Variance/Brags/Beats: Poker Pros

[Jeffrey Dahmer]

What is the main attraction to being a pro. Is it:
The money
The hours (or lack thereof)
Retiring by age 30
What? When (if) you reply just state your income (roughly) how long you've been playing and what the positives and neagtives are. Also, did your parents tell you it was immoral/un-ethical? Finally, did you have a job before ou quit to play poker. This may be a bit too serious for BBV, I know, but these are questions I always had.

EDIT: To qualify as a pro your lifetime graph should slant vertically, some of you "pros" don't have one of those.

[Squareview]

i dont get it?

[Squareview]

do i play 10s bad BBV?

PokerStars Game #10954283079: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/07/15 - 15:25:38 (ET)
Table 'Parenago' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: BundAA ($91.15 in chips)
Seat 2: Bitz0 ($45.70 in chips)
Seat 3: geegeehf ($49 in chips)
Seat 4: SethCity ($80.55 in chips)
Seat 5: armi94 ($48.30 in chips)
Seat 6: squareview ($107.75 in chips)
Bitz0: posts small blind $0.25
geegeehf: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to squareview [Tc Td]
SethCity: folds
armi94: folds
squareview: raises $1.50 to $2
BundAA: folds
Bitz0: raises $3 to $5
geegeehf: folds
squareview: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [4s Qc Qh]
Bitz0: bets $4
squareview: calls $4
*** TURN *** [4s Qc Qh] [Kd]
Bitz0: bets $6
squareview: folds
Bitz0 collected $17.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.50 | Rake $0.90
Board [4s Qc Qh Kd]
Seat 1: BundAA (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Bitz0 (small blind) collected ($17.60)
Seat 3: geegeehf (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: SethCity folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: armi94 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: squareview folded on the Turn

[Wayneo]

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i dont get it?

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I'm assuming he wants to turn pro sometime soon...

"Sometimes you just know" - wayneo, 15/07/07

[MaxRaises]

I currently rake in like $700 a month. I'm definitely a pro.

[Jeffrey Dahmer]

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i dont get it?

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I'm assuming he wants to turn pro sometime soon...

"Sometimes you just know" - wayneo, 15/07/07

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Nothing immediate, I'm too young, just curious more than anything else.

[Bad Beat Maker]

I'd love to see you go pro. By the quality of your posts I'm sure you'd last long!!! THUMBS UP!

[The Don]

It's the easiest way for anyone who is mildly intelligent to make money.

[mrjetguy]

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It's the easiest way for anyone who is mildly intelligent to make money.

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No.

People run well for a while and think that they will keep up that winrate for ever while stepping up in limits. Thus, they imagine extreme wealth in their futures. Plus they probably don't like the idea of having set hours and a boss that a normal job requires.

However, naturally a lot of the people end up realizing that they can't always make what they had expected. Also, playing for a living is an easy way to burn out on the game.

[Fuzzwah]

Downsides to Being an Internet Pro