Do you think you can live off poker?

yes. many people do it. Will you become rich? Not unless you get very lucky and win some very big tournaments, and even then most of the time the players that win those are staked and only get a portion of the money. You will not be leading an easy lifestyle.

I can do it if: I set a goal, I stick to the game plan, I analyze my game and the game of my opponents, I follow bankroll management.

Some people make good money in poker and live off it. I'm not in any danger of that. since I do not set myself such a goal.

I don't know in my life such people are not known to live from poker, for me this is more fun socializing

I think yes, that you can make money, and there are examples of players for that.

I can't because I'm not good enough but lots of people can and do.

yes, it is possible but it is not easy.

If you have a starting bankroll and the opportunity to play poker, then yes, everything is possible) Otherwise, an ordinary person has a better job and poker will be like additional income

You should always search for soft games. Then its not that hard.

If you want to compete against solid opponents, you should put at least 1 year into studying on regular basis + playing a lot. If you do not give up, you will see big improvements with time and be able to compete with the best.

rarely is anyone able to live off the game of poker

I definetly can't haha

Yes, but only by making large investments (training and finance, self-discipline and developed thinking, full-time business approach). It seems to me much easier, for example, to buy an apartment and rent it out. Play poker for a fun/pleasure and random "jackpot".

I've got a large social media following (3+ million), so I get to play poker all day.. and it's feckin depressing! I earn a lot more from online businesses than poker and I do alright. Currently a 17% tournament win and that includes me playing for fun when I'm drinking at the weekend.

So many people get lucky and you bring another group of people around, THEY, then get lucky. Even playing the correct odds, you lose. I think it's more about playing people physically. Your presence and cred can go a long way, but online that doesn't apply.

You have a much better chance at live poker. Online is much tougher. But either way you have to work has hard as any other job to make a living, if not harder. There's no easy money. If there was everyone would be making it.

Look, if you good at poker, you could do it by winning some good amount of dollars then you can make withdrawal and investment of the acquired amount in something that will make you have a stable income, then you can play poker whanever you want.

I wish... But then I wake up.

I don't think I can live solely on poker, it is a great responsibility to do so. Personally, I prefer to see it as a way to earn extra money

You can't make a living from poker if you play poker for less than $ 10. This is fun.

You can earn a living with poker, I know one person who has not worked anywhere for 10 years, but earns a living from poker, he earns $ 50-60 a day, he has enough for a living.

You can make money from poker. But I think it’s impossible to make a profit every month. But this is just my opinion

Although I enjoy the game I can't make this for living because I'm not good enough... I would love to make this my life but is a hobby for me.

But must be stressful to be a professional player... Specifically in big stacks like Daniel, Hellmuth and others

Poker is a bit like sports -- few people have that talent and skill to make a living as a professional athlete . . . The difference between sports and poker is an athlete does not win with 'luck', he needs to be skillful to win, but a poker player many times will use luck and not realize he has won with luck as opposed to skill. I think Phil Ivey said it best when he was compared to Tiger Woods by a journalist and he quickly corrected the journalist being much more articulate than me. So the answer to your question is no I don't think a lot of people can make a living at poker . . .

Yes, of course I am totally convinced that if you can make a living from poker ... and that you don't need to be a genius to achieve it ... but if a very disciplined person ... who has emotions under control ... I mean to become in a tympanum of ice ... and be very persevering ...
of course putting all this together at the same time is not easy ...!

It's not impossible. But I think you have to have cash game capability for some consistency. I remember one player I met online and after he won about $110K in a WSOP event, he decided to turn pro. He played a few WPT games (yes $10K buy ins) and kept playing online. He said the caliber of competition was shocking. It was nothing like he expected. It was stressful and he lost most of what he won playing professionally. He did not play much cash. He was a MTT player and did not last long in his new career.

My brother tried playing cash games pro before he was ready and lost about $20K at high stakes. His career was over in weeks.

If you are going to try to grind, remember this. If what you enjoy so much as a hobby is what you would like to make your career, then you will eventually not love the game like you do today if you do make it a profitable career. It becomes work. In my mind, you still lose if you win.

So now to answer your question. No.

GL GL,

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hmm, no, I’m far from that level of play

Originally Posted by Felipebarao

Do you think you can live off poker?

With Dollar's current situation in Brazil, I would need at least $ 2k a month to live well.
But I only earn 500, I would be able to live if I were single, but not comfortably.

You can live at the expense of poker, but it is very difficult to realize it. You can't compare working in a manufacturing facility with playing poker successfully. I couldn't live on poker alone.

Poker is a difficult way to win "easy money"


With a lot of study, practice and discipline thinking about obtaining good long-term results, you can make a living from poker.

I don't think so because I don't have what it takes to be able to live off poker!
a base, skill and time available to study and evolve.

I don "t think so. We have to work to earn a living and also to play poker

You can earn money, I live on the money earned by poker. But this is absolutely not easy and quick money.

I know people who really make a living playing poker, they have no other sources of income, and they say that it is difficult, although they like poker, they always cannot win). Therefore, I think that apart from poker there should be other work, with a reliable income. I certainly couldn't live off the poker income.

It's the dream for most of us I guess ... and reality for very few.

I think you can do it. You need a lot of luck in a tournament and you would achieve it, it also depends on how much you consider necessary to live. For example, I consider that with winning a first place in one of those 1 million dollar tournaments in which you win approximately in the first places up to 200K dollars, that would adjust you to live well for some years, so if you could live only on Winning a tournament, which is difficult is, but not impossible.

It's possible but not easy.

Playing poker as work should take more than 8 hours on table, it's not fun.

Originally Posted by COMIRRR

You can't make a living from poker if you play poker for less than $ 10. This is fun.

Stick around the forum a while longer.

This place is loaded with freerollers who have convinced themselves that not only can you build a bankroll with freeroll winnings exclusively, you’ll bank enough for steady withdrawals and never have to depo a penny of your own money.

I enjoy poker. And I’ve never tried to bullshit anyone here that I’m a pro or that I bank big money because I do not.

I’d love to be a stay at home pro but I don’t make thousands playing the tables. So I can’t.

I see poker as a diversion that brings me financial returns. Living on poker can be very risky.

I mean there are pros, or do you mean purely grinding like Knish from Rounders, for a decent return every month?

well lets see can you play pro soccer, baseball, basketball, wrestling, golf, racing, poker. if you answered no to this they you probably can't make a living playing poker, but you can have a great time playing and sometimes winning OPM.

At the moment, I can't. But some people are successful there.

it's pretty much not easy! To do this, you need to spend a lot of time playing poker every day and especially on weekends!! this is the same work as any other (for example, in the workshop) only at home! and there is not a stable income, sometimes in the negative

not yet, but it is my goal.

To earn poker for a living, you need not work anywhere, play poker every day for 8-10 hours, but with a great desire and skill, you can.

At the moment, I can live for poker-to be a small part of it.But unfortunately, there is no money to earn on it yet.We have not yet reached the level of a professional.

Originally Posted by Felipebarao

Do you think you can live off poker?

Hi.
It is difficult, but no doubt it is possible. Poker is great fun, but from another point of view, poker is hard daily work.
Good luck.

Yes.

Hello.
Apparently, it primarily depends on your lifestyle, but I think that this goal can be achieved by working hard, day after day. It is obvious that haste in such a case is unnecessary.

of course! I myself live on this money

I say, of course, that it depends on your own abilities in poker ... I've got to know many people in my life who made a living from it. So everything is doable in my eyes