Need Opinions Please

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2k a month income to pay rent , utilities, food, car, ect

50k roll

2k a month is cool for the 1st couple of months. However you will lose the incentive to keep grinding those 8+ hour days in a few months if still only using 2k a month as a budget because you are barely living at 2k a month. Need to be able to treat yourself to some good shit at some point or it's not worth the daily grind and pressure.

[birdmanweezy]

Another factor I am weighing in is my real life skills. I have a degree and work in business. Worst came to worst I think I would have no problem finding a customer service or sales job in another city either. Makes me think I can do it with a lesser roll as well.

[birdmanweezy]

This has been an interesting good discussion thread.

[Buffalo Nickle]

The way you become a professional gambler in 2015 is you start online. You run up your winnings to the point that you cannot get enough money down to make it worth your while. When you reach that point, you know you might be a professional gambler. If you haven't reached it, you aren't one.

[birdmanweezy]

The way you become a professional gambler in 2015 is you start online. You run up your winnings to the point that you cannot get enough money down to make it worth your while. When you reach that point, you know you might be a professional gambler. If you haven't reached it, you aren't one.

I agree somewhat. Online can be very tough in the US though. Wish I had me some pokerstars back.

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The way you become a professional gambler in 2015 is you start online. You run up your winnings to the point that you cannot get enough money down to make it worth your while. When you reach that point, you know you might be a professional gambler. If you haven't reached it, you aren't one.

Just not many capable of doing that anymore. Only the true elite have a realistic chance to accomplish such. Obv as long as you have any edge in the online game it is the route to go because of the volume you can achieve however i think having an edge in an online game these days is easier said than done.

[Buffalo Nickle]

You say you live at home. That's as profitable as it gets. How long have you been doing that? You should have been able to put away a ton of money in that time if you have been doing it for very long. You can knock back 50K in two years doing that.

[Buffalo Nickle]

I would not move to Vegas to play poker though. Alan Boston says he is going to make his living playing poker and he lives in Vegas. He is moving to Connecticut. Alan Boston bets $4,000 per game in basketball and he says you can maybe grind out 60 to 100K per year playing poker. His stakes are a lot higher than yours are going to be. I'd keep that in mind.

[birdmanweezy]

You say you live at home. That's as profitable as it gets. How long have you been doing that? You should have been able to put away a ton of money in that time if you have been doing it for very long. You can knock back 50K in two years doing that.

I make like 28k a year still have some bills and rent. I save about 600 a month into the bank. Some months better than others. I am going to play online and the Connecticut casinos to at least get expierience and try to grind out an extra few hundred a month.

[Buffalo Nickle]

I make like 28k a year still have some bills and rent. I save about 600 a month into the bank. Some months better than others. I am going to play online and the Connecticut casinos to at least get expierience and try to grind out an extra few hundred a month.

That's not very much for 28K. You are a big spender and that will not work with gambling on a small budget. Give yourself a little entertainment budget and bank the rest. It piles up fast when you have no expenses. Take advantage of it while you can.

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I would not move to Vegas to play poker though. Alan Boston says he is going to make his living playing poker and he lives in Vegas. He is moving to Connecticut. Alan Boston bets $4,000 per game in basketball and he says you can maybe grind out 60 to 100K per year playing poker. His stakes are a lot higher than yours are going to be. I'd keep that in mind.

Didn't know Boston was still alive or capable of winning at any form of gambling these days. Way too many vices in Vegas for Boston so a move to Connecticut for him is probably correct.

[birdmanweezy]

That's not very much for 28K. You are a big spender and that will not work with gambling on a small budget. Give yourself a little entertainment budget and bank the rest. It piles up fast when you have no expenses. Take advantage of it while you can.

Connecticut would be good they have really high taxes though. Rent around the casinos is like 700 a month. The comps arnt the best either. I would be playing sports as well not just poker.

[Vegas39]

Didn't know Boston was still alive or capable of winning at any form of gambling these days. Way too many vices in Vegas for Boston so a move to Connecticut for him is probably correct.

Thats the thing don't know OP so unsure if he can be disciplined to avoid all the stuff here.

[opie1988]

Moving to Vegas to make a living playing poker and betting on sports.

The good thing is....these type of moves almost always seem too end well.

So you got that going for you!!

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Thats the thing don't know OP so unsure if he can be disciplined to avoid all the stuff here.

One of the only cities where it's beneficial to have a girlfriend or wife in my opinion to keep you from being a total retard.

[Vegas39]

One of the only cities where it's beneficial to have a girlfriend or wife in my opinion to keep you from being a total retard.

yeah if he has bad day he may blow what he has at strip club etc

[birdmanweezy]

yeah if he has bad day he may blow what he has at strip club etc

I am very disciplined. Plus I may even go grab a job and play poker part time. Will see what happens. Content where I am for now.

[ZetaPsi808]

its a miserable life.

think about it. you will have no health insurance. you will have to work around degenerates. mostly douchebags at 1/2.

you have to win just to stay alive. unless you are a professional playing higher stakes, 5/10, then this is just too much pressure

"if i lose this pot then i cant pay my rent or hotel cost, etc"

[Buffalo Nickle]

Connecticut would be good they have really high taxes though. Rent around the casinos is like 700 a month. The comps arnt the best either. I would be playing sports as well not just poker.

I think Alan Boston said he was going to be driving 2 hours to the casino from where he is moving. So he seems to be in the same situation as you.

You are not going to win much betting sports. That you can be sure, especially with a $15K bankroll.

[Vegas39]

I am very disciplined. Plus I may even go grab a job and play poker part time. Will see what happens. Content where I am for now.

Nothing against you, just seen too many do that or chasing with sports after bad day at tables

[birdmanweezy]

I think Alan Boston said he was going to be driving 2 hours to the casino from where he is moving. So he seems to be in the same situation as you.

You are not going to win much betting sports. That you can be sure, especially with a $15K bankroll.

yea i hear you. Best thing for me right now is to keep plugging at work, get down to CT when I can. And play some online.

[birdmanweezy]

Nothing against you, just seen too many do that or chasing with sports after bad day at tables

oh yea ive seen it all too

[opie1988]

I am very disciplined.

You are??

Didn't you stiff a bunch of guys on points here just this past year??

[birdmanweezy]

You are??

Didn't you stiff a bunch of guys on points here just this past year??

what does stiffing have to do with discipline...

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what does stiffing have to do with discipline...

A lot Birdman. People with discipline don't put themselves in a position to have to stiff.

[opie1988]

what does stiffing have to do with discipline...

LOL.

This should go well

[Vegas39]

what does stiffing have to do with discipline...

oh holy crap

[birdmanweezy]

it was like 5 years ago and was like 500 betpoints. I paid everyone back. My friends gave me bad advice to stiff because it was just imaginary points money.

[opie1988]

it was like 5 years ago and was like 500 betpoints. I paid everyone back. My friends gave me bad advice to stiff because it was just imaginary points money.

It was?

I recall Zeta making numerous references to it just a year or so ago.

[birdmanweezy]

It was?

I recall Zeta making numerous references to it just a year or so ago.

well zeta hates my guts has always been that way. he is too scared to box me.

[ZetaPsi808]

It was?

I recall Zeta making numerous references to it just a year or so ago.

i had shari do some research back at the office. looks like birdy made some calls a few years back to have those threads removed.

birdy had some incidents in the past of stiffing/slowpaying sbr point currency however we believe he has matured since then

[Vegas39]

I tried to open the stiff thread and was removed, did he ever pay ?

[ronald]

Please welcome.....LVBOUND to the forum!!!!!

Welcome, BOUNDY!

[birdmanweezy]

i had shari do some research back at the office. looks like birdy made some calls a few years back to have those threads removed.

birdy had some incidents in the past of stiffing/slowpaying sbr point currency however we believe he has matured since then

paid everyone back except for one person who couldnt except pts. Optional put the pressure on me and I paid.

[tb1984]

bird, do you live in Massachusetts?