playing for a living

[SoothSabre]

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give it a shot when and only when you are losing money by going to the day job. It is a slow transition.
-Shaggy

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How do you really know when that moment comes ? My win rate over 1200 hrs. is $19/hr but that's with the luxury of just picking my spots when to play. How much of a dropoff should I factor in by having to play a set number of hours ?

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If that's your winrate, you shouldn't even think about playing fulltime. In my book, poker is just a recreational thing for you. You don't even qualify as a semi-pro.

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That's mostly playing 1/2 NL with no multitabling. If that winrate was playing 15/30 I'd be a little more worried.

If 50+hrs / $1000 per month and 1/3 of my total income isn't semipro I'd be interested to read what is.