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04-29-2006, 10:05 PM
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Playing full time / pro
I am about to graduate college and am thinking about spending a year playing poker in order to save up money to pursue a law degree or phd. How difficult is it to actually play full time for a while? Possible issues include:
- 40 hrs a week of poker = burnout - Downswings are very stressful if br is used to pay rent - Job is extremely antisocial and provides no useful experience for future career - No health/dental insurance coverage With all these things in mind, I decided that I don't want to do this unless I can make at least 120,000 in a year. Suppose that with various bonuses and significant rb I run exactly 2bb/100 playing 3 tables SH at a time at 5/10, and that I am currently at 5/10 b/c I don't yet have the br for 10/20 (which is to say, I may eventually be able to play higher). Is it possible to make 120,000+ without burning out? 
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#4
04-29-2006, 10:16 PM
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Re: Playing full time / pro
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wtf true. how many hands/month? can I ask what limits you're playing? OP, 120k at 5/10 is probably pretty tough to guarantee. I'd get a job and play pt, but that's just me. [/ QUOTE ] 100 - 150k hands a month, 2/4 -------> 10/20. True
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#7
04-29-2006, 11:39 PM
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Re: Playing full time / pro
If you 4-table 5/10 6-max for about 1.8BB/100, that's about $80 an hour plus rakeback. Even discounting rakeback, if you make $80 an hour for 40 hours, that's $3200 a week. Now if you only play 40 weeks out of a 52-week year, that's still over 120K for the year.
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#8
04-29-2006, 11:51 PM
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Re: Playing full time / pro
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If you 4-table 5/10 6-max for about 1.8BB/100, that's about $80 an hour plus rakeback. Even discounting rakeback, if you make $80 an hour for 40 hours, that's $3200 a week. Now if you only play 40 weeks out of a 52-week year, that's still over 120K for the year. [/ QUOTE ] assumptions: A. you never have to move down B. you actually run at 1.8bb/100 for the year and not .9 (see josh w) C. you actually play 40 hrs/wk part time is where it's at if you ask me.
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#9
04-30-2006, 01:08 AM
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Re: Playing full time / pro
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[ QUOTE ] If you 4-table 5/10 6-max for about 1.8BB/100, that's about $80 an hour plus rakeback. Even discounting rakeback, if you make $80 an hour for 40 hours, that's $3200 a week. Now if you only play 40 weeks out of a 52-week year, that's still over 120K for the year. [/ QUOTE ] assumptions: A. you never have to move down B. you actually run at 1.8bb/100 for the year and not .9 (see josh w) C. you actually play 40 hrs/wk part time is where it's at if you ask me. [/ QUOTE ] whos josh w, and what do you think a reasonable winrate is?
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#10
04-30-2006, 01:33 AM
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Re: Playing full time / pro
"what do you think a reasonable winrate is? "
1.8 is a reasonable winrate, but reasonable doesn't mean it's something you can count on. josh w posts here, read through his posts for the last month or so and I think you'll catch my drift
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