so whos a professional?

Mr.Plough

after reading the thread by some bird from paper i was curious as to what levels everyone here is at?


who has quit their job and plays poker for a living?


for those who have a job what percentage of their income comes from poker?

El Stuntman

I'm a recreational player

pok3rplaya

sup,

100% poker for almost 2 years now.

LuckyLloyd

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phantom_lord

I've been living off playing poker for almost a year now.


I'm not a "professional player" by any stretch of the imagination tho.




btw, what ever happened chipleader, is he still going strong?

smurph

purely recreational player, who's ambition is to keep trying to improve, although sometime I feel im going backwards. Absolutely no intention to go pro ever, not near good enough.

great admiration for the professional players, its a tough job to do and getting tougher by the day.

NickyOD

I'm a professional bull**** artist.

Mr.Plough

pok3rplaya wrote:

sup,

100% poker for almost 2 years now.

how does this work?

do you take a certain amount out of your br each week to live on, say 1k or something?

or do you just keep a nice chunk of a tourny win?


are there any changes in your quality of life when your running bad?



cheers

Tar.Aldarion

Been living off poker for 2-3 years. By no means a pro though. I am a student and now have a full time job.

Lafortezza

It pays for my car insurance and holidays.

Mr.Plough

same as me, car insurance/tax, car loan and for goin on the pish when im a little short

Ste05

It pays for stuff for me too. From telly's to PS3's to holidays, etc. I spend all my winnings on luxury stuff I wouldn't normally buy. I don't rely in anyway on my winnings.

BrokenArrows

non pro here. i use any winnings to buy stuff. i never maintain a b/r but im trying to change that now so i can put some extra money into paying off my loans every month.

Glowingmind

Hobby for me. Thankfully i have an expensive addiction to music so most of my money goes towards that instead of poker.

shoutman

Hobby for me too, pays for little things like birthday presents and christmas.... im looking for it to pay for my summer holidays this year as well.

ZZR1100

Mr.Plough wrote:

how does this work?

do you take a certain amount out of your br each week to live on, say 1k or something?

or do you just keep a nice chunk of a tourny win?


are there any changes in your quality of life when your running bad?



cheers

doing it about a year now.
stakes 1/2 2/4
i take 1k a month for bank / morgage etc and around 500 a week through neteller card. the rest i leave online.
when running bad i still take the money out of online bankroll. keeps you motivated.
it can be depressing though if your weeks work or months work is wiped out when things go bad.

DeadParrot

more an extra income than anything. Paid off my travel loans grinding away and
was building a B/R until summer concerts killed my credit card. To be honest. $400 a week extra is not to be sniffed at and I'll keep it at that for a while

pok3rplaya

Mr.Plough wrote:

how does this work?

do you take a certain amount out of your br each week to live on, say 1k or something?

or do you just keep a nice chunk of a tourny win?


are there any changes in your quality of life when your running bad?



cheers

Well just to clarify, if you quote the technical definition of what a "professional" is I'm probably not exactly it because I'm also an engineering student (3 weeks + exams to go!!!!) at the same time. It would be true to say though that 100% of my income has come from poker for at least the last year and a half. I'm not cheap-skating it either by living at home with parents or whatever. I pay for everything mysef inc. clothes, college, rent, food, sex, social life etc. etc blah. Also I have no plans to go into engineering work in the forseeable future. I look at my degree as my backup plan.

Really I just withdraw cash whenever I need it, usually in 1-3k lumps. I just live off that for a while till I'm running short then withdraw another clump. I'm pretty good with BR management and moving down as needed in order not to go busto.

It's definitly not the easiest of jobs by a long shot I'd say. It can be very taxing emotionally when you hit a sharp downswing or whatever. The biggest test I've faced so far is happening right now due to a $30,000 downswing/unfocused play plus a $15,000 withdrawal in order to pay for inter-railing and a 2 month trip to America this summer. This has pretty much decimated my bankroll down to 20k and left me pretty worried about the next few months. I know wont be able to play much in the near future (exams) and I know I'm going to have to make more withdrawals soon (holidays). I havent come out of that downswing either. I'm gonna be tightening up on my spending for the next while and I'm sure it'll all work out like it usually does.

But then again if it wasn't for poker I wouldn't be able to lead this lifestyle and have 20x the spandable cash (usually) of all my friends and most of the adults I know. So I def think that poker is worth all the stress and time it takes up.

El Stuntman

pok3rplaya wrote:

I pay for everything mysef inc. clothes, college, rent, food, sex, social life etc. etc blah. Also I have no plans to go into engineering work in the forseeable future. I look at my degree as my backup plan.

lol, you really are a pro poker player!

pok3rplaya wrote:

But then again if it wasn't for poker I wouldn't be able to lead this lifestyle and have 20x the spandable cash (usually) of all my friends and most of the adults I know. So I def think that poker is worth all the stress and time it takes up.

revealing, surely you are an adult?

20*?? surely you exaggerate

ditpoker

phantom_lord wrote:

btw, what ever happened chipleader, is he still going strong?

i believe his username was "ChipLdr"

last i heard he got a very nice job offer soon after deciding to go pro (something to do with computers somewhere) andhe took that, was working away for a while and didnt go near poker, then had a splurge and made a couple of $$ playing cards, decided he could make more money playing cards but the job was safer...

... i think.

pok3rplaya

Hahah I can't believe I actually said that. By adult I ment people with careers and morgages and whatnot. Damn thats embarrasing.

Perhaps a slight exageration. Whats minimum wage €8/hr? I'm pretty sure I could do €150/hr at 400NL under curret Party Poker conditions. And I don't have a lot of the cost that grown ups have so I can drink more money.

Ste05

pok3rplaya wrote:

........ I pay for everything mysef inc. .... sex, .... etc. etc blah.

Trip report + Pics pls...

Mr.Plough

pok3rplaya wrote:

I'm pretty sure I could do €150/hr at 400NL

seriously though what did you start out with? 100 quid , 500?


how long it take you to get here?

pok3rplaya

I started with a free $10 promotion on Royal Vegas almost exactly 2 years ago I think.

HiCloy

Recreational, and a bad recreational player at that

shoutman

pok3rplaya wrote:

I started with a free $10 promotion on Royal Vegas almost exactly 2 years ago I think.

That is definately the most amazing thing about it, I probably lodged about 3X €50 before I started winning at the low levels.

So how good were you before you started playing online poker?


When can we throw you in the well?

pok3rplaya

Actually wait, thats not true. I got one free $10 first and lost that. lol I was so pissed at myself. When I did that I actually go out somke paper and wrote out a big list of all the things I thought I had done wrong during that session so I wouldn't do them again.

Then I reregistered on a friends computer (different IP address) and won from there. I'm probably different then most people though. Like, I had read pages and pages of stuff about how to play winning poker and trawled the internet before I ever played. The first time I ever played I had a big list of pot odds in front of me and I would check everything as I played. I was analysing hands from my very first session. I don't think most people are meticulous like that.

shoutman

Borderling obsessive compulsive. But absolutely brilliant at the same time, I dont think I will ever be able to say I turned a free ten dollars into tens of thousands of dollars!

Norwich Fan Rob

100% full time pro, currently in Latvia at the baltic poker championships, off to Estonia to play next week.

shoutman

Norwich Fan Rob wrote:

100% full time pro, currently in Latvia at the baltic poker championships, off to Estonia to play next week.

Life is hard ay :rolleyes:

PeakOutput

of the pros...who is doing cash and who is doing sit n goes?????

RasTa

Using STT's to pay for my Vegas trip this year. Although we are flying into LA and hiring out a 911 and driving to San francisco, then Yosemite and then onto Vegas. Should be fun

phantom_lord

PeakOutput wrote:

of the pros...who is doing cash and who is an idiot?????

.

StraddleFor6

pok3rplaya wrote:

Actually wait, thats not true. I got one free $10 first and lost that. lol I was so pissed at myself. When I did that I actually go out somke paper and wrote out a big list of all the things I thought I had done wrong during that session so I wouldn't do them again.

Then I reregistered on a friends computer (different IP address) and won from there. I'm probably different then most people though. Like, I had read pages and pages of stuff about how to play winning poker and trawled the internet before I ever played. The first time I ever played I had a big list of pot odds in front of me and I would check everything as I played. I was analysing hands from my very first session. I don't think most people are meticulous like that.

Nice. I need to readmore and play less.

phantom_lord

pok3rplaya wrote:

Actually wait, thats not true. I got one free $10 first and lost that. lol I was so pissed at myself. When I did that I actually go out somke paper and wrote out a big list of all the things I thought I had done wrong during that session so I wouldn't do them again.

Then I reregistered on a friends computer (different IP address) and won from there. I'm probably different then most people though. Like, I had read pages and pages of stuff about how to play winning poker and trawled the internet before I ever played. The first time I ever played I had a big list of pot odds in front of me and I would check everything as I played. I was analysing hands from my very first session. I don't think most people are meticulous like that.

lol, I remember getting constant updates about this. "goof's got 1k, he's on the 50 dollar tables...!!" omg!! etc etc.

thems were the days.

Macspower

wouldn't call my self a pro.... but have been playing full time now for over a year.... last year I made my living out of live dublin poker and a litte online...but it was only a living...far from a fortune..... this year i decided to cocentrate online and see how it goes..... last years profit 29k... this years target 60k... but not looking good right now.... I withdraw 2k per month to pay the bills and live and tryng to build a BR a the same time is tough.

my story...

ZZR1100

RasTa wrote:

Using STT's to pay for my Vegas trip this year. Although we are flying into LA and hiring out a 911 and driving to San francisco, then Yosemite and then onto Vegas. Should be fun

best road trip ive ever done.San fran -vegas.i had a mustang.from yosemite head east over the mountains and down to vegas through the desert.unbelivable scenery.
also go through Parump when nearning vegas.it cuts a nice bit off the run.

doing LA - vegas again this year but want a differant route.any1 got any ideas?.i have around 4 days to wander around

bohsman

RasTa wrote:

Using STT's to pay for my Vegas trip this year. Although we are flying into LA and hiring out a 911 and driving to San francisco, then Yosemite and then onto Vegas. Should be fun

We did this 2 years ago, flew to San Fran, hired a SUV and drove to Vegas through Yosemite, Id recommend the Yosemite Bug Hostel.

Im a very unproffesional pro, I get bored with poker a lot and dont play as much as I should but I live cheap and I know I can walk into a well paid job in the poker industry any night I want, like I am doing at the moment to pay for Vegas.

RasTa

How long did yous spend on the road?

5starpool

ZZR1100 wrote:

best road trip ive ever done.San fran -vegas.i had a mustang.from yosemite head east over the mountains and down to vegas through the desert.unbelivable scenery.
also go through Parump when nearning vegas.it cuts a nice bit off the run.

doing LA - vegas again this year but want a differant route.any1 got any ideas?.i have around 4 days to wander around

Go down to San Diego, only a few hours down the coast from LA, and it is a cool city too.

ZZR1100

RasTa wrote:

How long did yous spend on the road?

4 days.just find a motel if you are getting tired or thirsty and move on the next day as far as you want.
traffic is brutal out of SF

ZZR1100

5starpool wrote:

Go down to San Diego, only a few hours down the coast from LA, and it is a cool city too.

did you head directly to vegas (highway) from there or take a differant route?

bohsman

RasTa wrote:

How long did yous spend on the road?

We decided to take a few days getting there, think it was 2 nights in Yosemite walking and driving around and one night someplace out of a load of movies, lonepine or somethin it was called, real one street place with motels

5starpool

ZZR1100 wrote:

did you head directly to vegas (highway) from there or take a differant route?

When I drove, it was the opposite direction LA - Grand Canyon - Vegas - San Diego - LA. I don't think we did anything much along the way, but I'm sure there are things to do. San Diego is as good a place as any to spend a couple of days, and is very close Tijuana also.

StraddleFor6

5starpool wrote:

When I drove, it was the opposite direction LA - Grand Canyon - Vegas - San Diego - LA. I don't think we did anything much along the way, but I'm sure there are things to do. San Diego is as good a place as any to spend a couple of days, and is very close Tijuana also.

I concur, San Diego is probably the most laid back city in world, super spot.
Did San Diego - LA - Vegas and back. Best few days on the road ever. That west coast has got something for everyone.

hotspur

Agreed San Diego is the best city in the world, anyone road tripping should spend time there. And um, yes Tiajuana I've been a couple of times, makes Vegas seem like the Vatican.

DeadParrot

I'd highly recommend sedona park and flagstaff as good spots to hit
Cathedral Rock was one of the most exhausting and exhileratings climbs Ive ever done

ZZR1100

hotspur wrote:

Agreed San Diego is the best city in the world, anyone road tripping should spend time there. And um, yes Tiajuana I've been a couple of times, makes Vegas seem like the Vatican.

whats in Tiajuana to make it worth a visit ?


city (1990 pop. 698,752), Baja California state, NW Mexico, just south of the U.S. border. It is a gaudy border resort..

im with the wife btw

5starpool

Tijuana with the wife mightn't be as exciting. In general it is a total different world from the other side of the border and just for that is worth a few hours to be spent there. You just wander through uninhibited from the US side, but on the way back there is a queue fro Mexicans, and a queue for everyone else basically. I nearly got into a drunken fight with a yank who insisted he was Irish and said he had a cork accent, but it sounded somewhere between Gerry Adams, and Tom Cruise in Far and Away.

The bars there are so cheap. I remember one palce where you had to pay $12 in but got free drink for the night. They obviously didn't get many Irish in. The locals are able to accommodate any requests and can be very pushy in trying to get you to make those requests.

DapperGent

Did you catch the mule act?

ZZR1100

DapperGent wrote:

Did you catch the mule act?

so theres a lot of exploiting animals there:).
how far off topic is this thread going to get.

btw google earth is the buisness for any1 planning a road trip