I really want to take a whack at playing poker

[Goodpoop]

I inherited a house that is within 45 minutes of a poker room. We are selling our current home so our monthly nut is very small. I will not touching our savings or any investments. I have a bank roll of about 6K. I really dislike my job and really just want to take a whack at playing poker. My goal would be to make $1000 a month.

Most will say don't quit your job. Well, in June we are moving so I would be quitting anyway. I basically want a 3 1/2 month vacation to play poker and see if I can do it. My goal is 1K per month because that is half of our monthly nut. Technically my wife's salary could pay our monthly nut but that doesn't seem fair.

Bonus, wife already has job offers at new home. I do not.

What should I do? I really have wanted to try and play for a living. If I fail I at least tried.


The room I would be playing in is extremely soft. I have never averaged the $20/$25 per hour at 2/5 that all these people claim. I tend to average in the $10/$15 range. I don't think I would start playing 2/5 I think I would start playing 1/2 at the beginning. It's super soft with much less risk.

Any thoughts?

[simpdog]

I inherited a house that is within 45 minutes of a poker room. We are selling our current home so our monthly nut is very small. I will not touching our savings or any investments. I have a bank roll of about 6K. I really dislike my job and really just want to take a whack at playing poker. My goal would be to make $1000 a month.

Most will say don't quit your job. Well, in June we are moving so I would be quitting anyway. I basically want a 3 1/2 month vacation to play poker and see if I can do it. My goal is 1K per month because that is half of our monthly nut. Technically my wife's salary could pay our monthly nut but that doesn't seem fair.

Bonus, wife already has job offers at new home. I do not.

What should I do? I really have wanted to try and play for a living. If I fail I at least tried.


The room I would be playing in is extremely soft. I have never averaged the $20/$25 per hour at 2/5 that all these people claim. I tend to average in the $10/$15 range. I don't think I would start playing 2/5 I think I would start playing 1/2 at the beginning. It's super soft with much less risk.

Any thoughts?

Run a 10K bap. Keep 5k for spending money.

Try to run the other 5k up to 11k so you can pay back investors and go for a larger bap.

If you lose the 5k make up excuses why you can't play, then run away from forum quick (see jasep thread for pointers)

[vegas1369]

I inherited a house that is within 45 minutes of a poker room. We are selling our current home so our monthly nut is very small. I will not touching our savings or any investments. I have a bank roll of about 6K. I really dislike my job and really just want to take a whack at playing poker. My goal would be to make $1000 a month.

Most will say don't quit your job. Well, in June we are moving so I would be quitting anyway. I basically want a 3 1/2 month vacation to play poker and see if I can do it. My goal is 1K per month because that is half of our monthly nut. Technically my wife's salary could pay our monthly nut but that doesn't seem fair.

Bonus, wife already has job offers at new home. I do not.

What should I do? I really have wanted to try and play for a living. If I fail I at least tried.


The room I would be playing in is extremely soft. I have never averaged the $20/$25 per hour at 2/5 that all these people claim. I tend to average in the $10/$15 range. I don't think I would start playing 2/5 I think I would start playing 1/2 at the beginning. It's super soft with much less risk.

Any thoughts?

Are you saying that earning $12k a year is really all you are shooting for?

[PLOL]

A couple of things. $6k is a very low bankroll and you'd basically have to start off at 1/2, or heeb it up at 2/5. What is the rake like at the room you are going to play at? This matters a lot at 1/2 (and to a lesser extent at 2/5). You will also have to be pretty stingy with your tips. You can make a lot more than $20-$25/hr at 2/5. I actually think that winrate is pretty small. I think $50/hr isn't terribly difficult, but once you can do that, why would you stay at 2/5? I don't see why you'd want to make a living playing poker off $20/hr. What are you going to be saving? $3/hr??

But if you want to do it, the best thing you can do is listen to Bart Hansen's "Duece Plays Premium" podcast. I let my sub run out when he moved away from DuecesCracked, but it's like $9/mo for a subscription. I have over 50 of his premium podcasts on my hard drive. Ship me a fiver on Paypal and I'll send them to you. His stuff is geared more towards live 5/10+ cash pros, but it'll still be applicable at all stakes. Just value bet a whole lot and dramatically decrease your bluffing frequency. Also recognize that most of the pool is going to be super duper passive, so you should be bet/folding a whole lot.

[zealanddonk]

Theres probably $12k worth of money left on this site to be scammed I'm sure. Just remember "For the kids!".

To make it less obvious start a radio show now and launch your scam on July 4th.

[GrenadaRoger]

I inherited a house that is within 45 minutes of a poker room. We are selling our current home so our monthly nut is very small. I will not touching our savings or any investments. I have a bank roll of about 6K. I really dislike my job and really just want to take a whack at playing poker. My goal would be to make $1000 a month.

Most will say don't quit your job. Well, in June we are moving so I would be quitting anyway. I basically want a 3 1/2 month vacation to play poker and see if I can do it. My goal is 1K per month because that is half of our monthly nut. Technically my wife's salary could pay our monthly nut but that doesn't seem fair.

Bonus, wife already has job offers at new home. I do not.

What should I do? I really have wanted to try and play for a living. If I fail I at least tried.


The room I would be playing in is extremely soft. I have never averaged the $20/$25 per hour at 2/5 that all these people claim. I tend to average in the $10/$15 range. I don't think I would start playing 2/5 I think I would start playing 1/2 at the beginning. It's super soft with much less risk.

Any thoughts?

How far away is the new house from your job & your old house?

Why I ask is that you may be able to collect unemployment insurance...what is in you favor is your wife getting a new job at the new house--if it is a step up or at least as good as the last job, then you might be able to say that your leaving your job is related to your wife's new job & your new home--leaving your job wasn't your decision but one necessiated by circumstance....

with that unemployment coming in--it should last for 6 months--you can try poker playing...you will need to go through the motions of trying to find full time employment of the kind you were doing and approximately the same rate of pay....register with a few employment agencies, attend a few job fairs, go to the EDD employment counseling sessions---do just enough to maintain your benefits but stay unemployed.

[Walter]

I inherited a house that is within 45 minutes of a poker room. We are selling our current home so our monthly nut is very small. I will not touching our savings or any investments. I have a bank roll of about 6K. I really dislike my job and really just want to take a whack at playing poker. My goal would be to make $1000 a month.

Most will say don't quit your job. Well, in June we are moving so I would be quitting anyway. I basically want a 3 1/2 month vacation to play poker and see if I can do it. My goal is 1K per month because that is half of our monthly nut. Technically my wife's salary could pay our monthly nut but that doesn't seem fair.

Bonus, wife already has job offers at new home. I do not.

What should I do? I really have wanted to try and play for a living. If I fail I at least tried.


The room I would be playing in is extremely soft. I have never averaged the $20/$25 per hour at 2/5 that all these people claim. I tend to average in the $10/$15 range. I don't think I would start playing 2/5 I think I would start playing 1/2 at the beginning. It's super soft with much less risk.

Any thoughts?

How far away is the new house from your job & your old house?

Why I ask is that you may be able to collect unemployment insurance...what is in you favor is your wife getting a new job at the new house--if it is a step up or at least as good as the last job, then you might be able to say that your leaving your job is related to your wife's new job & your new home--leaving your job wasn't your decision but one necessiated by circumstance....

with that unemployment coming in--it should last for 6 months--you can try poker playing...you will need to go through the motions of trying to find full time employment of the kind you were doing and approximately the same rate of pay....register with a few employment agencies, attend a few job fairs, go to the EDD employment counseling sessions---do just enough to maintain your benefits but stay unemployed.

And this is what is wrong with America folks. Fucking slimebags jobbing the system so they can grind $1/$2 while their wives work.............................................. ................................. *sigh*

[BeerAndPoker]

$2/5 is risky on a $6k roll but if you want to shot take with a buyin or two then go for it. I think if it's your dream then why not try for a few months if your wife is okay with that, however, if a good job presents itself then you should probably take that and play the pokers on days off,etc...

I hate when people are all negative and dream crushers. It's definitely very difficult to scratch out a living playing $1/2 but it depends on your life expenses and what not but if it's something you want to try that won't put your family in jeopardy then I say go for it.

[WillieMcFML]

Don't do it.

I mean if you just want to take a couple months off and play some poker, go for it.

But it's a very hard & stressful way to make an easy living.

plol is only able to stay afloat by escorting on the side.

Wait until you have to come home and explain to your wife about getting two-outed for a big number.

...four sessions in a row

[PLOL]

Don't do it.

I mean if you just want to take a couple months off and play some poker, go for it.

But it's a very hard & stressful way to make an easy living.

plol is only able to stay afloat by escorting on the side.

Wait until you have to come home and explain to your wife about getting two-outed for a big number.

...four sessions in a row

Pretty much all of this is true.

[WillieMcFML]

Don't do it.

I mean if you just want to take a couple months off and play some poker, go for it.

But it's a very hard & stressful way to make an easy living.

plol is only able to stay afloat by escorting on the side.

Wait until you have to come home and explain to your wife about getting two-outed for a big number.

...four sessions in a row

Pretty much all of this is true.

[simpdog]

Don't do it.

I mean if you just want to take a couple months off and play some poker, go for it.

But it's a very hard & stressful way to make an easy living.

plol is only able to stay afloat by escorting on the side.

Wait until you have to come home and explain to your wife about getting two-outed for a big number.

...four sessions in a row

Pretty much all of this is true.

Perfect post Willie...only the wife thing is incorrect for PLOL

[Baron Von Strucker]

Don't do it.

I mean if you just want to take a couple months off and play some poker, go for it.

But it's a very hard & stressful way to make an easy living.

plol is only able to stay afloat by escorting on the side.

Wait until you have to come home and explain to your wife about getting two-outed for a big number.

...four sessions in a row

Agree with this mostly, no harm in taking 6k and see how you do intending on going back to work if the wheels come off.
Good luck either way.

My wife will usually spend a month or two In Europe during the summer and will spend that time for live poker, and always have a great time mind you it was primarily on the weekend and my first four sessions were really good and then the next 3 were not so good, but I always had a good stop loss plan, playing 2/5 only. I never spent more than fifteen hundred per session.....ended up having a decent summer. But no were neer enough to support my Familey.

[chinamaniac]

Jump right in @ 2-5, if u lose early drop down

or just play online

[PLOL]

or just play online

[Goodpoop]

I inherited a house that is within 45 minutes of a poker room. We are selling our current home so our monthly nut is very small. I will not touching our savings or any investments. I have a bank roll of about 6K. I really dislike my job and really just want to take a whack at playing poker. My goal would be to make $1000 a month.

Most will say don't quit your job. Well, in June we are moving so I would be quitting anyway. I basically want a 3 1/2 month vacation to play poker and see if I can do it. My goal is 1K per month because that is half of our monthly nut. Technically my wife's salary could pay our monthly nut but that doesn't seem fair.

Bonus, wife already has job offers at new home. I do not.

What should I do? I really have wanted to try and play for a living. If I fail I at least tried.


The room I would be playing in is extremely soft. I have never averaged the $20/$25 per hour at 2/5 that all these people claim. I tend to average in the $10/$15 range. I don't think I would start playing 2/5 I think I would start playing 1/2 at the beginning. It's super soft with much less risk.

Any thoughts?

Are you saying that earning $12k a year is really all you are shooting for?

Our monthly nut is 2K my minimum to contribute fairly would be 1K per month.

[Goodpoop]

I inherited a house that is within 45 minutes of a poker room. We are selling our current home so our monthly nut is very small. I will not touching our savings or any investments. I have a bank roll of about 6K. I really dislike my job and really just want to take a whack at playing poker. My goal would be to make $1000 a month.

Most will say don't quit your job. Well, in June we are moving so I would be quitting anyway. I basically want a 3 1/2 month vacation to play poker and see if I can do it. My goal is 1K per month because that is half of our monthly nut. Technically my wife's salary could pay our monthly nut but that doesn't seem fair.

Bonus, wife already has job offers at new home. I do not.

What should I do? I really have wanted to try and play for a living. If I fail I at least tried.


The room I would be playing in is extremely soft. I have never averaged the $20/$25 per hour at 2/5 that all these people claim. I tend to average in the $10/$15 range. I don't think I would start playing 2/5 I think I would start playing 1/2 at the beginning. It's super soft with much less risk.

Any thoughts?

How far away is the new house from your job & your old house?

Why I ask is that you may be able to collect unemployment insurance...what is in you favor is your wife getting a new job at the new house--if it is a step up or at least as good as the last job, then you might be able to say that your leaving your job is related to your wife's new job & your new home--leaving your job wasn't your decision but one necessiated by circumstance....

with that unemployment coming in--it should last for 6 months--you can try poker playing...you will need to go through the motions of trying to find full time employment of the kind you were doing and approximately the same rate of pay....register with a few employment agencies, attend a few job fairs, go to the EDD employment counseling sessions---do just enough to maintain your benefits but stay unemployed.

It's 120 miles away in a different state. Her job is a pay increase and the house is bigger and less expensive for us (mortgage is less). I know nothing about unemployment but it does sound a little shady.

[Goodpoop]

How far away is the new house from your job & your old house?

Why I ask is that you may be able to collect unemployment insurance...what is in you favor is your wife getting a new job at the new house--if it is a step up or at least as good as the last job, then you might be able to say that your leaving your job is related to your wife's new job & your new home--leaving your job wasn't your decision but one necessiated by circumstance....

with that unemployment coming in--it should last for 6 months--you can try poker playing...you will need to go through the motions of trying to find full time employment of the kind you were doing and approximately the same rate of pay....register with a few employment agencies, attend a few job fairs, go to the EDD employment counseling sessions---do just enough to maintain your benefits but stay unemployed.

And this is what is wrong with America folks. Fucking slimebags jobbing the system so they can grind $1/$2 while their wives work.............................................. ................................. *sigh*

I have living expenses saved for over 12 months. The 6K is what isn't factored into that number it's pure fun money. The only slimy part is I would be on her insurance.

[Goodpoop]

A couple of things. $6k is a very low bankroll and you'd basically have to start off at 1/2, or heeb it up at 2/5. What is the rake like at the room you are going to play at? This matters a lot at 1/2 (and to a lesser extent at 2/5). You will also have to be pretty stingy with your tips. You can make a lot more than $20-$25/hr at 2/5. I actually think that winrate is pretty small. I think $50/hr isn't terribly difficult, but once you can do that, why would you stay at 2/5? I don't see why you'd want to make a living playing poker off $20/hr. What are you going to be saving? $3/hr??

But if you want to do it, the best thing you can do is listen to Bart Hansen's "Duece Plays Premium" podcast. I let my sub run out when he moved away from DuecesCracked, but it's like $9/mo for a subscription. I have over 50 of his premium podcasts on my hard drive. Ship me a fiver on Paypal and I'll send them to you. His stuff is geared more towards live 5/10+ cash pros, but it'll still be applicable at all stakes. Just value bet a whole lot and dramatically decrease your bluffing frequency. Also recognize that most of the pool is going to be super duper passive, so you should be bet/folding a whole lot.

[Goodpoop]

A couple of things. $6k is a very low bankroll and you'd basically have to start off at 1/2, or heeb it up at 2/5. What is the rake like at the room you are going to play at? This matters a lot at 1/2 (and to a lesser extent at 2/5). You will also have to be pretty stingy with your tips. You can make a lot more than $20-$25/hr at 2/5. I actually think that winrate is pretty small. I think $50/hr isn't terribly difficult, but once you can do that, why would you stay at 2/5? I don't see why you'd want to make a living playing poker off $20/hr. What are you going to be saving? $3/hr??

But if you want to do it, the best thing you can do is listen to Bart Hansen's "Duece Plays Premium" podcast. I let my sub run out when he moved away from DuecesCracked, but it's like $9/mo for a subscription. I have over 50 of his premium podcasts on my hard drive. Ship me a fiver on Paypal and I'll send them to you. His stuff is geared more towards live 5/10+ cash pros, but it'll still be applicable at all stakes. Just value bet a whole lot and dramatically decrease your bluffing frequency. Also recognize that most of the pool is going to be super duper passive, so you should be bet/folding a whole lot.

10% max. $5 w $1 bb