Pro Players...tell us your story!!!

Sportsrmylife · #1 07-19-2007, 12:42 AM

I have read an interesting thread about someone that is deciding to go pro and noticed a few others that have made the leap. Tell us how you decided that to go pro, what stakes did you start at, what stakes are you playing now, what are your goals, how much did you make your first year playing and what do you make now, how has this changed your life...are just a few ideas on what you can write about. I am looking forward to reading some of these.

holyfield5 · #2 07-19-2007, 12:46 AM

i went pro, start at 10NL, i won monies, i moved up, i profit!

Sportsrmylife · #3 07-19-2007, 01:01 AM

LOL...I hope that all the responses are this. Thanks for starting things out Holyfield.

thedustbustr · #4 07-19-2007, 01:29 AM

read the well posts, in the master sticky.

RearNakedChoke · #5 07-19-2007, 02:28 AM

I just started playing full time this year. Finished school in December and decided to give it a shot. It is easy to try when you have nothing to lose. at the the I had been playing .5-$1 NL on FTP and 4 tabling. I was making around $1500 to $2000 a month on the side playing 20k to 30k hands per month. I figured why not give it a shot.

I currently am PLaying $1-$2 NL and some $2-$4 NL. I am up just over 26k this year so far. This is including rakeback, bonuses, etc. I am happy with how it is going so far. I seem to be improving a lot as of recently and feel like I am ready to move up limits. I have the roll to but I am not in a hurry, I also know that I have a long way to go as a player. My goal right now is to be beating $3-$6 for over 5BB/100 NL by then end of the year.

To be honest I like the lifestyle and freedom, I am also making more money than I would at anentry level job. However I am semi embarassed to tell everyone what I'm doing after college. As an online player people who know nothing about poker (most) think you're either full of it, or you are a degenerate. Obviously this isn't a huge deal to me, but It is something that bothers me about playing full time.

spyderracing · #6 07-19-2007, 02:39 AM

Tell them you work in Risk Analysis.

tufat23 · #7 07-19-2007, 01:43 AM

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start at 25NL, i won monies, i moved up, i went pro, i profit!

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deaders · #8 07-19-2007, 01:47 AM

I guess Im a pro, Im a uni student and dont work any other job these days. Started at 5nl, got lucky, learned a bit, tried to play minbet, played nl badly for ages, played better, moved up and kept winning moneys. Ez really.

JackAll · #9 07-19-2007, 02:51 AM

God coached by a friend of mine 18 months ago.
Started at 10nl.
Planed to move up limits after winning 20 buy ins.
Spent 3 weeks at 10nl
Spent 3 weeks at 25nl
Spent 3 weeks at 50nl

Spent almost a god damn year going betw 100nl and back to 50nl. This is when I tried a lot of new stuff like playing up to 5-tables, raising limpers EVERY time I had position, raising almost everything in BU, etc. It was up and down with some big mofo swings. I made a very large percent of winnings at 100nl from rb+bonuses (and built a massive roll from that). Eventually UB changed the way they calculate rake (and bonuses) which meant I could no longer live off rake & bonuses ([censored] UB BASTARDS). So with a big ass mofo roll, I moved up to 200nl and decided to try play well and focus with only 2 tables and see if I can make actual money from winnings. That was 3 months ago and I've been running really well at around $100 an hour.

Moral of the story - know someone who is good and can teach you for free =)

tufat23 · #10 07-19-2007, 02:55 AM

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God coached by a friend of mine 18 months ago.
Started at 10nl.
Planed to move up limits after winning 20 buy ins.
Spent 3 weeks at 10nl
Spent 3 weeks at 25nl
Spent 3 weeks at 50nl

Spent almost a god damn year going betw 100nl and back to 50nl. This is when I tried a lot of new stuff like playing up to 5-tables, raising limpers EVERY time I had position, raising almost everything in BU, etc. It was up and down with some big mofo swings. I made a very large percent of winnings at 100nl from rb+bonuses (and built a massive roll from that). Eventually UB changed the way they calculate rake (and bonuses) which meant I could no longer live off rake & bonuses ([censored] UB BASTARDS). So with a big ass mofo roll, I moved up to 200nl and decided to try play well and focus with only 2 tables and see if I can make actual money from winnings. That was 3 months ago and I've been running really well at around $100 an hour.

Moral of the story - know someone who is good and can teach

you for free =)

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God on ure mind?