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Old 08-02-2005, 10:12 AM
RedManPlus RedManPlus is offline
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Default Re: Before You Quit Your Day Job

Answer:

#1 $8000/month
#50 $3000/month
#100 $2500/month
#200 $2000/month (probably high)
#300 $1500/month (probably high)

The point is...
Only the Top 200-300 at Party Poker out of 50,000 SNG players...
Are making a "living wage".

You can double that number if you like...
It doesn't change much.

The vast majority of "Pro Poker Players"...
Make an erratic "subsistence living" of $1000-$2000/month.
Do that for 10 years and you'll be a divorced alcoholic.

It's just like day trading stocks...
(Which I have been doing very successfully for 10 years)...
Where maybe 2-3% make a "living wage".

Real life is ultra-competitive.
In "near zero sum" games like stock trading or poker...
You have to be genius level with the right skills and experience...
And that's why 20:1 is about right or even low.

That said...
Best of luck to you...
Everyone should follow their dreams.

rm+

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