Really. And it's not even remotely close. The deeper you play, the more skills prevail over luck, and people play a lot deeper in cash games than in tourneys.
Also, there's a lot more money in cash than in tournaments, so there is no huge incentive for the best cash players to play tournaments beyond ego and the extra sponsorship money that comes with name recognition.
There is quite a bit more rake in cash games also,so it seems to me that the average cash game player losses more than the average tourney player.
The "best" cash game players I guess dont worry about the rake.
rake is caped in cash games. It becomes irrelevant at higher stakes.
I am not a High Stakes cash game player,however for break even (pre rake) and losing players it would seem to be very relevent.
Cliff notes:
Everyone in this thread who plays for serious money tells OP it's impossible.
Everyone in this thread who plays microstakes and dreams of riches tells OP to go for it.
Why am i not surprised?
You need to continue devoting a lot of effort to finding a job, and in your spare time concentrate on improving your poker skills. The most important thing is to find a real job, because the poker part of your plans is just a fantasy tbh.I've been trying to get a job for 6 months but it seems to be close enough to impossible.
I've pretty much had it with how much time I've spent looking for jobs and making a living at poker actually seems the easier option now.
Really? Not just a different skill then tourneys? If cash games took more skill then why aren't all the great cash game players winning tourneys? Yes there are a few players who excel at both, but by your logic the good cash game players should dominate the tourneys because the have more skill-but thats not the case.
Tournaments are not very deep stacked.
I actually tried to make a living (didnt need the winnings though) at $5.50 sngs.My results were that I could consistantly beat out $250-$300 per week (hardly a living).I played 12 tables at a time and averaged 60 per day(an very occasional day off) for well over a year.I was playing 9-10 hours in an average day.My ROI was 13% that was closer to 20% at 4 tables
I stopped because it was mentally taxing and It became quite boring.
I rarely play over 2 tables now and usually 1.
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"... so you're tellin me there's a chance." -- Lloyd Christmas
Deep Stack Tournaments?
Somewhere around month two I would have jumped off a bridge. Thats rough playing that many $5 sng.
simple answer to question in topic title - looooool no
If you live in a 3rd world country where $20/day is enough to live on.
I think that this is one of the misconceptions that has given online poker it's enormous success over recent years.If you are living in your parents basement living off of pb&j and ramen its definatley possible If your playing and your winning then there is no reason you cant up your game a little bit.