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Originally Posted by seyroku
But dude, actually if you win 10$ per hour you can increase that amount by far.
That the difference between us, you believe
I dont believe.
To be honest, i can afford not te believe because i'm already am where i want to be. I already trade the stockmarket voor 20 years (from age 19) and can now affort to work just a hour a day looking at the market.
But it took also much time, study and learning to get here.
My advice.
Start with some kind of part time job (say 20 hours a week) for a basic income so the pressure to earn with poker is less. The pressure that you MUST earn money to pay the bill will **** you up mentally.
Do not ever believe that because you are a good winning player for even 100.000k hands that that is going to stay so.
Events outside poker (like relationship that go wrong) can **** you up mentally , which will effect your game and you will start loosing (bad run or bad play) then you start to doubt your poker ability etc. There is no room for that if you have to pay the bills every month.
It's the same with traders. It is in our system to **** up our big winnings (many trader stories, but for it is the same for (famous) poker players. Its boom and bust )
I truly believe only the top 0,5% or even the top 0,1% can make in the world of poker. Look also at how many big winning poker players stop playing after 10 years for example. And then what ?
Now you are good at your game, like i was with S&G, but maybey in 3-4 years this game will loose its appeal for people and something else will come in place.
See for example HU players, who made big money playing HU, but now cant anymore. What if you have trouble adjustin to another game and dont have a good income for like a year for example. How you gonna handle that ?
What if they change the rake again ? or taxes on poker change ? etc.
But on the other hand when you go trough this **** and fail; for that 1% it can be the best thing to happen to you because it will be the best life lessons anyone can ever get. But only if you recognize that all problems are caused by yourself. Most people just blame the world (poker is rigged, the stockmarket is rigged, i'm just unlucky, if this... then everything would be different)
So go for it. But only if you are willing to work as hard on yourself as on your game. Because trust me, your game is only 20% of the story. The enemy in yourself is what truly matters.