We all know there's tons and tons of people who start playing poker with a dream of becoming a professional player.
We all tell them not to do it and provide huge lists of great arguments why they shouldn't.
Yet people never listen, so they'll still try.
Then where do they fail?
I'm sure there are several major and minor obstacles that need to be overcome to make it to playing poker professionally.
Which ones can you think of? How many people would you estimate fail at each point.
A few of my thoughts as an example:
I think a lot of people try and then after a few weeks or months they realize they're not actually good at poker and poker is a lot harder than they thought.
They're losing money and give up rather quickly. (Maybe even just blaming variance or rigged games.)
I estimate at least 90% of people who start this journey fail here.
I also think a few people of the ones who actually make it past my previous obstacle then quit because they hate the loneliness of poker.
Especially for online pro's, you're just sitting alone behind your PC all day.
I think a small percentage of people who start the journey get stuck here, maybe 2%?
I'm sure I can think of a lot more, but I'd like to hear from others instead of writing a book about it