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Originally Posted by callipygian
Not sure what you mean by decent money, but in order to gross $100,000 at +5 bb/hr 5/10 NL, you'd have to play 2,000 hours.
true but you can make more than 50 dollars an hour in good games. i consistently have for the last 5-6 years and i'm not even that good. if i played 2000 hours a year surely my hourly would be less than it is now and i'd burn myself out.
it also helps to be able to play multiple games well.
i mostly play plo now but when i see a really good 5/10 nl game i jump in.
when i was playing closer to half plo half nl i would always just play whichever game was better.
for me brute forcing 2000-2500 hours in a year at higher stakes games isn't a good idea.
i do the bulk of my playing during tournament series-the games are better, you have a better selection of games and can get a lot more good quality hours in per day. then i can **** off and do what i want for a few weeks, go on vacation etc. all hours aren't the same.
another advantage-albeit not a huge one your expenses per hour played are also a lot less this way.
at the end of the day everyone should figure out what works best for them.