Poker as a career- advice needed

[Swordpoker]

ok lets look at it from a maths POV

not sure what a good expectance from a MTT player is but i imagine that an ROI of 50% is above the normal but for this example we will use it

if you have a $1k bankroll you should be playing not above 20$ comps now stars have 180 man SnG $20 comps on average they take 4-5 hours
good thing about these is at certain times of the day you can get1 running every few minutes so no long waiting

now say you can play 4 MTTs at a timeputting in a 10 hour day you could expect to play about 12-16 (due to the number of times you bust out in first 2 levels) so over a 10 hour day you can expect to earn 160$ thats about £80 or £8 an hour

now that assuming you can make a ROI of 50% (not many people could) so unless you have a much larger roll that $1k and can find alot of lager buy in events running and starting when you need them i would think that a run of the mill desk job would be much more enjoyable and profitable

Mmm, where can I find one of those lager buy-in events  The prize pool could be messy

[Rookie (Rodney)]

I think good MTT selection and doing your homework will help

tell me more please

by good mtt selection im guessing about tourneys where you get a good structure for ure money to make the skill level magrinally bigger. for me its tourneys like the $30 , $50 double stacks on playtech, the $50 3k starts  stack on stars. also blue sq tourneys where they gatantee $2000 , $50 buyin and usually gets around 10 runners. ansl the blonde $50 is good value

Partly what i mean ZZ. Yes better structured tournie's for your money, but also there are sites out there softer than others for multi's. You just have to find what you are comfortable with, i have a select amount of tournaments a night which i feel are softer than the average and i feel i have an edge on the players. The maximum buy in is 150. If i stick to these tournaments only, i am sure i can make a good enough return to live from (something which i am trying lately), rather than how i usually enter silly ones where i have no real edge but i just like the look of the prize pool! lol

[ZZZZZZZROPE]

what are these sites you speak of

[Rookie (Rodney)]

Lol, if i told you the tournaments/sites, they wouldnt be so soft! Do your own homework hehe

[ZZZZZZZROPE]

saw that coming

[Rookie (Rodney)]

saw that coming

lol, ok i'll tell you one thing... watch out for these things they call Blonde comps... Softest tourney i ever seen. Mugs the lot of em.

[Colchester Kev]

LOL so you gonna win the league next month Rodney ... you aint got a prayer !!!

[Rookie (Rodney)]

LOL so you gonna win the league next month Rodney ... you aint got a prayer !!!

we will see

[I KNOW IT]

"Its a hard way to make an easy living"

[Foggy]

I've just come off the back of playing full time for the past 12 months, this was not a voluntary decision as I was made redundant.The previous 2 years were brilliant, excellent job and serious wins at MTT's and top ups with cash what could be better.

Thought all I had to do was win £100-£150 per day = good living.........WRONG

Cold cards.........bad beats..........and many many hours trying to catch up = fell out with the game.

This year concerted effort in new employment = enjoying my poker, and the tap has been turned on again, serious wins at MTT's and top ups with cash.

This game that we all love can do our heads in sometimes!

My advice, get a job, enjoy you poker and treat your wins as a BONUS