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45 hrs a week is the perfect recipe for burnout. I'd try your figures again with 20-30 hrs/week.

edit: I'm in college and don't play for a living

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I just figured that since I currently average about 55-60 hours per week at my job, that 40-45 hours per week would be relatively easy.

That being said, this is precisely the feedback that I am looking for. Thank you for your opinion.

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I just want to second what others said, as I had the same outlook. I worked 45-50 hours/week at my last 'real job', and now If I get 120 hours for a month I feel like giving myself a trohpy. 25-30 hours/week is the most realistic total.

In your previous job, did you work balls to the wall for the entire 50 hours a week? How much of that time was spent working hard? In most jobs you only spend a couple hours a day worth of high-stress hard work, but if you are only counting hours that you sat at tables for poker, then it is ALL high-stress hard work.

Considering the hours spent reading the strategy forums, posting hands, etc, 25-30 hours of table-time a week is pretty equivalent to a full-time 40 hr/week job.

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45 hrs a week is the perfect recipe for burnout. I'd try your figures again with 20-30 hrs/week.

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I didn't take the time to figure out how many hours a week the OP has been playing. I think it takes a certain type of person to handle 45 hrs a week of multitabling online for many weeks in a row, however.

I can't imagine myself going through 45 hrs a week of online play for very long while I am sure I could play 60-70 hours a week of B&M for months on end before needing a break. Depends on the person, I guess. To me, online play is really draining.

*edit* I just read your post about playing 10-15 hours a week and I completely understand your train of thought with trading in more hours at work for less hours playing poker. You never know until you get there, I guess. Maybe put in 8-10 hrs playing on a few of your days off from work to get a feel?

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I agree with others that you should have posted this in STT. Smaller group, less noise.

Also, you seem to have mastered the mid-level games on stars (although I'm not sure those roi's are sustainable) You still might find more profit, even with a lower roi on the quicker party sng's.

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rick, i play poker full time and am starting to burn out. i havent played any poker this week and am considering taking a 2 month break from it. however, since my monthly expenses are $2500 and i have no other form of income, a break from poker will be quite costly.

ive i averaged 40hrs/wk for this year ill make 100k also, but i just dont think its going to happen.

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I'd also allow for 10-20 hours a week of "professional development"

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20 hours of professional development? Are you serious? The guy can obviously play and should be spending the bulk of his poker time doing just that....playing. I can't imagine any professional player devoting 20 hours a week to "practicing".

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I sort of disagree. I've heard of guys putting in 35-40 hours consistently. However, I've never done this, so I can't tell you this definitively

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9 hours a day, 5 days a week

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Yuck. Sounds like a "real" job. If I couldn't make a living in 1/2 to 2/3 of that time, I wouldn't do it.

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Yeah, this one should be in the one table tourney forum, but I'm surprised at the number of quality responses I've seen so far.

I will echo from my short time spent reading the SNG forum that the overwhelming consensus there is that the ROI figures you have are unsustainable in the 109's, though some people seem to claim ROI's in the 55's that aren't much different from what I see claimed in the 11's. I'd take the latter with a grain of salt, though.

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WHAT'S UP PITTSBURGH?

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I could make just as much with less hours and a slightly higher ROI at the $22s.

I seriously doubt this.




1000 isn't that small. Jump back to the $22s or $33s and learn to 6-8 table. Then jump back up. $100k+ will still be attainable with significantly less ROI and hours.

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100K is a pipe dream. Do you have any idea how few people make this kind of money playing poker--especially online?

I don't make anywhere near that, and I've probably got more experience than 99% of the posters on this forum. Online poker is a different animal. I make a lot more money playing in a casino.

But if you can make 100K then I bow down to you, but in my opinion it's damn near impossible--to keep up anyway.