Win rate in Bellagio $15-30 games

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keep poker a hobbey supplemental income OP. if for no other reason not spending all ur poker winnings grows ur BR better. It also becomes less fun and hard to play as much when its ur only job. Id probably play close to as much if i had another 40 hr a week job rather than only playing 25 hrs a week whne its my sole income. I cant complan much about my first year as a semi pro, the schedules nice and i made plenty to pay for alot of unexpected expenses i wouldnt have been able to if workin some [censored] part time job while going back to school but at the same time ive spemt the equivalent of a BR for stakes far higher than i regularly play now online, im kind of a nit tho.

also playing live variance wise u can run bad for months since live ud be playing as many hands a week in 40 hrs as many pros play a day online.

[Abbaddabba]

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Even if you earned a little more playing cards than you did as an engineer, you don't earn enough to make up for the huge gap in benefits.

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For a little more, i'd say any conventional job is better.

But i think that for a lot of us, the potential is to make a lot more. Especially in countries where gambling winnings arent taxed.

Someone with a salary of 50-60k a year, which i assume is pretty standard to start off with for someone with a degree but no experience, can save very little. 15-20k goes to the government.


If you cant make significantly more than 30-40k a year at poker, you should just resign to the fact that you suck.

[ILOVEPOKER929]

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I dont know of anyone capable of actually playing 40+ real table hours a week for an extended time at any poker game at all, period.

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There is at least one that posts here.

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regardless, people vastly overestimate their playing stamina.

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20 hours a week is all I can do, but I'm lazy.

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But you do it between 5 pm friday and 8 am monday so it looks to me like this is more of a brag post. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

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Ha! I would go insane if I tried that. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] The sad part is, I probably spend more time on 2+2 per week than I do playing poker. I tried the 40 hour thing for a few months a while back, and I ran at 2.7bb/100 and I still hated life. Thats when I knew something had to change becuz suffering burnout is a legitimate risk for me whether I win or lose. 15-20 hours a week is the perfect number for me cuz then I never stop loving this game, or atleast I never hate this game too much.

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I think ive maybe hit 40 hours of play in a week once in my life.

I now tend to play about 20 a week, and hover around 400 hands/hour. I think a lot of what stops me from playing more is the environment im in. Im moving into my own place in 5 days... hopefully i can kick it up to 12kish hands a week.

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I hated it within 3 months. I tried to work it like a job.