Florida $1/$2 NL tonite

[JulioYalil]

i don't like playin 1/2 live b/c it's not enough money to be made but i've been reading and hearing a lot about it being possible to make a livin in florida out of it. so i set myself to try it seriously thinkin it can't be done. (it's awesome not havin a "job" so i can make time for things like these for no reason @ all. god i love poker and ty lord for bringin online poker into my life).

i planned on playin 80 hrs of $100 max NL (the equivalent of two 40hr weeks) and then calculatin my hourly rate, std dev, etc just to have an idea of how much one make and what's an appropiate bankroll when choosin a ROR < or = 2%.

after playin for 2 hrs tonite i'm surprised w/ the potential of how much money can be made. i can tell from the beginning of these little project that people play so poorly that makin a livin (low to middle class) @ it is possible. it's just a matter of how "good" a livin one can make. i still have 78 hrs left of poker on it but it looks promisin. i'll keep postin.

so far...

1) 2hrs --> +359

[chucky]

80 hours will only get you 2400-3000 hands I am not so sure you will learn enough given the larger standard deviations that are reported. That said based on the numerous florida poker threads I am not sure why you are surprised that it was so profitable. Wish you the best of luck.

[JulioYalil]

i understand 80 hrs is not enough but i don't wanna waste my time too much. even if it is very profitable to play in those games i will still make more $ playin online. so i'm ok w/ a rough estimate. thx.

[Sykes]

k, i'm up 1k in the last week playing ~30 hrs.. and i'm awful at NL cash, but these people are horrendous. seriously.

[Fishhead24]

Everyone on this forum is winning in Florida ...........amazing.

[orange parrott]

from what i've seen, everyone should be, unless you consistently take some pretty gross beats. they players are awful.

[jeffnc]

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i planned on playin 80 hrs of $100 max NL (the equivalent of two 40hr weeks) and then calculatin my hourly rate, std dev, etc

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A hahahaahahahahahahahha.

Sorry. OK, go to the FAQ for the math forum and you will get a little more serious about this.

[Russ M.]

I've played 79 hours and I'm +1800. Only suffered a few beats (KK < 84s all in preflop, QQ < AKs all in preflop with a Q in the door). But yeah there is the chance for sick variance. Last night at a table there were 5 guys on a table with more than 600 in their stack and two of them had like 1300. However I think if you can figure out how to play against these idiots properly and are capable of setting session goals for yourself, you can definitely play as like a part-time job and make pretty decent money on the side of a regular job.

[Miamipuck]

I was up 500 bucks the first 8 hours I played. Then variance hit me in the head. The last four sessions has been nothing but get my money in with a set/straight and get beat by a flush draw or gutshot to the tune of $300-400 pots. My 5th day I lost $450 pot to some drunk guy that called two allins on the flop with a gutshot and lost another $300+ to the same thing. (I flopped sets both times)

Yes the players are brutal. However, in live play, if the cards are not going your way it could be days or weeks before some assemblance of normal returns. For instance I went to the HR in Hollywood. I played 7 days about 5 hours a day and to this point have not gotten AA once. It was a brutal 4 days just seeing the horrifying play and there was nothing I could do to take advantage of it.

Anyway, there is plenty of money to be made. I am up for the 7 sessions but man has it been a roller coaster.


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Edit: My first paragraph was not meant to be a bad beat thing. I just using it as an example of how bad play can be brutal in the short term (80 hours)