to play semi correct. I thought this would be an easy money deal with no standing in my way. Well come to find out, everyone has stood in my way and I have a few final tables to show and a lot of losses. I will say one thing, on one my my forums we have a league of 4 players and play 3 different sites each weekend. And top 9 make money and everyone top 30 makes points and most points win at the end. Well I have made final table to HU 2 times now and let me say this. IT WAS VERY VERY NERVE WRACKING and I lost both times and I was thinking (last night I was in one of my HU's battles) damn this would be very nerve wracking career if I was depending on this to be my only income. Right now just focus on making ITM on anything you play and let see how you ffel abut chances of becoming pro in 2 months. AND LISTEN TO THESE FORUM PEOPLE, MOST ARE VERY GOOD and I DONT EVEN KNOW IF MOST ARE PROFITABLE PLAYERS but they will eat you up on the tables. If you decide to start playing live, you better have a lot of expendable money cause live cost about 100x more at my card room min MTT is $75 -$145 entry

 

[bullishwwd]

I just started to play poker and want to know how to improve my game, and may be become a professional player?

thanks a lot for help