Play poker for a living? Doubt it. A great hobby to have though.

[Hotel Detect]

practice avoidance

[Hiiiiiiii]

denial

[ttgirl]

do any of you that are berating him win past 50 nl for more than 1-2 bb / 100 ?

[the_casino_kid]

if you quit now you will never know if you actually can do it, the harder you work the luckier you get..

[silkyjonson]

TP/MH

[jman220]

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do any of you that are berating him win past 50 nl for more than 1-2 bb / 100 ?

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Yes.

[Gonso]

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do any of you that are berating him win past 50 nl for more than 1-2 bb / 100 ?

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Yes, althought my yes has a lot less "oomph" than Phil's yes

A lot of players here overstate their abilities obv, but 2+2 has more than it's fair share of good lower and midstakes players.

[Gonso]

Back on topic though:

OP, it's clear that you're still a relatively inexperienced, intermediate player. I'm sure you're not completely lsot and have some knowledge as far as how to play, but there are probably a couple fundamental misunderstandings about poker, the limit variance thing is a good hint that there is room to improve your understanding. The "entitlement" thing someone else mentioned is spot on by the sound of it.

Developing a winning game at those limits, especially with the games playing the way they do now, can take a while longer than some players expect it will.

With regard to books and videos... half the people you play against have done the same thing. Last time I looked, CTS's video at Cardrunners had 15,000+ views, and most players there are playing 2/4 or less. A lot of 2+2 books have sold in the hundreds of thousands, many of them to your opponents.

Also, I think you might be overstating your situation and misleading yourself by calling yourself a pro. You're ran up a small bankroll grinding NL25 and aren't employed, that's a more accurate way to think about it.

I'm honestly not knocking you here, I'm just suggesting that you might have lost some perspective over the past few months. It sounds like you just decided to become a pro out of nowhere, it's not that kind of a job.

[mce86]

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stfu guys. Even if he's only breaking even during that period he's doing better than 85% of the players. He tried something and it didn't work out, good job by OP to realize he should keep poker a hobby and hopefully make a few extra bucks on the side.

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Thats true, but the problem with OP is, and many posters like that, is they try these experiments and then make claims that nobody can win at poker...in other words they are saying, "since I am great and cant win, then poker cannot be beat..."
Why not just admit, Im not as good as i thought...or, many players are better than me...
And, dammit, get a job..play poker, establish winning, then retire, if thats your choice.
The best is when he points out SBrugby winn9ng 3 mill and losing 2 mill, im okay at math, i think thats up one million..not too bad. People need to realize, that as a skill game, some have it, some dont. Some are bad, some okay, some good, some great! Thats how it is...admit it to yourself.

[sqwisssssss]

yeah, its impossible to make money playing poker. look at cts, sbrugby etc etc...........