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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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.