People staking for live cash games

[pleno1]

Lock yourself in a room for 2 weeks grind 9 hours a day and get a v good rakeback day = live
Poker roll

[Pinchop73]

Earning $20 an hour. There's no way I could be motivated enough to even get out of bed. Serious.

As far as I know, you've had some big scores in the past few months. If you're still in mu after scoring big money like that, then, you surely have to question whether getting into a deeper hole is a good idea.

Guess it depends on your motivation, your desire. What drives you? Is it getting a poker trophy and earning the respect of some poker people? Or is it earning large sums of money?

I mean whenever I've met you and the times you've given advice to me, you have come across as very intelligent. If you began to apply yourself and your skills now in an industry with a lucrative future, you'd be an awful lot better off. But this requires effort. An awful lot of effort. Far more effort than becoming a poker winner would ever take.

Yes, there is a lot of money out there still to be won, rightly said. But if you've not got a massive chunk of money behind you to yield your expected value, your never going to achieve the 'dream'. You could continue to be backed, but you'll then only ever hold onto half that dream once won, or none at all due to covering off makeup.

Look at PeteL. Scores a dream amount of cash. (I assume unbacked)

But, in reality, that amount could easily disappear chasing a bigger dream within a year or two. Even just playing and living the same current lifestyle, it'll only get you so far until the next big bink. (How many big binks can one player really expect to achieve? Really?)

Get yourself into a decent position in life, and you'll be able to earn the amount of a 'big bink' within a few years, and continue to do so, for the rest of your life.

Just trying to help. Hate seeing someone so utterly skilled and devoted to their passion failing at it because he's not catching the correct side of luck whilst lesser inferior players around go wii wiiii wiiiiii all the way to the bank because their 80%er actually did hold.

I fully believe this will go in one ear and out the other, and I know it isn't the end of the world or of life, but I still feel for you. (it also reminded me hugely of a decision I had to take in a much earlier part of my life, and felt compelled to try and offer some words of advice.)

P.s. I really sincerely hope this OP is a huge moan it in and you bink the milli tonight! Ta Nathan

[Woodsey]

Earning $20 an hour. There's no way I could be motivated enough to even get out of bed. Serious.

That is roughly the average salary in the uk.

[MC]

Building a roll at 180mans would probs be a reasonable plan?

[kano]

Earning $20 an hour. There's no way I could be motivated enough to even get out of bed. Serious.

I stopped reading after that.

[cambridgealex]

Earning $20 an hour. There's no way I could be motivated enough to even get out of bed. Serious.

I stopped reading after that.

Yeh not sure if serious.

[paulhouk03]

Online cash is a lot harder than it was8 years ago

[claypole]

Earning $20 an hour. There's no way I could be motivated enough to even get out of bed. Serious.

I stopped reading after that.

Yeh not sure if serious.

Although the sentiment of that statement come across a bit wrong - I think I get what Nathan means. Whilst the average salary is about £26k, that is an average - and whilst I don't know OP well, if he has the intelligence and education of other young pros like stato, Dave, Alex etc their earnings potential in a career would ultimately mean you wouldn't get out if bed for $20 an hour. We then get into the whole life +ev debate which is a great one but very individual.

[Longy]

It sounds like you are a capable poker player.

At this stage with a sort roll, get online grind the hell out of it for a few months is really your best out here. Very few overheads, much smaller rake %, can play pretty small and have enough volume to outride the variance.

[SuuPRlim]

It sounds like you are a capable poker player.

At this stage with a sort roll, get online grind the hell out of it for a few months is really your best out here. Very few overheads, much smaller rake %, can play pretty small and have enough volume to outride the variance.

Yup.

Online cash is a lot harder than it was8 years ago

A lot of things are harder than they were 8 years ago, except stacking shelves at the Co-Op, working in subway and working at shuh - those things are about the same.

[pleno1]

20 dollars is tax free remember....

if anybody wants to get out of bed for 15-20 dollars a day feel free to get in touch with me and I can set it up.

[Woodsey]

20 dollars is tax free remember....

if anybody wants to get out of bed for 15-20 dollars a day feel free to get in touch with me and I can set it up.

That's an extra 400 quid a month, what do I need to do? 

[vegaslover]

20 dollars is tax free remember....

if anybody wants to get out of bed for 15-20 dollars a day feel free to get in touch with me and I can set it up.

Don't you mean an hour?

[pleno1]

an hour sorry yeh.

[horseplayer]

20 dollars is tax free remember....

if anybody wants to get out of bed for 15-20 dollars a day feel free to get in touch with me and I can set it up.

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