Comments on: Would You Quit Your Job To Be A Professional Poker Player?

By: larryzil

larryzil — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:02:00 +0000

no, id make poker a side job.
do you honestly think that those people who play poker on ESPN dont have other jobs?

By: Zippy

Zippy — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:49:19 +0000

I have thought about that very thing myself. I play on full tilt and had a conversation with jenn Harman once about this. She said it is a long, tedious grind and you have to build a bankroll and be patient. Most of all when you are having a bad session, dont give up. Keeping good records is extremely important. There is no guarantee of making $200 per day

By: sabes99

sabes99 — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:18:07 +0000

I would have to make $150 an hour to quit my job you cant play every day and when you do play you need to Max you $$$

By: B-Ridge

B-Ridge — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:45:38 +0000

honestly this is a silly question because the answer is obvious to anyone…if you could make $200 in an hour or two with no risk and have the rest of the time in the day to yourself, as opposed to working hours at a day job and making less money, you should definitely play poker
the issue here is that there is no guarantee in poker, and you have to look at long run results, not the day-to-day…if you are a winning player and your past results on the side have shown it AND you are losing money as a result of your day job(if you have less time to play you are losing money in the long run if you are a winning player), then maybe you could consider it, if the lifestyle of gambling professionally suited you

By: ?

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 10:53:38 +0000

It depends, do you feel lucky? If so, you should do go for it. You only live once and make the best of life.

By: sincity usa

sincity usa — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:01:06 +0000

No I would not luck can change and someone can always find a way to cheat you

By: So Cal Cory

So Cal Cory — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:17:17 +0000

First of all you are lying. I deal poker and i play a lot of poker on the side and i don’t know anyone who wins every single day. No matter how good you are you will have days where you will lose money playing, not even pros win every time they play. Now it is a lot different playing for extra money you have, and playing for the rent money, and i don’t play consistently enough to be a pro. And even in a 2-5 no limit game you will be at a table for some time (longer then an hour or two) to win enough money for the day. I sit at no limit games for 7-8 hours and if i make 300 dollars then i have had a good, if you walk out after 10 hours with 500-800 then you have been killing the table, most pots are going to be small and it can take some time for the right situation to come along to get a lot of money into the pot.

By: Rambler

Rambler — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:04:25 +0000

no because i wouldnt want a career in gambling

By: ddssrati

ddssrati — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:28:00 +0000

It depends on the job you currently have. If the chance for advancement is there with your current job and you get benefits and all then keep poker as a side job. If the job you are in sucks and you have no chance for advancement then $52,000. yearly for working an hour or two a night is definitely the way to go. Especially if you don’t have dependants and can afford to eat pasta every night then it’s not that bad to take a stab at it. If you do make it big then great, you’ve done the right thing. If you don’t make it then you can go back to your $40,000. year job.

By: chefantw

chefantw — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 07:37:00 +0000

The short answer is “yes.” The little bit longer answer is, “I did.” However, the word “guaranteed” is way out of place. I have never, ever heard of any kind of guarantee associated with playing poker.