Cash game pros - lifestyle (and numbers) questions

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thx for the reply mattaasen

[schwza]

i don't know you at all but the blackjack thing makes me think you're probably not cut out for playing poker professionally. take your shot i guess, but definitely do not go into debt for poker.

[Phase2]

I know you guys will all think that I cant do the poker thing professionally because of my weakness for BJ. Feel free to tell me you dont think i can make it, it only makes me want to prove you guys wrong [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

And im not going in dept for poker, you must of read my store wrong, im getting out of dept via poker [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]



As for sample size, since I started playing cash games on november 7th, I have played 25,000 hands. Before this, I have accumulated another 50,000 hands on various other sites when I was playing poker but not professionaly. The 50k hands were tracked in pokertracker and I had a postive BB/100 although I cant give you the exact number because I had no discipline and was playing at levels ranging form .5-1 to 3-6 .... 1-2 and 2-4 were profitable, while i was a loser at .5-1 and 3-6.

[recallme]

After reading the first part of your history my advice would have been quit as fast as possible.

After reading the 2nd part i would like to know which sample sizes you have by now?

[theplux]

Yes for ING.

What do I mean by 'sleeping bankroll'. Lets say you play 1-2. You dont need more than 10k to play that, and even 8k is fine. If you've 20k roll, then theres 10k at least that is 'sleeping' and could be profitable somewhere else.

[Phase2]

alright, thats what I thought. THanks.

[blankoblanco]

cool thread. i'm kind of gearing towards cash game semi pro-dom myself, with aspirations to make a modest living at 6max 200NL and 400NL. haven't really been able to get the ball rolling too much, though i have enough to live off of for a while from some donkament cashes. for a long time tournaments were sort of my security blanket, 'cause i always felt like any day now i was going to go on a massive downswing. i think i play cash well, though

lately school has me swamped and i've been reading 2+2 and studying the game a lot more than actually playing, since it's something i can do more sporadically than buckling down and putting in a session

anyone else make their living off of poker while still a full time student at a university? i find it hard to focus on both (although i am pretty lazy)

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cool thread. i'm kind of gearing towards cash game semi pro-dom myself, with aspirations to make a modest living at 6max 200NL and 400NL. haven't really been able to get the ball rolling too much, though i have enough to live off of for a while from some donkament cashes. for a long time tournaments were sort of my security blanket, 'cause i always felt like any day going to go on a massive downswing in cash. i think i play cash well, though

lately school has me swamped and i've been reading 2+2 and studying the game a lot more than actually playing, since it's something i can do more sporadically than buckling down and putting in a session

anyone else make their living off of poker while still a full time student at a university? i find it hard to focus on both (although i am pretty lazy)

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Focusing on school and poker is something that I have always struggled at. I do well at school but sometimes I will just get into these poker binges and not go to classes for days at a time, sometimes weeks. Next semester I am just doing college part time because of this. I feel if you want to be successful at both you need to set very strict rules about when to play poker and when to study.

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cool thread. i'm kind of gearing towards cash game semi pro-dom myself, with aspirations to make a modest living at 6max 200NL and 400NL. haven't really been able to get the ball rolling too much, though i have enough to live off of for a while from some donkament cashes. for a long time tournaments were sort of my security blanket, 'cause i always felt like any day going to go on a massive downswing in cash. i think i play cash well, though

lately school has me swamped and i've been reading 2+2 and studying the game a lot more than actually playing, since it's something i can do more sporadically than buckling down and putting in a session

anyone else make their living off of poker while still a full time student at a university? i find it hard to focus on both (although i am pretty lazy)

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Focusing on school and poker is something that I have always struggled at. I do well at school but sometimes I will just get into these poker binges and not go to classes for days at a time, sometimes weeks. Next semester I am just doing college part time because of this. I feel if you want to be successful at both you need to set very strict rules about when to play poker and when to study.

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myself and all of my friends at school that play semi pro or w/e have this same problem...its all about priorities and all of ours are poker over school

i really havnt gone to many classes at all this semester but i think if your class meets twice a week going to one of those is ok if you can really cram before finals which i think works best for me

anyway gl op and i could be wrong i would guess that moving up above 1,2 (almost definitely 2,4) is a bad idea...over a frew k hands you may think wow-no biggie, but the games really are much different, i would try and get in about 100k hands + at mostly 1,2 and some 2,4 before i played much 3,6 or 5-10 at all (*there isnt that much difference skill wise between 3,6 and 2,4 just more variance $$ bc of bigger buyin)

anyway, gl man

[stinkpaw]

What are you doing for health insurance or do you live somewhere that the gov provides it?