What sites other than stars or decent (and soft) for cash? Party? Wsop?

Well then don't give the minimum if you're going to guarantee it. Yeah mix in a bit of 200NL 20 hours a week there you go.

How much would you say the average to good online cash players are making? Say 100NL - 200NL?

The average to good online cash player at 200NL might break even. You need to be an excellent player to win at those limits unless you found yourself a shady site that still has soft games. If you play on party or PS it is an incredibly steep ladder to win at those stakes.

youre being extreme, again.
friend, there are soft asian sites where you can grind 20NL for well over 10+bb/100, 40NL plays just as soft. 60-100 are meh - decent with about 50/50 fish/recs. 200-400 same situation with table selection.
i realize double digit wr probably isnt likely at the stars gulag but check out the alternatives- its way greener on the other side of the barbed wire. all u gotta do is give the chi coms your ss# and some banking info. they always pay me on time

instead of doubting me you should check it out for yourself, send me a PM of where you live/your kids go to school. ill get u in any club u want australia filipines china india us east us west.. you name it. heck i even know people who know people who might know how to get solvers gto trainers advanced ranges etc whats ur poison??

watch out to not step in the bullshit.

this= "I do not play online cash for real $ these days" - that only part that sounds truthful from this guy. Then its back to don't step in the bullshit....

Start off with pio solver (250 bucks but worth it) and play the smallest micro stakes cash. YOur probably going to have to have someone teach you how to use it. Your probably going to get beat quite a bit early on. But then you can understand what to do with different parts of your range on different board textures and it will give you a solid understanding and foundation for poker of not just what you need to do with your ranges but also what other good opponents are doing. It will balance out your ranges where good players can't exploit you and bad players will lose to you over the long run. And then you need to understand the amount of variance your facing based on the volume your putting in/ and also proper bank roll management around the volume your putting in if you want to last a long time in this game. And probably join a poker training site that doesn't charge to much. There is some sites that only charge like 5 bucks a month for training vids. But this is how to do it the right way. I think discussing poker with players that play at higher level then you will only confuse you without starting off with pio first. Your just gonna be way behind and misinterpret some of the stuff they are teaching. build a solid foundation then discussion with other players imo is the route to go. That is what worked best for me anyways.

Ya- ok stud

I’m so confused.

Here it my 2 cents for what it is worth. You mentioned that your skill level drops when you are doing the mtt thing. I would recommend just doing a single table for a while until you are where you feel good about your skills doing this. Just like when you move up in stakes it is the same thing. Do not try and do too much until you are ready for more.

ibutydoscocos last post is spot on. solver n gto trainer will put hair on ur chest.

IMO you're clearly still learning and too early in your poker experience to even be thinking about things like "Can I make a decent living?". You still need to figure out if you are even a winning player. But that is ok, we all start somewhere and you came here for help.

If you cannot multi-table 2-4 tables without seeing a huge drop off in your play then you are not experienced enough and don't know strategy well enough on all of the easy decisions that come up frequently. You get this by playing more and trying to learn from your mistakes and experiences.

I think MTTs are a fine way to start building up your poker skills. At low stakes the fields aren't tough and with some luck you can break even or better while learning.

If you get to a more serious point in your poker adventure, then you will almost surely experiment with cash games. At that point you can decide if you like multi-tabling cash or tournaments more. If you are good enough either way will be a winning proposition.

Ultimately cash game players are always more skilled than tournament players at poker in general. Sure there are some concepts that tournament players are better at than cash players but if you force a cash game guy to play tournaments he will be fine. If you instead force a tournament guy over to cash he can really struggle.