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.

markksman:
No moneyz in poker-ever1 is solid.
lawl

I actually grinded my way down...

posting that is so f*ed up man. it tilts me a lot.

Why?

zugwat: was / is so gd he didnt have to worry bout all the BS

Phil Hellmuth - He started out as a cash player and worked his way up to the highest stake cash tables at his local casino. From there he won enough to start playing big buyin tournaments and the rest is history. He was a "nobody" at one point and through his own hard work and effort he became a success.

Most of the "tv pros" started from nothing, although most of them have something in common and that is a large MTT score.

me

I started with a few thousand and now won over 240,000 so .. i grinded my way up.

I grinded my way up from $200 deposit

I grinded so much that I ended up on the sexual offenders register.

It's f'd up and it's wrong. I make that much playing poker the last 5 years quite consistently and I highly doubt I would've made even half that at any alternative path I would've taken.

And yeah, I started with $100 and grinded from 1$ sng's and now have played as high as 5000plo.

ROFL.

I m on my way to the top...

nobody, poker is an elaborated scam

Pre-internet:

Very few ground their way to big games and stayed there; all by themselves, thru good honest play, and all from poker.

Most went bust- were secretly backed, or borrowed heavily, or pieced out with friends in the same game, or...

Even great players were often shortstopped: Extreme variance, life style choices, over-betting, running into "dark-side-of-poker problems," and so on.

Time and Place advantage goes to a brief internet period spawning a fast rise of self-made & successful wiz-kids.

I'm planning to grind my way up this hair extensions togo website

I grinded from 50 dollars and made it up to 2/4. Although I usually played 1/2 HU and 1/2 6max rush. At the beginning of my career, there were 3 seperate occasions where my roll was less than 5 dollars, but I always managed to lukbox in a sit n go. Unfortunately I haven't played poker seriously since BF and most of my money is still trapped on FTP (20k)

Black Friday? I'm staying home. Saved 100%.

BF....no shopping for me.

This is my story as well

Well said, a good dose of reality for all the people living in the illusion.

well said. if it was easy, chicks could do it.

Would tap dat

With a bat.