part time poker

aidankk

Just looking for a bit of advice on poker earnings at low stakes..


I plan to change my job in the near future to an option which is part time. Mostly for Job boredom reasons and child minding etc.....

This may leave me with about 20 hours a week to dedicate to playing poker during the daytime. Really im looking for feedback from other boards players who play low stakes .5-1 and 1-2 for about this amount of time per week..

My stats for the last couple of years at these levels are about 10/100, but that is with a rubbish vpip of 40... I havent played as much online in the last year as before... Bring back tribeca!!!:( .... My sit and go profit is about 15%, but i cant bear the tought of multitabling these for any length of time... Im more likely to play for short periods at a time 1-2 hours..

What is like to know is an approximate hourly rate for anyone working these levels for a decent length of time.. I tend to play better multitabling 4 tables, my vpip goes down..


Any help on the best site to play low limits during the day etc would be welcome..


Just to clarify i wont be under any pressure to ensure earnings, but if a i can sustain a certain earnings rate, this might make a nice fallback if the other option is not a fruitful as i hope.. ( basically ill go from working for an IT company to working for myself)..

Anyway any comments gratefully accepted.


Note anyone who played in the 100 f/o in clonmel on sunday do not take into account my complete DONKEY play in the tourney....

shoutman

How my hands did you play oover the last couple of years?

aidankk

shoutman wrote:

How my hands did you play oover the last couple of years?

ive got a new pc and havent transferred the database over , but id say around 20k or something. I have tended to start on a site with a small deposit say 200, and work it up with no regard for bankroll until i get to maybe 2k and then i tend to withdraw.. This has worked for me more often that not, but i had no real incentive other than paying for holidays etc.. I generally used to start with good intentions of playing stg but this would go out the window once i had more that 5-600 in the account..

I would like to play within a proper bankroll, just the see how i get on.. I would have some:eek: bankroll spewing tendencies in the past, i.e. rasing limits too fast etc..

I plan to try an stop these blowup tendencies by starting with a larger cash deposit, which i would have greater respect for maybe 1k or something.. And possibly let her indoors know how much im depositing,( which gives me geat incentive not to go mad with it))

i have a lot of stats for other levels which are ok except of limit poker:mad:

I realize 20k in not much, but im pretty hopeful of a consistant rate.. If it didnt work then it wouldnt be the end of the world, as i said it really is for some backup to changing from a secure job to self emplyment...

Hitman Actual

On the strategy side, there are some good threads here; check the contributions by fuzzbox, Gholi, pok3rplayr. There's a BR discussion there as well.

It's interesting that you're leaving IT, as you're not the first on this forum (ocallagh, HJ, to name a couple). Is it really such a bad career these days?

aidankk

lenny_leonard wrote:

On the strategy side, there are some good threads here; check the contributions by fuzzbox, Gholi, pok3rplayr. There's a BR discussion there as well.

It's interesting that you're leaving IT, as you're not the first on this forum (ocallagh, HJ, to name a couple). Is it really such a bad career these days?

Not really leaving IT, just considering leaving an IT Company to work for myself.

Im probably less looking for bankroll managment stratagy, more have people successfully played low limits up to 1-2 with success over a reasonably long period, as i intend to withdraw regulary.. Its really a min hourley rate expected for a reasonable player multi tabling 4 tables .5-1 1-2, during the day and what site might be best for daytime action..

As for IT as a career i find it great, but i travel around the south east, not just on one site, so it is more or less stress free,,.. I wouldn't like to idea of being say an IT Manager for one company, sitting behind a desk. Im only considering leaving my job, to reduce hours, to enable me to bring kids to school etc.

Lafortezza

20k over a couple of years is a tiny sample size. Some semi-pro players play that many hands (and sometimes more) in a month.

What level do you think you're a winner over the long term at? Be honest.

You need to be very strict with yourself on discipline and bankroll management. So if you're trying to make this a serious side income to your new job situation keep a 30-40 buy-in bankroll and don't begin to move up until you have 25+ buy-ins.

It will probably be more difficult that you think, and way more boring.

Imposter

lenny_leonard wrote:

On the strategy side, there are some good threads here; check the contributions by fuzzbox, Gholi, pok3rplayr. There's a BR discussion there as well.

It's interesting that you're leaving IT, as you're not the first on this forum (ocallagh, HJ, to name a couple). Is it really such a bad career these days?

OT but i'll go with yes. From my experience: Programming tends to have a hell of a lot of bug-fixing involved which although very necessary is not what most people want from IT. Project management tends to be a bit better but it's a hell of a lot of work and you get the **** from both directions.

And then there's the job security issue if you are in any semi decent sized company. Consultants and Asia being the biggest threats.

aidankk

lafortezza wrote:

20k over a couple of years is a tiny sample size. Some semi-pro players play that many hands (and sometimes more) in a month.

What level do you think you're a winner over the long term at? Be honest.

You need to be very strict with yourself on discipline and bankroll management. So if you're trying to make this a serious side income to your new job situation keep a 30-40 buy-in bankroll and don't begin to move up until you have 25+ buy-ins.

It will probably be more difficult that you think, and way more boring.

i certinaly played more that 20k hands, i only discovered pokeroffice last year. But i ran pretty good in the first 2 years of playing..

Im sure i can beat low limit games regulary up to 1-2 anyway and i can multitable.. I have played a lot higher on occasion and got lucky or won not enought hands to be sure..

I dont really want this to become a huge part of my income, but just in case im not as busy as i hope id like to think maybe i can add a monkey a week playing maybe 1-2 on four tables for about 20 hours,, is this possible is what im really asking..

I probably wont need the money for life rake or anything, just i will have the daytime hours to spare that i did not in the past, and i dont stay up late to play online poker anymore like i used to...

On the bankroll side, i think to help me focus ill deposit a reasonable amount to start, as for the last 3 years ive been starting with any amount from 50e to 200e and working it up.. then withdrawing..

I will have a few months to work a .5 1 bankroll up to 1-2, before i proceed with the change in job, but i was really wondering have many people consistantly beat .5 1 or 1-2 for maybe 20-30 an hour ..

Im pretty aware that it might be boaring but i wont be playing that much, maybe 15-20 hours a week..

Any comments appreciated

aidankk

just notice im running at about 90% vpisp.. Vol Put "I" at Start of Paragraph..

Grammer fish...:rolleyes:

Macspower

aidankk wrote:

On the bankroll side, i think to help me focus ill deposit a reasonable amount to start, as for the last 3 years ive been starting with any amount from 50e to 200e and working it up.. then withdrawing..

I will have a few months to work a .5 1 bankroll up to 1-2, before i proceed with the change in job, but i was really wondering have many people consistantly beat .5 1 or 1-2 for maybe 20-30 an hour ..

best of luck with it Aidan.... I'd be genuinely worried unless you run real good about not having at least 25 buy in's to start with...

I play 1/2 at the min and play a lot of hands and hours.. playing 30+k hands every month and up to 50k some months but have a very strict BR management and drop level if necessary.... My goal is to withdraw 2k each month for living expenses and to try and BR build... SO far I've managed the withdrawl bit but building the BR at the same time is very difficult... mine seems to be static the last while....

I would love to not need to withdraw each month and just BR build for 6 months but it's not possible for me..... but it soulnds like you could do this as you will be making an income anyway....

My advice would be to go with this plan.. if you can.... the 25bi's is so so important... I've run do bad at times and only for BR management i'd be broke long ago...

PM me if you need any further advice on the subject althoug there are a lot of players on here more qualified on the subject and at it for a lot longer than me..

Mac

aidankk

Macspower wrote:

best of luck with it Aidan.... I'd be genuinely worried unless you run real good about not having at least 25 buy in's to start with...

I play 1/2 at the min and play a lot of hands and hours.. playing 30+k hands every month and up to 50k some months but have a very strict BR management and drop level if necessary.... My goal is to withdraw 2k each month for living expenses and to try and BR build... SO far I've managed the withdrawl bit but building the BR at the same time is very difficult... mine seems to be static the last while....

I would love to not need to withdraw each month and just BR build for 6 months but it's not possible for me..... but it soulnds like you could do this as you will be making an income anyway....

My advice would be to go with this plan.. if you can.... the 25bi's is so so important... I've run do bad at times and only for BR management i'd be broke long ago...

PM me if you need any further advice on the subject althoug there are a lot of players on here more qualified on the subject and at it for a lot longer than me..

Mac

Thanks, mac thats just the kind of info im looking for id say wont play anyway near 30k hands a month, so it looks like id need to play at least 1-2.