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Originally Posted by getmeoffcompletely
Seems like a really bad idea to try to rely exclusively on live MTTs for a living. ROIs are insane live but your volume will be so low that the chance of realizing your $EV in any given year is still quite small. Travelling expenses and taxes are another huge hurdle. Honestly if I had to put my money down I'd wager almost all these "live pros" are dead broke and living from day to day.
If you want to go the live route cash games are surely a better way to do it.
Agreed. But there are for sure people doing it and I know at least a few who are smart people and so far have been successful doing it. To be clear I personally agree with you and would never have any interest in doing it myself. But it's interesting imo. I've tried thinking about the number myself but it's hard because I don't really know what a solid live tourney regs yearly volume and achievable ROI is. If anyone with more knowledge can speak on that it'd be interesting to hear. Like can someone reasonably expect to play 1mill in buyins at a 50% ROI if they are traveling around most of the year and playing a handful of the good side events and the main event of each stop?