Good afternoon!
Please tell me, is it realistic to earn $ 1000 per month for poker stars? And does anyone get it like that? Can someone tell me which tournaments to play at?)

Originally Posted by Entrik

Good afternoon!
Please tell me, is it realistic to earn $ 1000 per month for poker stars? And does anyone get it like that? Can someone tell me which tournaments to play at?)

Hi there, can you be a bit more specific, please? What I mean is, it's VERY possible to earn $1000 per month if, for example you can afford to play $2000 buy-in heads-up sitngos! But it's going to be far less easy to earn $1000 if your starting bankroll is only $10! So, please give a few more details and then I/other peeps on here can give you more accurate advice/opinions.

Originally Posted by ldw22

Hi there, can you be a bit more specific, please? What I mean is, it's VERY possible to earn $1000 per month if, for example you can afford to play $2000 buy-in heads-up sitngos! But it's going to be far less easy to earn $1000 if your starting bankroll is only $10! So, please give a few more details and then I/other peeps on here can give you more accurate advice/opinions.

I'm sorry for the formulas, yes is it possible to earn from $ 10 a month if you play 8-10 hours a day?

Its not a good idea to set a specific win per month target, if you are just starting out. You should focus instead on improving your game and practicing, and then time will tell, if you are even a winning player, and if so how high stakes you are able to beat. I recommend starting with the 45-180 man SnGs and test yourself there. They run very often, and its easy to reach a final table, especially in the 45 man.

Originally Posted by fundiver199

Its not a good idea to set a specific win per month target, if you are just starting out. You should focus instead on improving your game and practicing, and then time will tell, if you are even a winning player, and if so how high stakes you are able to beat. I recommend starting with the 45-180 man SnGs and test yourself there. They run very often, and its easy to reach a final table, especially in the 45 man.

Excellent advice from fundiver above and I agree with him that the 5-table sit'n'gos (I.E. 45 players) are a great starting place, pokerstars runs them with buy-ins as small as $0.25. If I remember correctly, the 45 player SnGs also have the highest ratio (on pokerstars) of in-the-money places VS number of starting players, which could imply that they're the easiest multi-table SnG for getting past the bubble, too. Best of luck!

Oh, something worth adding is that, if you're seeing poker purely as a money-making exercise (rather than a fun pastime where earning any money would be a nice bonus) you need to be very disciplined with your BRM (bankroll management). A rough guideline is that professionals typically shouldn't gamble more than 1% of their total bankroll in any one tournament/shouldn't buy in for more than 1% of their bankroll to any cash game. However, a recreational player who CAN afford to lose their whole bankroll, would be ok to buy in for up to 10% of their bankroll. I'd say that for you, with only $10 per month that you're happy to risk, you should play the $0.50 buy-in, 5-table SnGs. That way you'll be gambling 5% of your starting bankroll in each SnG so, as long as you've got a solid poker game, you should build up your bankroll at a reasonable speed without taking the risk of losing your entire month's poker budget on the first day. Good luck!

it all depends on your banckroll and the amount of buy-in you can play over the long term. the higher you go, the higher your gains will be when you perform well. personally I am still far from being able to earn 1000$ per month.

Earning 1000 $ from 10 $ ?? It could be done. Every month - I would say 1 in a Million player could do that every single month of the year. It is possible to earn 1000$ every month with a starting bankroll of 30% lets say 300$ in your pocket. Play very low tour with not so much players and the chances for the ITM are closer. Hitting that amount of money with so little can be very frustrating you will be on that chair for hours a day and if you have a job creating 1K from 10$ ...I don't know man I want to believe in fairytale, but I rather stay in reality.

I think there is no specific price per month in poker
within a month if you're lucky
you can make a million
if you are not lucky you can lose everything
this is a risk
who does not risk the champagne does not drink

Why do you need exactly 1k?
Just try to make the most out of what you got and youll be fine

Yes, it's possible !!! playing studying, having fun, getting good results, participating in promotions and analyzing plays in schools and forums, can yes !!!! total success !! gloria life !! beautiful !!!!!!!

You must have a good bonkrol to earn this amount per month.

Just want to add, that if you are looking for a way to earn 1.000$ per month to pay your rent and other daily expenses, then poker is almost certainly not it, and especially not without any prior experience. Instead you need to find a job or start a business.

Starting with 10$, Good Luck !
I'd say 1000$ a year is more realistic with that bankroll.
If you can 100X your bankroll per month you would be worth 10 Trillion $ after 7 months . LOL

earning $ 1000 with $ 10 a month is quite complicated and unrealistic because to earn an amount of money whatever it is you must first build a bankroll and $ 10 is not ideal to start my advice is that if you have $ 10 in your bankroll you play free until you reach at least $ 60 or $ 40 and there you will start playing at micro levels, with your knowledge and some luck you should build your bankroll and progressively level up in MTT, STT or cash tables, once you establish your bankroll can you decide when and how much to get per month if your bankroll allows it, in some occasions you will not be able to withdraw anything and maybe play again in micro level

I dont think, original poster said anywhere, that his starting bankroll is only 10$. That would indeed be very silly, if your goal is to make some real money in poker.

Originally Posted by fundiver199

Its not a good idea to set a specific win per month target, if you are just starting out. You should focus instead on improving your game and practicing, and then time will tell, if you are even a winning player, and if so how high stakes you are able to beat. I recommend starting with the 45-180 man SnGs and test yourself there. They run very often, and its easy to reach a final table, especially in the 45 man.

Yeah, well, I’ll do it, thanks for the advice, for the dollar, I feel the games where 180, the games go on for a long time) Even before the prize money I’ve never seen how I played on the dollar (

Originally Posted by ldw22

Excellent advice from fundiver above and I agree with him that the 5-table sit'n'gos (I.E. 45 players) are a great starting place, pokerstars runs them with buy-ins as small as $0.25. If I remember correctly, the 45 player SnGs also have the highest ratio (on pokerstars) of in-the-money places VS number of starting players, which could imply that they're the easiest multi-table SnG for getting past the bubble, too. Best of luck!

Thanks, I’ll take it to mind!)

Originally Posted by ldw22

Oh, something worth adding is that, if you're seeing poker purely as a money-making exercise (rather than a fun pastime where earning any money would be a nice bonus) you need to be very disciplined with your BRM (bankroll management). A rough guideline is that professionals typically shouldn't gamble more than 1% of their total bankroll in any one tournament/shouldn't buy in for more than 1% of their bankroll to any cash game. However, a recreational player who CAN afford to lose their whole bankroll, would be ok to buy in for up to 10% of their bankroll. I'd say that for you, with only $10 per month that you're happy to risk, you should play the $0.50 buy-in, 5-table SnGs. That way you'll be gambling 5% of your starting bankroll in each SnG so, as long as you've got a solid poker game, you should build up your bankroll at a reasonable speed without taking the risk of losing your entire month's poker budget on the first day. Good luck!

Ohhhhhh ... It’s so hard to keep my bank roll, when I raise money quickly, I can’t stop for some reason, I'm trying to increase my bank roll faster ( And I can’t keep it for some reason Thank you and good luck!

Originally Posted by fundiver199

Just want to add, that if you are looking for a way to earn 1.000$ per month to pay your rent and other daily expenses, then poker is almost certainly not it, and especially not without any prior experience. Instead you need to find a job or start a business.

Thanks for the advice))) Take note)))

Originally Posted by Uncloggie

Starting with 10$, Good Luck !
I'd say 1000$ a year is more realistic with that bankroll.
If you can 100X your bankroll per month you would be worth 10 Trillion $ after 7 months . LOL

Funny thread. Anyone check my math ? That would be something.

This guy could become the richest man on the planet by end of July.

I would have to think this through, if my goal was to earn 1k a month.

First off how many days do you want to play. Most people work 20 days a month, 8 hours a day.
If you only plan on playing on the weekend, is that Saturday and sunday or just sunday? So weekend warriors would be trying to earn $1k in 4 or 8 days a month.


Divide $1k over 4 days of playing a month, would mean u need to earn $250 a day.
Divide $1k over 8 days of playing a month, would mean u need to earn $125 a day.
Divide $1k over 20 days of playing a month, would mean u need to earn $50 a day.

Divide how much you need to win a day by the number of hours you are willing to gamble gives you an hourly win rate you need to earn to hit your goal.

If I remember correctly, I think a decent player wins 5BB an hour, so dividing your needed hourly win rate by 5, would be the big blind table you would need to sit at.
So if I wanted to win $50 an hour and a good player wins 5bb an hour, I would be needing to sit at a $5/$10 table and to sit at that type of table probably requires $100 or $200.

You would probably want to have 10 to 20 buyins available for variance, so a bankroll of 1k to 4k would be helpful to start your journey

Originally Posted by eberetta1

I would have to think this through, if my goal was to earn 1k a month.

First off how many days do you want to play. Most people work 20 days a month, 8 hours a day.
If you only plan on playing on the weekend, is that Saturday and sunday or just sunday? So weekend warriors would be trying to earn $1k in 4 or 8 days a month.


Divide $1k over 4 days of playing a month, would mean u need to earn $250 a day.
Divide $1k over 8 days of playing a month, would mean u need to earn $125 a day.
Divide $1k over 20 days of playing a month, would mean u need to earn $50 a day.

Divide how much you need to win a day by the number of hours you are willing to gamble gives you an hourly win rate you need to earn to hit your goal.

If I remember correctly, I think a decent player wins 5BB an hour, so dividing your needed hourly win rate by 5, would be the big blind table you would need to sit at.
So if I wanted to win $50 an hour and a good player wins 5bb an hour, I would be needing to sit at a $5/$10 table and to sit at that type of table probably requires $100 or $200.

You would probably want to have 10 to 20 buyins available for variance, so a bankroll of 1k to 4k would be helpful to start your journey

Hugo) Here is the math) Take note, it will be hard) But you have to try!) At the moment I can play 5 days in a row for 8-10 hours

Originally Posted by Entrik

Good afternoon!
Please tell me, is it realistic to earn $ 1000 per month for poker stars? And does anyone get it like that? Can someone tell me which tournaments to play at?)

not everything is so simple, you need to have a lot of experience

Obviously, yes, it is very possible, but you need to play every day and develop yourself and maybe in few months/years you'll be able to do that.

Originally Posted by Haze777s

not everything is so simple, you need to have a lot of experience

Principle of experience, I've been playing enough for more than four years, here luck also needs to be sort of ...

I have a friend that earn mote than that.

Experience is one big thing in poker, i am taking it serious for six months now and have seen lots of diference in my play and luck is a key to be successful, incredibly true my friend. Good luck

Originally Posted by Entrik

Good afternoon!
Please tell me, is it realistic to earn $ 1000 per month for poker stars? And does anyone get it like that? Can someone tell me which tournaments to play at?)

I would say to play higher buy-in games, like at least 50 dollars and above.
But you have to be careful when playing, no tilting, and focused playing.
Also study poker more, like hands outcome, chances of winning
It will take a lot of time though. And remember you can not win everytime
But make sure your wins outweigh your loses

I'm not trying to be a smart azz, but if you have to ask, then maybe you should set your goals a little smaller and work up from there.

Originally Posted by wagon596

I'm not trying to be a smart azz, but if you have to ask, then maybe you should set your goals a little smaller and work up from there.

Ok, so I will)

Originally Posted by Entrik

Good afternoon!
Please tell me, is it realistic to earn $ 1000 per month for poker stars? And does anyone get it like that? Can someone tell me which tournaments to play at?)

the ones you can win . my brother made a living off poker stars, in the us until they closed it to Indiana players.he made aprox 50k a year

It is possible when you have a bankroll of 5k-10k.

At this moment, and the way you are asking, it is impossible for you. Even if you are a winning player at micro stakes, you won't be able to take the swings and you will go broke almost everytime. You need to study and play a lot, and than you will realize how to make 1000 per month.

You can make 1000$ in a specific month, at micros, (MTT), when you are on a upswing, but this is happening maximum 2 month per year

You need a much bigger bankroll to be able to make a profit of 1k and more.

Lets say you start with $1000 bankroll.
One month you could lose 2k , another month you win 4k. That's called variance. But in the end you will make a profit if you are a decent poker player.

To think you can earn 1k every month starting with almost nothing you can forget about . It's possible to win a big prize in a tournament , just because you run good, but you need a lot of luck to do that.

1k in poker per month it's my goal but I never get that summary. My max cashout is €850. Every month I win some money and don't cashout them because all what less $100 I don't withdraw.

Paying rent from poker winnings would require a lot of time and skill.

Originally Posted by fundiver199

Just want to add, that if you are looking for a way to earn 1.000$ per month to pay your rent and other daily expenses, then poker is almost certainly not it, and especially not without any prior experience. Instead you need to find a job or start a business.

i agree. at the end of the day its still gambling.not a very sure income

Originally Posted by chuckycheese

the ones you can win . my brother made a living off poker stars, in the us until they closed it to Indiana players.he made aprox 50k a year

Hugo) I wonder what he is doing now?) When did you win such a sum? I'm just curious...

Originally Posted by Entrik

Hugo) I wonder what he is doing now?) When did you win such a sum? I'm just curious...

he passed away this year, but hes probably playing wherever hes at

Originally Posted by chuckycheese

he passed away this year, but hes probably playing wherever hes at

Got it, I'm sorry I asked.

If you are per a good player you will win around 6BB per 100 hands in the long run...

So to make $1000 a month you would have to play 16.5K hands a month on a 0,50 / 1 table....

You probably have to start increasing your bankroll as a first step towards making a reliable income from poker... You will want to play on higher limits of at least $2/$4 to be able to earn a solid income. Most people will not have the required bankroll to play these levels when they start.

You also must keep in mind that even the best players will have losing months... Downswings are a reality. So you should have enough money to be ready to pay youur rent and stuff for 3 months even if no money is coming on from poker....

I think, I am a mediocre player, I am not so bad, but I am also not very good.
I play poker in my free time, beside from my usual job. So I play only at the evenings and at the weekends. I play it since over 10 years.At the beginning I was loosing, like probably many players do. I went into big minus at this time. But meanwhile I play okay as I learned some about it.
For me poker is giving me now the 13th monthly salary. I am okay with this as I play not high stakes. But if you want to earn 1K per month, I think, you will have to invest some in your games. You will have to play at higher limits and then you
also need to be able to do so....

I don`t think that the software can provide you a salary every month!! Sometimes you win sometimes you lose. You must find when to start and when to end everyday the games!

I've had some thoughts about this. I mean realy I know how to play poker I see when things are a bit doggy

Not easy

You can earn a $1000 in 4 or 5 minutes if hit a 10x multiplier in $100 spin and win it,
$10k+ bink in one long 10 hour tournament easy game been there wore the t-shirt,
End of year though margins will be a lot tighter!
Will you be left with any profit after a year of serious buy ins and volume while paying lets say an average of 12k a year in rake during a tough grind against good players it is another story altogether even if win large amounts easy to drift into the minus?
But yes a very small percentage of players will succeed and clear 12k profit and more at the end of a year.

Don't know. I don't earn anything from poker stars at all. There were rare bursts of good play, but they are associated with great hands. Try it, then be sure to tell us about your success here.

I liked your answer to the question on that topic. I will adhere to it. When I am achieving success I will pursue other more difficult challenges.

Now if you're playing CRAPs let me know....I'm up 8 out of my last 8 attempts with $150 buyin. No big home runs I aim for 30% gain and leave ...works every time!!!

I think you can win a $1,000.00 a month on average but the real question would be are you skilled enough and bankrolled enough to play that high a level. You also need to remember the swings in poker can be huge at times and you would have to ask yourself can you handle the swings. I play tournaments and have had 40+ tournaments in a row without even coming close to a cash. Tank about a hit to the bankroll and worse my ego.