becoming a professional

[tonypoker]

i've been playing this poker lark for a little while now and normally end up ahead. How good do I need to be to turn pro? Does it provide enough income to support a wife and kids? Do I have to travel a lot or can I make my living online? What are the best games to play and how quickly do I need to move up?

[madasahatstand]

it depends how good you are, how much money you are starting with and numerous other factors I would imagine. There are lots of good players who dont make a living out of poker so if this is a new venture for you, maybe trying it part time would be the best place to start?

[bolt pp]

Do you bluff a lot?

[Dewi_cool]

Will you have time, now you are envoy to the middle east?

[TightEnd]

Perhaps in between spells as Middle East Envoy you might get time Tone?


(for the unwitting, spoof poster alert......)

[Ironside]

having read your posts on the when to show a bluff thread i would say dont give up your day job

[tonypoker]

having read your posts on the when to show a bluff thread i would say dont give up your day job

Sorry, alea jacta est

[bolt pp]

   not me

[Dewi_cool]

Surely you can change

[Karabiner]

Party poker would seem to be suitable for one's talents.....

[Geo the Sarge]

Poker in the Pub would be a good start for you..........might even pick up a new job while you're at it.

Geo

[lucky_scrote]

Try it, if you go broke, you go broke.

[crapper]

i've been playing this poker lark for a little while now and normally end up ahead. How good do I need to be to turn pro? Does it provide enough income to support a wife and kids? Do I have to travel a lot or can I make my living online? What are the best games to play and how quickly do I need to move up?

Whoa,whoa,whoa !! You ask questions, questions, questions....but don't really give any information !

What do you qualify as ''been playing for a little while now'' ? And a business run properly would hardly be termed a ''lark'' now, would it ?

What you have to remember if you're serious about becoming a pro, is that you need a couple of years thorough detailed financial records ( and I mean thorough, i.e. complete records ) of your profits/losses together with a sizeable starting bankroll, before you can even start to contemplate playing for a living.

Even so a lot of what are termed 'professional' players still have other incomes either related or unrelated to poker to finance their lifestyles and look after their families.

I wish you luck and hope that you consider things carefully before doing anything rash,

Ian.

[byronkincaid]

What you have to remember if you're serious about becoming a pro, is that you need a couple of years thorough detailed financial records ( and I mean thorough, i.e. complete records ) of your profits/losses together with a sizeable starting bankroll, before you can even start to contemplate playing for a living.

What about if you've played 140 PP $50 sngs with a 40% ROI and you really really hate your job?

[tonypoker]

What you have to remember if you're serious about becoming a pro, is that you need a couple of years thorough detailed financial records ( and I mean thorough, i.e. complete records ) of your profits/losses together with a sizeable starting bankroll, before you can even start to contemplate playing for a living.

What about if you've played 140 PP $50 sngs with a 40% ROI and you really really hate your job?

when i play about 5 hours per day I make about $250.

I'm worried that my wife and friends might shun me for not having a proper job, though.