Playing online poker for a living

jester777 · Jan 03,2005, 08:31 PM

I started playing for a living about a month ago, and I can honestly say that it is the best decision I have ever made. I love my job! You are your own boss, work your own hours, and if you are willing to put the effort in to learn the game well you can make a very good living.

I dont' want to sound negative, but of course poker for a living is not for everyone. I live at home so I don't have rent to pay, which means I am able to cope with the bad days a little easier. I was really bored at my previous job and was planning on a career change at the time anyways.

You have to be certain that you are a winning player before you can do this, and that means putting in a lot of hours and thousands and thousands of hands. You don't have to play ultra high limits to be successful and make decent money, you can play 4-tables of lower limits (21" monitor) and do quite well, as I do.

Good luck to you if you do decide to do this!

ConfusedONE · Jan 03,2005, 09:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jester777

I started playing for a living about a month ago, and I can honestly say that it is the best decision I have ever made. I love my job! You are your own boss, work your own hours, and if you are willing to put the effort in to learn the game well you can make a very good living.

I dont' want to sound negative, but of course poker for a living is not for everyone. I live at home so I don't have rent to pay, which means I am able to cope with the bad days a little easier. I was really bored at my previous job and was planning on a career change at the time anyways.

You have to be certain that you are a winning player before you can do this, and that means putting in a lot of hours and thousands and thousands of hands. You don't have to play ultra high limits to be successful and make decent money, you can play 4-tables of lower limits (21" monitor) and do quite well, as I do.

Good luck to you if you do decide to do this!

hey jester777

what limits do ya play? and how many pokerrooms do u play at?

regards,
CO

jester777 · Jan 04,2005, 09:29 AM

1/2 and 2/4 most of the time. I'll move up to 3/6 and 5/10 once I am confortable at those limits, but I'm in no rush.

I play at Party, InterPoker (whore the bonus every month), and Gaming Club (until i finish the bonus there)

Soup66 · Jan 04,2005, 11:56 AM

I have a strong feeling he has no idea what he is in for. This is a very hard game to base your income around. Sure playing 3-4 horus a day and bringing a few hungred a week ontop of your day job is nice, but I could see a burnout being a very high possiblity for most players! But good lock!

ConfusedONE · Jan 04,2005, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by jester777

1/2 and 2/4 most of the time. I'll move up to 3/6 and 5/10 once I am confortable at those limits, but I'm in no rush.

I play at Party, InterPoker (whore the bonus every month), and Gaming Club (until i finish the bonus there)

thx for the quick response

just 1 more question

on avg, how many hours are you logging in each week?

thx

DJP · Jan 04,2005, 07:56 PM

Play a few thousand hands in the next year that are within your financial reach (bankroll-wise), and then base your decision to go further on your results. Don't just look at dollars won though. Also keep track of hours played. Next, convert your dollars won into dollars won per hour. Then see if you still want to play for a living. If it pays less than a job, or if you have to play more hours than you'd have to work for the same money, I'd get a job.

(I work fulltime and play part time btw)