So I am a car salesman now and hate it. I don't make much, I'm making about $30,000 a year for the past few years but I work 50 hours a week. I have $10,000 saved up and am considering playing poker full time. I had played before for a living (two years)and did pretty well but decided to go into the work force. I didn't do it right to start though, I only had $2000 and got lucky enoughy to build a roll.

Here's my question is $10,000 enough to grind 1/2 NL? My monthly expenses are $1500. I was going to put $4000 into a savings account and use the other $6000 for my poker roll. Is this a decent start up for 1/2?

I do not need to become rich off of poker, just make enough to pay my bills and focus on my filmmaking career. (I am also a filmmaker)

Thanks!

Mario

Hey buddy, this was recently discussed in the following thread: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/17...nances-771192/

You're probably better off posting your question there.

I believe they said you want something along the lines of ~6 months living expenses, so you should have 9k in your savings -- and that's probably being somewhat conservative as you want to account for unfortunate events. Granted, 6k is solid for a $1/2 roll if you're a consistent winning player. Do you know what your winrate was before when you were playing that 2 years? To play full time you're going to want to track your results and be sure you can beat the game.

YGO will steer you in the right direction.
Also, search for a thread to the effect of 'I'm a real life poker pro' and read it.
Good stuff by people who play full time right now.

Good luck (and don't go pro),
irtm

Use the Bankroll thread as stated aboved.

Or the IMA Poker Pro thread.