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Originally Posted by Balerion1
I mean how much money would you recommend I set aside from my life roll to begin to play 20-25 hours weekly. The game I'm intending on play is 2/2/3, it's pretty high rakes but, it's a good game to build a BR from.
In order to answer your question, you would have to answer few assumptions.
First assumption is that you are actually a winning poker player. A losing player would need to consider how much he's losing per hour, and then multiply that by 20-25. Most players are probably losing at the rate of $30 - $40/hr, so if you are a losing player, your weekly roll would probably need to be around $1000 to sustain your new gambling habit.
Second assumption is your win rate. If you are winning marginally, then your roll should be able to sustain the variance of being a marginal player. I would probably put it at somewhere around 10 to 15 BI as a marginal player.
Third assumption is that you're a crusher. If you are one of the better players that could be crushing the game at 7 - 10bb/hr, and we can probably guess that you are not by the fact that you posted the question in the first place, then you should refer back to the first two assumptions.
So for you, I would probably consider $1000/week or $4000/month as starter, and if you lose that, you shouldn't consider playing poker as anything but hobby.
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Originally Posted by Balerion1
I am, and that is why saving up a little extra money is taking longer. However, paying off student loan is first priority, but I'm also trying to squeeze in poker, build a BR.
You are trying to run when you haven't even figured out how to crawl.
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Originally Posted by Balerion1
The most common issue of mine has been winner's tilt tbqh. I'm a calm demeanor and generally live in the moment type of guy in general so I don't have tilt issues that makes me play bad.
Very few people are self-aware, and that is why it's called tilt. Everyone tilts and people who say that they do not tilt are usually oblivious of their own emotion or in denial.
For someone who hasn't even played enough poker to know whether you can even win money, you don't know what tilt is.
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Originally Posted by Balerion1
If I'm up, say a buy-in or two, my brain start to suggest that I should get up and leave. Which is why i picked up the mental game of poker... So I think it's a good idea to set mini goals around this issue first and foremost.
It's actually not called winner's tilt.
Winner's tilt is someone who starts to spew and play wildly aggressive because he's up a lot of money and feels that he can do whatever he wants.
Someone who's afraid of losing back the "profit" is simply scared money. Part of that fear is that you are unconsciously aware that you are not able to "protect" profit.
Anyhow, some harsh words, but I think anyone who's setting up positive outlooks for someone asking your kind of questions is doing you a big disservice.