03-19-2008 06:42 PM
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03-19-2008 06:45 PM
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x= $10 | |
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03-19-2008 06:49 PM
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You're dumb. | |
03-19-2008 06:50 PM
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03-19-2008 06:57 PM
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I'll give an example. Suppose you're in school and you only have about $400/month in bills. What happens then? | |
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03-19-2008 07:15 PM
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03-19-2008 07:33 PM
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03-19-2008 07:59 PM
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Going pro doesn't mean you can't go get a job if the poker thing doesn't work out. | |
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03-19-2008 08:08 PM
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20 x 30 = 600 | |
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03-19-2008 08:46 PM
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Assuming no benefits from the job, playing poker is better in this case. |
03-19-2008 08:47 PM
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03-19-2008 09:33 PM
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i made 17 dollars an hour at my dayjob. I went pro once I had a solid sample size of making over 100 dollars an hour at poker. | |
03-19-2008 09:51 PM
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you need a non BR cushion W, and a proven history of Z hand being a winning player at some rate. | |
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03-19-2008 10:23 PM
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I always get a kick out of those silly micro-grinders who call themselves online pros but then get frustrated when they can't get their BR up past a $2K. But anyway... |
03-19-2008 11:01 PM
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03-19-2008 11:02 PM
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03-20-2008 12:09 AM
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trolling freetrollers
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03-20-2008 12:40 AM
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Re: "Going Pro"
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03-20-2008 12:41 AM
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x = about 200. our hourly rate is irrelevant at this point. more important is our bankroll. We would ideally want 3-4 months worth in reserve, over and above what we need to play. |
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03-20-2008 12:53 AM
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03-20-2008 12:57 AM
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Having 3-6 months expenses saved is a pretty good standard for anyone, poker player or otherwise. |
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03-20-2008 01:01 AM
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You can not quit a job and go pro with a $1100 bankroll. Insanity! | |
03-20-2008 01:55 AM
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Very few responses here are original. This is a topic that's been rehashed repeatedly in magazines, articles, books, and message boards. | |
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03-20-2008 05:39 AM
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$600/week is more than $360/week, so assuming your benefits at work suck, x is a non-factor. Or I guess you could say that if your added expenses (medical insurance and such) after quitting your job add up to less than $240/week, you should do it in a strictly financial sense. |
03-20-2008 08:12 AM
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I'm trying to reply to everyone, but if I miss you don't take it personally. | |
03-20-2008 10:47 AM
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03-20-2008 10:51 AM
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03-20-2008 11:10 AM
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If X is less than the monthly income from your day job (1440), if you are sure your beating the game at $20/hour, and if you are willing to spend the 40 hours a week you were working playing poker in addition to the 30 hours you already spend, you can do it: |
03-20-2008 11:13 AM
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If X is 0 that pretty much means we live with our parents and they pay for everything. Therefore, playing poker for 8 hours a day I would not consider going pro. | |
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03-20-2008 11:30 AM
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03-20-2008 11:47 AM
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Re: "Going Pro"
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03-20-2008 02:15 PM
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X = $50. |
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03-20-2008 03:04 PM
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Eight weeks is way overkill if you are multi-tabling 30-70 hours a week and beating the game. You will be up after two weeks over 99% of the time, which is probably as good as the chance you will not get layed off in a month. As long as you can pay your bills with a credit card the first month so your bankroll stays intact, X hardly matters. |
03-20-2008 04:03 PM
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03-20-2008 04:16 PM
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My comments are similar to Dozer's comments. I think the easy answer is the X is whatever you can handle, comfortably or not, but there are a few questions that you should ask as well. | |
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03-20-2008 05:27 PM
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03-20-2008 05:59 PM
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03-20-2008 07:16 PM
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My hands this year 2008. I am putting in 211,8/11 = 19.2h/week and am finding it really hard to motivate myself and have the discipline and energy to play much more. These 40-70h week estimations just blow my mind. unless you sacrifice other parts of your life almost completely. In addition to these hours you need to spend time studying and discussing the game to improve, how one can have time for that with such workload is beyond me. | |
03-20-2008 07:51 PM
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03-21-2008 01:02 AM
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03-21-2008 06:24 AM
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03-21-2008 07:30 AM
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03-21-2008 07:32 AM
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oh and sn/site. | |
03-21-2008 07:32 AM
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+ HU4ROLLZ. | |
03-21-2008 07:33 AM
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or should i say HU4CCs | |
03-21-2008 10:42 AM
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Re: "Going Pro"
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03-21-2008 12:03 PM
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Re: "Going Pro"
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03-21-2008 12:32 PM
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03-21-2008 12:58 PM
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03-21-2008 01:01 PM
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But srsly spaghetti go for it. WHERE ARE YOU WITH UR NUMBERS SPOON | |
03-21-2008 01:14 PM
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couple things that I don't think are being taken into account Re: using CC's to pay bills. |
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03-21-2008 01:32 PM
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Consider the following. | |
03-21-2008 01:35 PM
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by bills do you mean cost of living? | |
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03-21-2008 01:46 PM
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03-21-2008 02:06 PM
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I guess I misunderstood the problem. I thought we knew could beat the game at $20/hr. Your point about uncertainty in win rates is something that I think anyone considering going pro would want to think long and hard about, but I thought we assumed this out of the problem. How do you do this calculation, btw? |
03-21-2008 09:57 PM
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going pro is overrated. | |
03-21-2008 10:11 PM
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03-21-2008 10:27 PM
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Fun one spoon. Here's my take. |
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03-22-2008 08:26 AM
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In all honesty, the point of this thread was as follows. | |
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03-22-2008 10:31 AM
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03-22-2008 01:28 PM
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03-22-2008 02:35 PM
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03-22-2008 04:01 PM
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03-22-2008 05:45 PM
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03-22-2008 06:21 PM
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03-22-2008 11:07 PM
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03-22-2008 11:55 PM
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03-23-2008 05:05 AM
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03-23-2008 02:36 PM
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03-23-2008 02:58 PM
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03-23-2008 05:38 PM
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03-24-2008 01:01 AM
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Go pro when you feel confident enough to be able to pay for everything on a constant basis with your winnings. | |
03-31-2008 10:04 PM
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pokerkidpro
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i made 17 dollars an hour at my dayjob. I went pro once I had a solid sample size of making over 100 dollars an hour at poker. |
03-31-2008 10:36 PM
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I went pro when I got fired from work for skipping work to play poker. I recommend this method. | |
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03-31-2008 10:44 PM
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I dunno personally I'd prefer to win all the money I wanted first (say enough for 6 months) then quit. Seems like as soon as poker becomes a job it'd start sucking ass. | |
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