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Originally Posted by Pipedreamer101
Just to clarify competition is very soft & as said I definitely have an edge on 75% of any given table. Also there is no tipping (Australia). $100-$300 Cap can play deep depending on night/dynamic but average stack is usually around the 90-150 BB.
Ok. However, if it takes playing 50 hrs a week to make the wage you want, how healthly will you be in 2 years?
How are you going to eat right & get the exercise? Do you live close by?
I know a grinder ~28 yrs old, who, when he was playing in the house games 10 years ago, weighed at least 50lbs less than he does today.
I know another grinder, who has never had a job, quit college, played poker in house games since he was 14 & now, 10 years later, in the local casinos, he wears nothing but oversized sweatshirts of some kind to hide his excess weight.
I'd rather get a p/t job that requires physical activity & play poker p/t. At least that way, I'd get some exercise on a daily basis.
But then, for me, after 100 weeks of playing poker * 50 hrs pr week, I'd be sick of poker. And that's with 2 weeks vacation a year.
Plus, where's the time to continually work on your game away from the table?
Plus, how large a pool of players do you have? I ran really good the 1st 10 weeks [avg 25 hrs per week] I started playing in the local casino. Really freakin' good. And not because I was getting hit over the head with the deck. Then they figured me out.
You will become their target. They will work together as a team, discussing how you play and play cautiously until they've got you pegged. The regulars will anyways.
1 or 2 will try & establish a rapport. Invite you to dinner & then steer the conversation towards poker strat after talking sports, etc.
Then they'll share the info with their real friends.
They aren't going to roll over & hand their money over to you 50 hours a week. If nothing else, they just won't sit at your table.
Last edited by ZuneIt; 10-20-2015 at 05:49 AM.