Earning a living playing poker 1 year later.

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My favorite game is a $500 buyin NL Holdem. My income in year 1 was ever so slightly higher than what I made last year at my old job. This fell within my projection so I count it as a successful year.

So I did not get rich in year won matter of fact my standard of living is about the same. I do expect this to improve each year forward.



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if you don't mind, what limits did you play and how much do you avg/month?

I think ppl will be interested to hear this as well. perhaps provide more detail to your story.

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give us some stats

[thomastem]

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give us some stats

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Ok here is 1....you have 5 posts.

The point was not to brag but to give my view on my success in completing my first year where poker was my sole income. Since I paid my bills and was never was in danger of busting I count it a success.

Now if you want more positive attention get a list of businesses that are 1 year old and ask them for their stats.

(I almost unleshed my buzzard on your ass rook)

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Thomas,

It has been awhile for me too. I don't post anymore but I still come back to read occasionally. I saw your post and just had to drop a line to say congratulations. You approached your decision with great thought and even greater communication. You were a class act then although we disagreed occasionally and you are a class act now. Tell the animals I said Hey.

Stage.

[thomastem]

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Tell the animals I said Hey.

Stage.

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Critters....they don't like being discriminated against as animals. One time someone called them "The unholy critters." That really pissed them off.

By the way is Hutz still around?

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My apologies...I should not have discriminated against them. Of course they are critters. And I don't have a clue about Hutz

[scrapperdog]

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My favorite game is a $500 buyin NL Holdem. My income in year 1 was ever so slightly higher than what I made last year at my old job. This fell within my projection so I count it as a successful year.

So I did not get rich in year won matter of fact my standard of living is about the same. I do expect this to improve each year forward.



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if you don't mind, what limits did you play and how much do you avg/month?

I think ppl will be interested to hear this as well. perhaps provide more detail to your story.

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IMO you should play on making more for a few years, then less and less every year. Not to bring this crap up again, but obviously poker rooms are eventually not gonna be as popular as they are now. There is gonna be a lot less ez money to grab. My guess would be that half the internet pros are gonna be pounding the pavement looking for a job. I have no clue what half you will be in, but I do know that I dont encourage people to quit a stable job for a short term gain.

[sandsmarc]

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My favorite game is a $500 buyin NL Holdem. My income in year 1 was ever so slightly higher than what I made last year at my old job. This fell within my projection so I count it as a successful year.

So I did not get rich in year won matter of fact my standard of living is about the same. I do expect this to improve each year forward.



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if you don't mind, what limits did you play and how much do you avg/month?

I think ppl will be interested to hear this as well. perhaps provide more detail to your story.

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IMO you should play on making more for a few years, then less and less every year. Not to bring this crap up again, but obviously poker rooms are eventually not gonna be as popular as they are now. There is gonna be a lot less ez money to grab. My guess would be that half the internet pros are gonna be pounding the pavement looking for a job. I have no clue what half you will be in, but I do know that I dont encourage people to quit a stable job for a short term gain.

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Agree completely. 5 years from now, the madness and popularity will dwindle, the fish will be broke and gone, and you will have a gaping 5 year hole in your resume. Online poker may not even exist as we know it, and definitely not in its present untaxed state. I think you have made a huge mistake and gambled with your family's long term well-being. I hope the escape from responsibility was worth it.

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Agree completely. 5 years from now, the madness and popularity will dwindle, the fish will be broke and gone, and you will have a gaping 5 year hole in your resume. Online poker may not even exist as we know it, and definitely not in its present untaxed state. I think you have made a huge mistake and gambled with your family's long term well-being. I hope the escape from responsibility was worth it.

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So people that start up their own businesses and fail are doomed to never be employed again? While I can understand your position of liking the stability that working for someonelse can bring to you, I think that your attitude that anyone that does different than you is making mistakes pathetic. Frankly, I'm more stressed working for someone else than I am in dealing with the ups and downs of being my own boss (I don't play poker professionally, but I can see the correlations mentally between playing poker professionally and starting your own small business).

I've owned businesses and worked with a lot of small business owners. Businesses that don't need to adapt to changing marketplace within a 5 or 10 year span (ie poker fad fades etc) are a very small percentage.