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Originally Posted by markksman
Guy Laliberte.
Trying to make a living off poker is for suckers. Be a real man and go into business or rip poker players off. The later is much easier but since most poker players are poor the former has more upside.
It has been sad watching for years so many yutes thinking poker was a legitimate way to make it. 99% of it was an illusion and charade. There are only a handful of well off poker players and almost all of them benefitted financially outside of winning. There are no really well off people who are poker players by profession.
It has always been a million to one shot with a relatively low ceiling for success. Never understood the allure of itself other than people wanted to believe they could sit around playing cards and make ridiculous money. Can not happen will not happen. Plenty of people make livings but mostly middle class existences with huge risk of ruin. It is not exactly the ballah life style.
I always would smile when people would make fun of Guy. A guy who can easily afford to lose two hundred thousand on a hand for entertainment playing against some guy who is living or dying on the other side of the bet. Too many people looking up to the wrong side of the table. I feel bad for kids who spent years chasing a dream that was not even real. Was just a put on that others used to make money. Lots of people have made lots of money off poker, just none of it by playing poker.
Anyone that can grind out 75k a year at poker could likely make the same amount in the real world with more upset and less risk. How many poker players that many looked up to are just degens chasing their fix and hoping for that next big score to get them on track.
The majority of everyday pro grinders (i consider that anyone earning 100k+ a year) didn't quit their job to start playing $5 sng's...
Most were casual players who suddenly made 5k+ in 1 month or something, then started playing every spare moment they got, studied the game, won a lot more THEN quit their job/uni after 6 months to a year or so figuring they were making so much they might as well go for it. The difference between u and them is they put the time and effort in, ppl may have natural abilities but hard work is the multiplier.
Its rare u come across Isildurs and Junglemans who made rolls at Maccas, played as high as they could, lost it, then went back to Maccas, lost that roll, back to maccas... That takes serious balls. I agree that only a few players make serious money tho, but thats how it goes in a lot of stuff especially when the potential rewards are high.
I would never advise anyone to drop out of uni like I did, but one they've made 10k or so and they can really say they love the game and could realistically put 50-60 hrs into poker a week if they do decide to go for it (Ur gonna have to put in the hours at the start if u don't have a lot of spare cash lieing around and don't want to wait till u've made 40-50k).
Then I wouldn't discourage them from going part time for a semester to see what they could do, but they cant just laze around and play 3 hours here and there.
Last edited by 67hero; 06-30-2012 at 04:57 AM.