Low stake "pros" ???

[Forbin]

10 hours a day, 7 days a week, to make $1k in a month - isn't that well below minimum wage?

I hate "workin for the man" as much as the next person, but when you can earn twice as much making coffee at Starbucks it is hard to see why you are even considering trying to live as a "poker pro."

[the_doantster]

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i used to live in a cheap room above the chelsea pub in AC NJ, for $100 a week, and i was winning about $1000 a month playing $1-3 and $1-5 stud in the trop and at ballys. i could play 10 hrs or so a day 7 days a week, no girlfriend, living alone, and i averaged $33-40 a day which is $1000-1200 a month. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL WAY TO SAVE UP A $5000-10000 BANKROLL SO I COULD GO TO CALIFORNIA AND PLAY $20-40 HILO STUD AT THE BIKE EVERYDAY AND MAKE $1000-1500 A WEEK INSTEAD OF A MONTH, except for one little problem. id waste all my money at BJ, video poker, and looking for a girlfriend. sometimes id get so low, id be holding up a sign panhandling, (back when that still paid $50-100 a day instead of the $10 a day it pays now). and sometimes i was without a place to sleep and just kept a sleeping bag and slept during the day to avoid being assaulted while i slept. but hell id have never gave up my freedom for anything. cuase i always knew as soon as i got a bankroll id recover. i had a 9100 bankroll once but i [censored] it up. and currently im trying to get all my money outta the sites except for like $100 in stars and $100 on epasseporte, and i wish i could hurry up and untie it. ive only got $490 in the bank, even though my total roll is still close to $1300, and it pisses me off the way the govt is [censored] with me when im so dependent on this money to survive. guess im gonna have to move outta my moms in central ks where im living for $50 a week and move back to AC NJ so i can play live, unless i go to FL since its winter. FL has lots of good $1-2 hilo omaha games in the tampa FT lauderdale area. 24 hours too at the indian casinos. and its WARM THERE.

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I'd recommend FL.

[PartySNGer]

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i used to live in a cheap room above the chelsea pub in AC NJ, for $100 a week, and i was winning about $1000 a month playing $1-3 and $1-5 stud in the trop and at ballys. i could play 10 hrs or so a day 7 days a week, no girlfriend, living alone, and i averaged $33-40 a day which is $1000-1200 a month. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A WONDERFUL WAY TO SAVE UP A $5000-10000 BANKROLL SO I COULD GO TO CALIFORNIA AND PLAY $20-40 HILO STUD AT THE BIKE EVERYDAY AND MAKE $1000-1500 A WEEK INSTEAD OF A MONTH, except for one little problem. id waste all my money at BJ, video poker, and looking for a girlfriend. sometimes id get so low, id be holding up a sign panhandling, (back when that still paid $50-100 a day instead of the $10 a day it pays now). and sometimes i was without a place to sleep and just kept a sleeping bag and slept during the day to avoid being assaulted while i slept. but hell id have never gave up my freedom for anything. cuase i always knew as soon as i got a bankroll id recover. i had a 9100 bankroll once but i [censored] it up. and currently im trying to get all my money outta the sites except for like $100 in stars and $100 on epasseporte, and i wish i could hurry up and untie it. ive only got $490 in the bank, even though my total roll is still close to $1300, and it pisses me off the way the govt is [censored] with me when im so dependent on this money to survive. guess im gonna have to move outta my moms in central ks where im living for $50 a week and move back to AC NJ so i can play live, unless i go to FL since its winter. FL has lots of good $1-2 hilo omaha games in the tampa FT lauderdale area. 24 hours too at the indian casinos. and its WARM THERE.

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$40 a day? Nice. I bet you were living a de-luxurious lifestyle as a dollarmenuaire. Must have been sweet.

[pig4bill]

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None of the poker I've played is anywhere near as stressful as a real job. I'm not talking about brainless waiter jobs, but jobs you make a living from.

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Probably because you play for fun and your rent/mortgage/groceries dont depend on your results.

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No, but they depend on my job.

[Gonso]

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i used to live in a cheap room above the chelsea pub in AC NJ, for $100 a week, and i was winning about $1000 a month playing $1-3 and $1-5 stud in the trop and at ballys.

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I know the area around the Chelsea Pub and the games in question, and I have no doubt this story is possible. Those games didn't require good punctuation for the kind of earn OP is talking about. All kinds of characters.

[kyleb]

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You inability to punctuate, spell, refrain from using caps lock, refrain from using paragrpah structure, and tell a good story is legendary.



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Glass houses, buddy.

[Bulbarainey]

very possible. i have a friend who plays 2/3 $100 and 3/5$ 200 NL for a living, and not even full time. He pays his tuition + a little of that from loans, rent, living expenses, food, etc. And he doesnt even play "full time." he comes down from sb and plays at commerce for about a week straight once a month. he logs 80-100+ hours in that week though, and usually makes around 2-3k. whether this is realistically sustainable or not long term, hes been doing it for almost a year now. the fact is, especially in LA, $100 or $200 bucks is nothing, people pay a million $ for a two bedroom in a nice area, others spend even more on their car then rent, association fees on a nice condo are 1000$+, and to lose a $100 or 200 just aint nothin compared to the cost of living, hence the extremely profitable games that result. now could u do this off some tight ass games in a small town somewhere with a bunch of regulars? i dont think so, but maybe if you like cup o noodles a lot, dont have a car payment, and dont mind living in a [censored] hole

[flafishy]

Moving to Florida to make a living playing 1/2 Omaha 8 is one of the more laughable ideas I've ever read on this forum.

[Cactus Jack]

You think?

:lol:

[SplawnDarts]

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Moving to Florida to make a living playing 1/2 Omaha 8 is one of the more laughable ideas I've ever read on this forum.

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Yeah, that's pretty ridiculous. One would think vegas 1/2NL and moving up the ladder would be FAR more attractive.