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Originally Posted by PhatPots
I think this is an interesting discussion, but I feel like if you are putting in that kind of volume (hours) to play small stakes MTT, you could put those same hours into being a UPS delivery driver or some other manual labour job and get more with all the overtime you would be putting in. If you are hardworking an smart enough to figure out the online games and disciplined to put in that many hours, there has to be a better job that would make you more money.
Also, if you can put in that volume and be small stakes MTTs, wouldn't it make more sense to play small stakes cash games? You would make more doing that.
I think the best bet to be most profitable in MTTs is to play the softest games (eg. Sunday Million and other special tournaments that attract the fish).
I don't think this is a fairly done comparison.
Sure the UPS driver has more guaranteed income and a more "steady" job, but he is also far more capped at his highest income, poker is not. You can get into staking, coaching, playing live, being staked etc. There are many ways you can multiply or amplify the poker job, there is no such thing for a UPS driver.
Besides, I don't think the poker dream is "ok how can I grind 50 SNGs all day every day until I die," but more so "how can I save up 2-300k, then start branching out into coaching, staking, playing live and putting in some volume online to give myself a solid baseline."
Yes ofc if we just take playing poker as the only part of this discussion, it's honestly not a great job if done alone, however if we consider all the possibilities that come with poker, it is definitely more attractive (depending on how you weight priorities) than a UPS driver because if done right it can pay huge dividends, no such thing exists for UPS drivers who will be working 40 hours till they die or retire.