1/2 limit as a job

[silkyslim]

You cant be working that much to be making $1000 a month. Why not just play poker on the side more often? Playing 1/2 professionally will lead to alot of alcohol and ramen noodles.

[ThE_DrOpOuT]

I split rent($500/month) with my girlfriend. I live in Thunder Bay, Ontario which is pretty much a dead end city so you can find apartments for peanuts. I'm only making $8.50/hour which is minimum wage and i usually put in about 30 hours/week at work. I'm pretty confident that i can beat the 1/2 limit games for about 1bb/hour, so i intend to start off at this level and just build my bankroll until i have enough to move up to 3/6. I get the sense from all the feedback that most of the posters feel that 1/2 isnt a high enough limit to make any decent money, however, anything over $8.50/hour would be an improvement and with rakeback and bonuses i dont think its all that difficult to acomplish.

[Bob T.]

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I'm pretty confident that i can beat the 1/2 limit games for about 1bb/hour, so i intend to start off at this level and just build my bankroll until i have enough to move up to 3/6. I get the sense from all the feedback that most of the posters feel that 1/2 isnt a high enough limit to make any decent money, however, anything over $8.50/hour would be an improvement and with rakeback and bonuses i dont think its all that difficult to acomplish

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If those are your goals for now, I think you might be right. The tough thing will be sitting at the computer and putting in all of those hours. I would see if you can get in the necessary hours on your days off for a couple of weekends in a row. If you can do that, you got a chance, and it doesn't sound like you are giving up a career or anything irreplaceable if you have to find another job.

Good luck,
let us know how you are doing, and also spend a little time each day studying/posting/responding, because that investment will help your game.