Poker as a full time activity?

[mmanea]

Has anyone started a journey towards playing poker as a form of stable income? Besides the guides found here in CC, does anyone use other websites in order to sharpen their skill when playing poker?

 

[Debi]

It would be a tough journey if it were your only source of income. You should be an established winning player at the stakes you will be playing and have about 6 months worth of monthly expensesn the bank before you try to do this.

Keeping an alternative source of income is highly recommended.

There are a lot of good training sites available and some private coaching might be a good idea before you start seriously consider it.

 

[sincos]

There are quite a few players who live off poker income. You correctly said that you need to learn poker constantly.

 

[kley126]

It is the dream of many living poker is not easy at all but it is possible and there are many online sites where you can get material to develop your game skills skills and strategies

 

[0546474]

In order to trust playing poker as your only source of income, you must be a really good player and have a good reserve of money in case of dispersion !!! I obviously do not fit these criteria, so poker is just an additional source of income for me !!!

 

[puzzlefish]

It's been said many times before that this is harder than it used to be in the past, but doable if you live in a country with lower living costs.

 

[A kiravio]

I think it's the dream of many of us but we have to be realistic, calculate how much you need for the next years for yourself, for your family to live a decent life or better. You must be a player with good and very good results with a consistent increase in bankroll and constant. But if we look at the big names in poker it is possible. Good luck!

 

[lauestla]

Has anyone started a journey towards playing poker as a form of stable income? Besides the guides found here in CC, does anyone use other websites in order to sharpen their skill when playing poker?

Well only a few players are skilled enough to live from poker... and it's not my case. But you never know...

 

[78mariusz]

I never thought to live from poker because then it would be a very quick and poor life

 

[Jamil]

Don't leave your job , and not take poker as your first source of livelihood. Don't, then don't. This is how you are heading towards bankruptcy

 

[Gallarado777]

work should always be considered poker as a hobby because here you will have an unstable income, save money to live for at least 6 months or more after you can play and treat poker as a job because you will already have exactly the money for half a year, it will make at least some sense if you play poker well

 

[Sopt]

I'd consider poker career similar to sports career. You need to put thons of effort and time into it and most of the people doing it can get by, but are not superstars. They break their body to make a decent living.
With poker it's going to be the same. Endless hours of grinding behind your screen to make same or sometimes even less than you would at your regular 8 hour work. At start it might be fun, because you might not consider it a job straight away. After a while it becomes a stressful job that you MUST do to make a living.
The only beacon of light is the dream to strike the gold. Go deep in some big tournament or something and cover lifetime of expenses. You must determine however, are you a dreamer?

 

[rastapapolos]

I think if you play only online it would be a lot difficult, however if you're grinding live you can do it. live is softer than online.

 

[Leomil]

I thought about it at first, but now its just my sorce of stable fun

Its a shame that when you put money expectatives on what you like, when you transform it on a job, you actually start lossing the interest you once had on it

 

[DAVID KEHRER]

I was playing about 8 hrs a day for years then my health went bad play only once or twice a week for a few hours. Making poker your only income is very hard.

 

[staytrue001]

I think it's so hard, so no

 

[steve01991]

money makes money, so unless you already have it, poker is not a good source of income.

 

[Dailon Arroyo Blandon]

I think that most of the people who are passionate about poker... wish at some point to make a living from poker... however you have to prepare yourself very well, build a strategy that can constantly generate profits over time... and that is not easy... I am in that process... and until I manage to be consistent at the end of each month at least in a period of one year... I would start to consider dedicating myself to poker full time...

 

[odonob]

Very difficult due to huge variance. You would have huge losses and wins, would be a very unstable source of income.

 

[moularaki]

Who doesn't want to live out of poker but not everyone can achieve it

 

[mmanea]

It would be a tough journey if it were your only source of income. You should be an established winning player at the stakes you will be playing and have about 6 months worth of monthly expensesn the bank before you try to do this.

Keeping an alternative source of income is highly recommended.

There are a lot of good training sites available and some private coaching might be a good idea before you start seriously consider it.

I am a full time manager, I do not plan to transition any time soon, I was just wondering how many take it seriously, because, as anything in life, if you take it professionally and seriously, it can amaze you what the outcome might be. Poker has an high potential.

 

[mmanea]

I was playing about 8 hrs a day for years then my health went bad play only once or twice a week for a few hours. Making poker your only income is very hard.

I hope you are well now mate!!

 

[mmanea]

I thought about it at first, but now its just my sorce of stable fun

Its a shame that when you put money expectatives on what you like, when you transform it on a job, you actually start lossing the interest you once had on it

Because of the need right? The stable source, if you had like 12 months of income plus 40k aside, would you think differently?

 

[mmanea]

I'd consider poker career similar to sports career. You need to put thons of effort and time into it and most of the people doing it can get by, but are not superstars. They break their body to make a decent living.
With poker it's going to be the same. Endless hours of grinding behind your screen to make same or sometimes even less than you would at your regular 8 hour work. At start it might be fun, because you might not consider it a job straight away. After a while it becomes a stressful job that you MUST do to make a living.
The only beacon of light is the dream to strike the gold. Go deep in some big tournament or something and cover lifetime of expenses. You must determine however, are you a dreamer?

I am a dreamer, as you said, I have spent sometimes 3 hours to win 4 $ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Great advice anyways, good luck, I feel you are a dreamer too!!

 

[mmanea]

I think it's the dream of many of us but we have to be realistic, calculate how much you need for the next years for yourself, for your family to live a decent life or better. You must be a player with good and very good results with a consistent increase in bankroll and constant. But if we look at the big names in poker it is possible. Good luck!

I am very organized, it made a lot of sense for me, thats why I asked, thanks Kiravio!! Good luck!