Hourly Rate of Online Tournament Pros?

[amaranto]

Anybody have a feel for what the hourly earning rate of a top online tournament pro would be? My guess is around $125/hour:

Playing 6 hours a day, averaging $750 in buy-ins per day and having a 100% ROI, they'd earn $125 per hour.

Just my guess. Anybody have a better estimate?

[Foucault]

I've got about 1000 table hours of tournament play in 2007, and I've made $14.46/table hour with 35% ROI. So with an ROI 3x as high, I'd be making $45/table hour, which would probably be more like $150+ per hour assuming multi-tabling but scaling back the number of tables played when deep in something.

My average buyin is $134, though, which I think is higher than you're assuming.

[PsYcOsNiPeR]

either way...its damn good money.

[octoinky]

generally, double your wage, and thats how many thousands you make a year (comes from 40 hour work week and 50 weeks = 2000 hours / year).

I'd assume most poker players put in more than 40 a week however. An hourly rate as "low" as $40 could still be 100k a year, while $125/hour is quite high, it also projects close to 300k/year.

Minus $$ blown on big events (or won on big events :-D) etc. Quite nice.

[multious]

i make about $5k every 40th hour or so

[metsfan88]

not tryin to steal this but, just curious, how much do you guys keep online and how much do you withdraw?

[Foucault]

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i make about $5k every 40th hour or so

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haha

[0evg0]

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I'd assume most poker players put in more than 40 a week however.

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THAT'S A BIG L-O-L GOOD BUDDY!

[WarDekar]

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I'd assume most poker players put in more than 40 a week however.

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THAT'S A BIG L-O-L GOOD BUDDY!

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Yeah... I mean there are players that put in like 80 hours a week, but the reason most of us play poker is so we don't HAVE to work 40 hour weeks. I probably spend 20-30 hours max a week actually playing.

Now, time spent wasted on these forums is another matter...

[Sciolist]

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I'd assume most poker players put in more than 40 a week however.

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THAT'S A BIG L-O-L GOOD BUDDY!

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Yeah... I mean there are players that put in like 80 hours a week, but the reason most of us play poker is so we don't HAVE to work 40 hour weeks. I probably spend 20-30 hours max a week actually playing.

Now, time spent wasted on these forums is another matter...

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I spend about 5 or 6 hours a week reading these forums as part of my job. Hurrah!