How much time do you guys put into to the work of poker?

[BigJamo]

I used to put in a lot of hours work (2-3 hours a day reading, 5-6 playing)
when I first started playing the game & this has proberly been the most important thing I did towards becoming disciplined on all the main factors in Tourney play.

Yes although I don't do as much study/learning, I think those earlier years have helped me all the way along my poker life. So much so, that I now can play fairly well on Ring Games too.

 

[GWU73]

I used to study and play several hours per day. Now I put in very little play or study time. MAYBE 8 hours of play and 2 hours of study per week. Not so much worried about learning new skills, just trying to stay reasonably fresh.

 

[dziglipapas]

70% of my time I read ebooks, watch videos on YT related to poker and for the last 30% I try to focus on playing MTTs. Right now I am trying to study less and practice more.

 

[Slav4obaby]

away from the tables?
hmm i don't know but i love to practice a lot
I usually watch videos on poker 2-3times every week and love to practice my knowledge with poker tests like pokerschool quiz for omaha MTT cash game

 

[Everybodylovesdeuces]

It varies depending on my work schedule but I play about 12-20 hours a week (I mostly play live so a couple MTTs per week) and I try to read books/articles for a few hours a week. And not just read, but do in-depth analysis of what I'm reading. I also spend a fair amount of time doing hand analysis of hands from the tournaments I play with my study group. Lately I've just got on CC and have really been enjoying the HA threads on here.

 

[badalhoco345]

I don´t spend many time learning. Sometimes I see some vídeos to learn but were I spend more time learning is in the tournaments that I participate.

 

[Retina]

Totally agree with fubarcdn. Poker can be a means of existence. It's more of a hobby or a way to spend free time. The fact that poker is primarily a game, not work and if the work brings a stable income, then you can win poker today, and tomorrow lose even more.

 

[Bee]

I learn every time I come across an unknown term. Often I see repeated simke or other players.

 

[corrupted15]

The thing is you have to study as much as possible, especially at the beginning as the fundamentals are so important, otherwise your just wasting your time unless you're a genius and quickly pick things up.

The thing with me is that I'm usually lazy. The only time I really get motivated to study is when I'm struggling to move up limits or I'm on some bad downswing and I'm doubting my play. So I really dig in when that happens.

 

[ozziwar]

I did spend alot of time at reading and watching training vids when I was non profitable or very little. Now I don't do it enough really, and that do hurt my winrate not gonna lie, need to start to study again. I think that atleast 10h a week is a good number.