Hi there.

So in Canada we have repeats of the big game quite often and was watching some old stuff and there was a first season and it was a Will Davis episode.. the nerdy white kid with glasses.

Anyways at one point Daniel asks him what he does for a living which Davis replies "Uhh.. this?" To which the table bursted out.. "you're a professional poker player?"

Now one I find this very odd.. isn't the point of the show to have amateurs compete against pros? and two he didn't really seem all professional like to me just saying he plays 1/2....

So what's up?

so if you can make a living by playing 1/2, that doesn't qualify as professional?

The point of the show was to give competent amateurs the opportunity to play a high-stakes big game.

Will was a winning $1/2 player by which he supported himself and wife. This doesn't make him a professional.

i thought if something was your sole income...it makes you a professional?

What about this Martinez-guy, winner of the 2nd season?
IIRC he binked a couple of legit tourneys before coming to the big game.

An Amateur is just a pro that no one knows by name.

IIRC the only qualifications were (1) winning a free roll on PS and (2) making a casting video and then getting selected by the producers.

I think the show tried to cast a wide range of cannons in order to appeal to different types of viewers, but several of the players made a significant amount of $ playing either live or online, they just didn't have the name recognition and bankroll to get play in a game that big without the stake from PS.

Also, if Will multitabled 1/2 online and put in a pretty good volume, he could definitely support himself just from poker winnings...

The definition of pro is "following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain"

Since he is playing and is able to support himself and his wife's life style that by defenition makes him a pro.

You don't need to make millions of dollars and be on TV to be a pro. If your lifestyle is only $20k / year and you make $25k/ year in poker you are a pro by defention. If you make 100k a year of playing poker but your lifestyle requires $150 or 200k/ year than you are not a professional poker player as you use other income to supplement your lifestyle. That is why the Millionares playing are not "professional" they might win hundreds of thousands or even a million a year but they still need their original source of income to live the life style they want.

So if you make $300/week playing poker you could consider yourself a professional if the region you are playing at $300/week allows you to survive and live the life you want without any additional income.


Poker Bustouts is a good documentary on not well known professional poker players. Some grind 1/2 some grind 2/5 http://mypokerhub.com/showthread.php?t=236#

And you can also watch the show beyond the felt it is pretty insight full as well. You can find the full show here
http://mypokerhub.com/forumdisplay.p...eyond-The-Felt

if you can't spell definition you can't consider yourself capable of analyzing the definition of professional. JK!!!!

shhh lol

in a post BF world the real question should be how is Will doing now? he wasn't really a live player at all and that was his sole job and he was a grinder

Depressing to even think about. To be fair, this guy might not have had the social skills or higher intellect to do much better than eek by an existence at the tables, but still...depressing as hell to think about.

nerds.......

doesn't he post here? http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/members/192831/

ask him

This is to retarded to even give a proper reply