This is a really silly thread.

Certainly one of the top 10% of 1/2 players knows the basics of bankroll management.

Two notes:

-read the poker chapter in Nate Silver's "a the Signal and the Noise." It has some great notes on just how hard it is to be a long-term winning player.

-best choice would be to follow Venice's advice, chill for 8 months while you accumulate a proper stake. If you aren't willing to wait that long, at least wait till you have 1K.

I never go to the casino with less than $1,200. I've only lost that much once. But I've had plenty of winning sessions that started with me buying in a second and third time. If your roll is too short, the variance will kill you.

If you're playing with only 1 BI, you're just dancing between raindrops, hoping to make it out still dry.

GL OP. I believe in you. I turned $600 into $6600, if I can do it you can too!

As others have suggested - playing poker "semi pro" is really difficult.
A lot of the good advice and analysis you see here are often from guys who have played for so long, they can truly relate to the situations because they have seen them multiple times, been in them, or both.

I'm not saying this to discourage you, but to maybe help you realize that when you're working 3 jobs and being a graduate student - you've probably got no time for HH reflection, poker study or down time to let your mind rest. (or physical exercise?)

To truly play your A game with no tilt is sincerely mentally exhausting.
If you've ever watched Phil Ivey with his eyes darting left and right, and him thinking before making a move - you get a small idea of what it's like to be a good live player. It takes patience, observations, calculations, study, reflection, memorization, patience and more patience.

To truly be able to play your A game - having multiple buy-ins in your pocket is crucial. Whether you're 83% on the turn or 25% - you've got to be able to make the correct calls EVERY TIME regardless of the outcome. You have to be consistent with your play and damn be the results. (If you do everything "correct" the results will come.) And if the results are negative, top off your stack or buy-in again.

Based on your posts, I don't think you're really got the time to be a semi-pro. Because a true semi-pro not only has the funds and time to put in long hours at the table, he's also got to have time to study and evaluate his play away from the table. He's got to have time to read up on the latest books and watch videos of good play. He should probably keep a notebook on his play and the "regs" at his poker room.

My advice to you is to save up. get a poker coach. or at minimum, subscribe to a live cash game site. And learn what good play really is. Then, take 3-4 buy-ins with you to your poker room and have yourself an A-game session.

Read Tommy Angelo's Elements of Poker. And some Ed Miller Books. Sklansky's Theory of Poker is still relevant and very good.

Stay away from tournaments. And don't expect to learn how to play live by playing online. The math wiz-kids dominate online. The live games are much softer and easier to master.

get a phone app to track your poker sessions. it's great at giving you the score of how much you've won or lost. but more importantly, it may offer clues as to which days, times or games you perform the best at.

Ultimately, what i think you need to "learn" is that your goal shouldn't be to make money at poker. Your goal should be to play the best possible poker (against the worse opponents). Do that and the money will come.

good luck.

oh yeah, and if you're going to be a really good player... ignore everything Richard Parker says. He's the 2+2 troll mascot.

Sell your blood. Solid money and can add a BI or more a month.
Maybe get involved in some medical testing. The ones that pay better do carry more risk, but if you grow a third testicle or something else odd you can supplement your roll by free rolling some weird prop bets with the mutation.

If all else fails, hustle hummers at the local truck stop. You will be playing high stakes before know it bruh.

Why even ask then?

No one is good enough to guarantee success with only 5 BIs. It isn't impossible, but it isn't likely considering your ego.

Pgc thread now open. Peace and thanks to the posters.

TTHRIC

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