Making a life from Poker

[Evolution]

Hi fruends,
I really wanna know your ideas of what is the best way and strategy that someone can have a fix income in poker ?(say 70 $ a day or 2000 in month).
I've been playing Poker for about 6 months( average 1 to 3 hours a day) and only cashed out about 500$.I play only mtts and s&go.
I'm reading books and artikels too,but it s really my passion to get rid of ny job and stuck to poker.
Tnx in advanced.

 

[Foldemz]

You will more than likely need much more experience than 6 months unless you're some kind of prodigy. Also, $500 is not a lot in cashes and you must consider your buy-in amounts too, which will probably show you're negative.

With that being said, look up bank roll management (brm) and go from there.

 

[Evolution]

With that being said, look up bank roll management (brm) and go from there.

Tanx man.
Can u tell me what exatly u mean by that?
U mean I gatta make a good br?

 

[ph_il]

If you aren't at a level where you can support yourself through poker while you still have a job, then you aren't at that level to even consider it making a life from poker.

And even then, you'd need enough money outside of poker to at least help you live for 6+ months without relying on poker profits because you will hit downswings or months where you don't make as much as you would like/need to but you'll still have your monthly bills and expenses to pay. Those aren't going to wait for you when you're on a downswing.

 

[ShoTyme]

Play on your days off at least 5 hours each day. Do this for several months. You'll probably find you get sick of poker or aren't winning enough. It's a hard way to make an easy living. The hardest part of my day is opening my computer even though I love the game. It does become a grind for sure.

 

[Evolution]

Philthy & Sho Tyme Tnx for ur Tips.

 

[BigJamo]

You will need a sizeable bankroll and give it a couple of years to work in your favour.
After a couple of years, it will be evident whether it is feasible or not.

 

[Evolution]

Say I got a 200 $ BR and wanna play 6 hours a day .
Can you guys give me a kinda tip that which S& Gos or mtts can I or should I play to make the most routin profit out of it.
TNX

 

[TheArnie]

Say I got a 200 $ BR and wanna play 6 hours a day .
Can you guys give me a kinda tip that which S& Gos or mtts can I or should I play to make the most routin profit out of it.
TNX

If you're beginner, study basics first, then play like 25k hands and see if you're winning. If you are, move to stakes which you're properly rolled for, for sit n go's it'd be like 30 BI. Then keep employing good BRM, never stop studying and focus on making correct decisions. If you will focus on monetary aspect, you'll get really depressed and tilted during downswings, that's why I suggest you to focus on making good decisions. Also, I recommend playing usual speed, not turbo or hyper sit n gos, because variance is lower.

 

[PapaC]

Hi Evolution and welcome to Cardschat. All the above is great advice. You have 6 months experience, so tell us what level you are playing at. If you have a $200 BR, you should not be playing MTTs of SNGs with more than $2 buy ins, and if it's cash games, you should not play higher than 5nl. With this being said, to make a living at this level is almost impossible. Like has been said, you are going to have downswings that could last a month. That is why you need to have good BRM. The lower your BR goes, the lower you should go. Man keep you job, and for now, play for fun in the evenings and weekends. There are so many new players that want to be a pro and start out playing higher than they should and go broke 50 times before they see it's not working. Don't be one of those. Let us help you along the way. It really takes baby steps to even get to $25nl. GL to you

 

[Evolution]

I really appreciate ur motivational answers guys.
Ja.I 'm ganna keep my job for now,but wanna play poker at least 4 hours a day.
I play mostly 1$ , to 2.5 $ S& Go's in poker stars.Regular speed.and at weekends 2.75$ deep stack.
Is that ok in this level?

 

[PapaC]

Yeah Evolution that is an ok level to start with, but don't start to many at a time. If you have any problems at that level, go down one level, which would be $1.10. Always let you BR tell you what level you need to play, and as long as you do that, and play your best game, you will be fine. One other thing. Try to go to tables with a positive mind. GL to you

 

[leandr0s]

a good player in high stakes will be making about 3bb/100 hands. lets say that 100hands=1 hour (if you play 6max or even less if you prefer full ring games) and lets say you play 8 tables so 24bb/hour and you play 40 hours weekly= 960bb/week. and you want to be making 70$/day or 490$/week. so that means that the bb of the games you play should probably be 0,5 (NL50) or 50$ buy in per table. for that you will need a bankroll of 1000$. and of course the most basic one= the ability to win these stakes. middle stakes means more regulars and so tougher targets to win over. but if you can make it mathematically it doesnt seem like that big of a deal.

 

[FanatsLV]

Its will be very hard I know it. You need manage your time and bankroll. You need preper for it and you need time to learn it. I suggest you play some time before you start do it like a work.

 

[AlbieTross]

6 months won't be nearly enough experience if you're actually trying to make a living off of poker.

 

[WaxDabMan]

I don't feel a life is made off of a single thing, but life is a fullness. My goal is to find something that helps me fulfill other parts of my life. I have found that I am not good enough at poker to be, and not willing to go about the pains to become, a great poker player. I have a "feel" for the game in as much as I can get on a higher level than those without a clue, and see where they are when I am WILLING to be focused.
To get to the point, I knew for me, poker wasn't going to be what made me feel fulfilled, nor something I was passionate enough about pursuing that it would not consume me if I were to force my focus into it's study, and indeed it would be a bit torturous. I am a more creative and empathetic person. I feel fulfilled in making a connection to and helping other people. I have been a network technician, and I have done GD&T programming, I have been a Supervisor at a big box retailer, and worked on a fabrication shop floor, in all of which I made in multiples more money than doing the job I keep leaving those jobs to return to, and that's a direct care provider for troubled youth, and people with disabilities...
I have an inner drive to feel full, and little keeps me from doing the things I want living life the way I choose(other than high buy in tourneys, a nice house or a nice car lol) But I have the things I want and need, I feel I am growing and learning more everyday in the areas I find most interest in. I travel through life at my own pace, and keep my feet on the ground, but I'm happy, at least to the extent I feel I am capable, which is much greater now than other points in my life.
I struggled with college because of a combination of drinking and poker. Money was too easy on party poker lol and I was in the casino grinding 4-8 limit everyday like a dummy, trying to beat rake for excitement.
But what I needed was life in my life, no specific thing, but to feel alive, and embody my life more, and not be such an agreeable bitch for lack of better words. I needed to come into my intelligence, and come into my own as a person, and not some nitwit hiding behind a barely +EV strategy against the absolute worst of the worst players that kept luckboxing rent money, drinking money, and more.
So make a life of life first, that's my advice, and put things in priority with that.

Best of Luck!

 

[luiaguila]

what you say is very difficult because they are alone and sit n go tournaments this course if you finish in a tournament with a guaranteed final table would be earning more than $ 70 a day but has all the bad times

 

[massagegirl]

Keep your job even if you start hitting your goal. The ups and downs in poker can be such a roller coaster ride. Even great players have run bad for as long as a year or more.

 

[JPainTrainSicko]

I don't feel a life is made off of a single thing, but life is a fullness. My goal is to find something that helps me fulfill other parts of my life. I have found that I am not good enough at poker to be, and not willing to go about the pains to become, a great poker player. I have a "feel" for the game in as much as I can get on a higher level than those without a clue, and see where they are when I am WILLING to be focused.
To get to the point, I knew for me, poker wasn't going to be what made me feel fulfilled, nor something I was passionate enough about pursuing that it would not consume me if I were to force my focus into it's study, and indeed it would be a bit torturous. I am a more creative and empathetic person. I feel fulfilled in making a connection to and helping other people. I have been a network technician, and I have done GD&T programming, I have been a Supervisor at a big box retailer, and worked on a fabrication shop floor, in all of which I made in multiples more money than doing the job I keep leaving those jobs to return to, and that's a direct care provider for troubled youth, and people with disabilities...
I have an inner drive to feel full, and little keeps me from doing the things I want living life the way I choose(other than high buy in tourneys, a nice house or a nice car lol) But I have the things I want and need, I feel I am growing and learning more everyday in the areas I find most interest in. I travel through life at my own pace, and keep my feet on the ground, but I'm happy, at least to the extent I feel I am capable, which is much greater now than other points in my life.
I struggled with college because of a combination of drinking and poker. Money was too easy on party poker lol and I was in the casino grinding 4-8 limit everyday like a dummy, trying to beat rake for excitement.
But what I needed was life in my life, no specific thing, but to feel alive, and embody my life more, and not be such an agreeable bitch for lack of better words. I needed to come into my intelligence, and come into my own as a person, and not some nitwit hiding behind a barely +EV strategy against the absolute worst of the worst players that kept luckboxing rent money, drinking money, and more.
So make a life of life first, that's my advice, and put things in priority with that.

Best of Luck!

Awesome! Well said and very real, honest and passionate. I 100% agree without a balanced and fulfilled life poker alone for most will not make life great.