anyone play poker for a living?

[xelemental]

hey guys'

been playing poker as a hobby for the past 8 years and have been loving it. I play 2 3 5 and been making about 1k a week. I would never quit my day job because of the swings but I'm curious to know who actually does this for a living here? Thanks

[Ian]

I do, I'm pretty sure there are some others on SBR that do the same.

[RudyRuetigger]

I'm pretty sure there are some on SBR that will say they do but everyone else realizes they suck.

I'd guess 5 people here can make money online at games higher than 50nl (no im not one of them)

[downsouth]

I'm pretty sure there are some on SBR that will say they do but everyone else realizes they suck.

I'd guess 5 people here can make money online at games higher than 50nl (no im not one of them)

I would sell yourself short, your probably one of the few that could make it in a ring game.

[RudyRuetigger]

trust me, ive tried

[Ian]

I'm pretty sure there are some on SBR that will say they do but everyone else realizes they suck.

I'd guess 5 people here can make money online at games higher than 50nl (no im not one of them)

I'm not sure if this is a shot at my earlier post, but I'll be happy to play 2/5 or 5/10NL with any SBR posters at the Bash in August. In fact, if we have enough people I could probably arrange for a private SBR table with reduced rake and/or some sort of special comp like a free meal. Should be fun... if there's interest I'll try to organize something closer to bash time.

[ballahollic2]

hey guys'

been playing poker as a hobby for the past 8 years and have been loving it. I play 2 3 5 and been making about 1k a week. I would never quit my day job because of the swings but I'm curious to know who actually does this for a living here? Thanks

I am currently in college with very few expenses, but my only source of income comes from poker, and I would not recommend ever quitting your job to play. Swings are gross.

[RudyRuetigger]

I'm not sure if this is a shot at my earlier post, but I'll be happy to play 2/5 or 5/10NL with any SBR posters at the Bash in August. In fact, if we have enough people I could probably arrange for a private SBR table with reduced rake and/or some sort of special comp like a free meal. Should be fun... if there's interest I'll try to organize something closer to bash time.

not a shot at you. i dont know anything about you

also, live is a bit different than online.

i hold to it that 5 on sbr can beat 100nl or higher online

[ballahollic2]

1/2 live is equivalent to about 5/10 cent online skill wise

[daneblazer]

I was multi tabling 50nl online before the poker purge last year. I play live around here as much as I can. Probably could make a living playing poker if I really wanted to, but it's not enough for me to quit my job and deal with the emotional grind.

[daneblazer]

trust me, ive tried

you'd do fine

[HauntingTheHoly]

not a shot at you. i dont know anything about you

also, live is a bit different than online.

i hold to it that 5 on sbr can beat 100nl or higher online

Pretty amazing to set the line at "five" for all SBR users, given how many there are, the nature of poker, and all of the info you would need to calculate such a thing. You are a GOD, basically. I bet you DESTROY vegas on NFL lines too, no?

[RudyRuetigger]

Pretty amazing to set the line at "five" for all SBR users

i agree, probably a bit too high. maybe 4

given how many there are,

you really don't know the IQ of most here?

the nature of poker,

wtf are you even trying to prove? the nature of poker? good play wins and bad play loses. "nature of poker" nice filler...complete made up BS line

and all of the info you would need to calculate such a thing.

if you ask, i could give you the formula, it is an exact science

You are a GOD, basically.

Thanks, but since you capitalized God, I am THE GOD. a god would need to be lower cased and clearly noone else is as smart.

I bet you DESTROY vegas on NFL lines too, no?

yes, since i came in bragging about how great of a player i am (see above), i will also state i am a fukkin champ at sports too



poker players do post here, in the S&I subforum when betonline steals their money. I'm not counting them as regular contributors. it would be like going to 2p2 and asking how many professional sports bettors there are in that subforum. its a fukkin poker forum and incase you are wondering, this is a sports forum.

Contrary to Ian, I have seen you play Holy, and I know you don't have a fukkin clue as to what you are doing. I think you might be a good bumhunter and can grind 25nl with your rakeback deals

[zsr]

Clearly haunting thinks he could play for a living and your comment put him on tilt

[zsr]

I think even 4 is too high for the people who play the free rolls every day.

Probably 2. Daneblazer and Downsouth.

[RudyRuetigger]

you'd do fine

i started back on royal vegas poker during the college championships (anyone remember that??). anyway i hit it big in a tourney and played 5/10, the games were super soft. went to party poker did good. decided id grind for a living after college. i can show a nice graph on PTR from AP and a shark by my name at pokerstars on sharkscope, but when all the training sites came out and 3 betting became the norm,, thats when i basically knew i couldnt hang unless i wanted to pay 400$/hr for a coach .. since i dont have online poker friends. when pokerstars got rid of sharkscope thats when i was really done because i was playing only heads up sngs at the time.

my sbr game is completely different than a normal game and thats fine by me. i think im close to 1% on fold to 3bets pf and real small on fold to c bets as well but i think that works for sbr.

[probettor1]

Of course there are people that make a living playing poker, they are hoping to see you soon.

[daneblazer]

I think even 4 is too high for the people who play the free rolls every day.

Probably 2. Daneblazer and Downsouth.

I appreciate the kind words, but there's better players than me on here...and probably more than 4 than can do it. It would depend on the site too. 100nl on Bodog or a non BBJ table on 5dimes network, there are several here could post a winning bb/100 rate at a table higher than 50nl, but the problem would be putting in the volume. You would have had to be on your game to win at 100nl on Tilt.

i started back on royal vegas poker during the college championships (anyone remember that??). anyway i hit it big in a tourney and played 5/10, the games were super soft. went to party poker did good. decided id grind for a living after college. i can show a nice graph on PTR from AP and a shark by my name at pokerstars on sharkscope, but when all the training sites came out and 3 betting became the norm,, thats when i basically knew i couldnt hang unless i wanted to pay 400$/hr for a coach .. since i dont have online poker friends. when pokerstars got rid of sharkscope thats when i was really done because i was playing only heads up sngs at the time.

my sbr game is completely different than a normal game and thats fine by me. i think im close to 1% on fold to 3bets pf and real small on fold to c bets as well but i think that works for sbr.

If it's what I think it is, I still have a college championship t-shirt. There's enough free information and networking out there now that you don't have buy a poker coach to be successful. You'd be better off just buying a month or two of card runners with that money if you wanted to spend anything at all. I think you'd be fine playing poker full time if you really wanted to. You adjust well which is a very good quality. You are right though, poker is a lot harder now than it was back then. I wish I would have applied myself back in about 2004-2005. SBR is just a value game...no need to get fancy here. Just make your play and hold on for the ride.

[probettor1]

hey guys'

been playing poker as a hobby for the past 8 years and have been loving it. I play 2 3 5 and been making about 1k a week. I would never quit my day job because of the swings but I'm curious to know who actually does this for a living here? Thanks

The honest question now:

been playing poker as a hobby for the past 8 years and have been losing in it. I play last 2 3 and 5 weeks and been making about 1k a week. I would never quit my day job because it pays for my pocker losses but I'm curious to know who actually does this for a living here? Thanks

[Legions36]

The honest question now:

been playing poker as a hobby for the past 8 years and have been losing in it. I play last 2 3 and 5 weeks and been making about 1k a week. I would never quit my day job because it pays for my pocker losses but I'm curious to know who actually does this for a living here? Thanks

Yes im doing it for a living but i also have sports too which helps me to not have a real job. I have been on a downswing since November, but things have started to change. Both for me are doing great for me. If i need quick cash now i will go to the casino where my reads are pretty damn good and hard to take my money, online i just gotta play threw the bs which can be hard at times and like i said ive been on a downswing online since November.

[k13]

249. United States Of America $-367,947,035 $-8.03

Yes people are winners at poker. Love to see SBR Superstars play a million hands of 1/2 at PS

[k13]

when pokerstars got rid of sharkscope thats when i was really done because i was playing only heads up sngs at the time.

Were you bum hunting?

You don't need a coach to be profitable but poker is not for the majority these days.
The "fun" is long gone.

[downsouth]

Were you bum hunting?

You don't need a coach to be profitable but poker is not for the majority these days.
The "fun" is long gone.

The fun is long gone is probably the most true thing to be said about poker. I made probably a quarter of what I did the last 2 years(when i started stars) before black friday than I did back in the party poker heyday, (plus had great affiliate deal with party that netted me a ton)

Thanks for the kind words zsr but there are people here who are substantially better than me. When I played a lot of poker I was a very specialized player. I was highly rated at SNG's (especially PS 2 and multi table turbos) and used to make a lot of money playing those based on shear volume alone and a decent avg. ROI(around 11%). Once you knew how to play it was basically a formula and it became more about how many you could play at one time(I used to keep 25 going comfortably at a time)

Toward the end more and more people learned how to play them and the fields became more and more of the same people over and over again. US govt scared many of the rec players away and it became a substantially less fun grind. Now its even worse from what I can imagine.


I have basically gave it up completely since the Tilt/Stars fiasco and SBR is basically my only poker fix(minus the occasional local game). I could probably still be profitable playing SNG but cannot get the volume would needed to make it even remotely worth any time. Obviously I play SBR to win but it also gives you a spot to do stupid stuff you would never do, chase bad draws, dedicate a half hour to limping in positions you know you should raise, checking with AK when half the table limps in, and all sorts of other stuff you know is wrong but you just want to see what happens.

Ive also never been nothing but a marginal ring game player and SBR ring games really do give me the entertaining time of shoving chips in and just trying to bad beat someone.

[RudyRuetigger]

Were you bum hunting?

Hell yea....was so easy to win decent money on the 55 turbo husng

[RudyRuetigger]

while i was working today (yea i actually thought about sbrpoker forum while working ) , i actually misspoke. i think more than 5 can be profitable, but i think only about 5 can do it for a living. thats not to say more than 5 can't do it.

the funny thing is, most of the guys i think are good at poker i also think are smart in general. so, while 10 or 20 could "make a living" i doubt they want to go through all the stuff for a decent profit of 60k or so because don;t forget a poker player doesnt have insurance for any family members, no paid vacations, no scheduled sick days, no 401k, etc. etc. etc.

I believe those guys that could grind a living at poker are much more successful and have better stability at other jobs

and actually, im not a long term loser. i cant/wouldnt do poker for in income, but i do win more money than i lose. i'm just not profitable enough to make it a primary income therefore i think of it as being a loser.

[nyplayer33]

The days of raking in money for a usa online player are no more today...you have to play on euro sites. There just is so few options..carbon being the man site..but its gonna be subject to limiting usa players at some point in my view. Bodog..now bovada has all anoynmous tables..so you have no reads on others