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Originally Posted by RoadtoPro
wait you guys were serious about Miami?
Ah man you joined the dark side too... :/
I don’t play for a living. I did for a <2 year period after college, but mostly out of necessity due to the job market (and some laziness).
I eventually got a job but continued to play ~5 times per week until I was 27-28, typically playing until 2-3am and getting up for work at 6/7am and doing it all over again. Now I’m a rec player that gambools it up and holds my own playing mid stakes - lower end of high (unsure where the start is tbh). I work a bajillion hours so my poker habit waxes and wanes as time allows. The quarantine has actually allowed me to play more than I have in years since there are games available every day / night.
My roll was built grinding it up / not funded by work, but having a job affords me the ability to play with less fear and enjoy the game more.
Sorry to disappoint. As someone that has lived on both sides, being a pro poker player < having a steady gig + playing poker on the side.
There are certainly a few regs in this thread that are very successful and have done quite well for themselves as pros. With that being said, I’d be surprised if any of them would recommend it as a career.