[mikechops]

An interesting thread. Some people look at it as working for $ and others as a hobby. I guess it's more of a hobby for me but I enjoy the cash too. I can see problems with both objectives though.

For me, the problem with poker as a job, is that actually caring about the money gets in the way of me making it. The problem with it as a hobby is that it becomes boring if you don't improve. The way for me to improve is to play better players at higher stakes, but then I'm back to the first problem again.

I'd be quite happy playing no higher than $100NL, if there were somehow a league system, allowing you to choose players of your own skill level. It works quite well for other games but until someone comes up with a system for poker, I guess I'll have to keep trudging up the ladder until I'm making $100's an hour. It's a hard life [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]