OT: Thinking about playing "professionaly"

[HappyHotdog]

hey everybody, i am going to provide alot of background information about myself in order to (hopefully)get some good advice. This forum has help me a ton poker wise and i want to know what you all think.


i am 17 years old and started playing poker serioulsy only about 2 months ago. I feel that i play pretty well and there are no leaks in my game that i can recognize. I started a job about 2-3 months ago and have saved about 90% of my paycheck each week. I have 2000(a pretty large sum for me). I am so sick of that job that i need a few months off(i am a chart kid making 6.25 an hour). With my job,girlfriend,school, and all the other stuff i have time to only play 1-2 SNG a day. So i am figuring quitting my job and playing about 20-25 hours of poker a week. There are a few reason why i want to do this. First i hate my job(to picture my job take a shoping chart walk 100 feet foward and then walk 100 feet back, do this about 5000 times and then u get 120 bucks, pretty gay), second poker wise if i am at the ok to pretty good level by doing this i will learn and improve a ton. and third i dont have a monthly nut(well 20 bucks for grass each month but thats a different story [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]) so if i lose 300-500 bucks np i will go back to work.

I am figuring that i will 2-table(thats all i can handle right now) 11 SNG at party. I also dont have any rakeback system or (to my stuipidy) a poker tracker. My questions are if everything goes hunky doory how much will i be able to making a week? and also what rakeback system and poker tracker programs would u suggest.

Thanks so much u all have been a big help

[Indiana]

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i am 17 years old

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This is all I had to see. The answer is don't be a fool, stay in school.

Indy

[tom441lbk]

There are some great overviews, and program links in the FAQ, stickied at the top



edit: I pity da fool

[costanza_g]

If you don't have monthly bills to pay, then your not playing "professionally", your playing as a hobby. Simple math would tell you what you can expect to pull in each week, but if you've only played 1-2 a day for 2 months...that's like 60 games. Your gonna need like an extra 500-900 games before you can confidently say you play well.

But whatever, it seems you have nothing to lose...except money, so go for it.

[Lady Dont Tekno]

and people think the boom is going to end?

[HappyHotdog]

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If you don't have monthly bills to pay, then your not playing "professionally", your playing as a hobby. Simple math would tell you what you can expect to pull in each week, but if you've only played 1-2 a day for 2 months...that's like 60 games. Your gonna need like an extra 500-900 games before you can confidently say you play well.

But whatever, it seems you have nothing to lose...except money, so go for it.

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Did u notice that i put " " around professional, i realize that

[jeffraider]

I hate to be harsh on you but with what's in your post if you quit your job to 2-table the $11s you're a moron. Even if you play good, which I'm sure you don't, your hourly rate 2-tabling $11s will be less than $6.50 an hour. You're only 17, you're supposed to have a job that sucks.

[Indiana]

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and people think the boom is going to end?

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Taper off a little yes, but this game will be profitable for a very very very long time to come.

Indy

[mgross]

Keep your job. Play more than 1-2 each night afterwards.

[TheNoodleMan]

Don't get snippy., You are a kid, you should not be playing. Kids like you playing poker brings serious unwanted attention to the game and endangers the livelyhood of "real" professionals.