There's still plenty of action available at the hobby stakes online across many sites in cash and tournaments. People talk about the games getting harder, but I don't see evidence of that at all. Rakeback is no longer really a thing and Sky Poker for UK players continues to be the softest.
One thing people forget about making minimum wage with your hobby is just how much that can be worth lifetime. Let's say my profit to date from poker is $50k and I invest all of it with a competent fund manager today in a tax-free UK ISA (which I do). That will be worth close to $400k in 20 years when I want to retire. Every $10 I earn per hour now is worth a lot more than than just $10 today, particularly when I don't have to pay 41% tax on it in the UK.
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