Summer Proposition - Can I Win It?

[CIncyHR]

OK, so I made the statement to my friends at college that I can make $20k playing poker online this summer (approx. May16-Sep1). Thry want to bet me a pretty good amount of money that I cant do it. Assume I start of the summer with a $2k roll, playing 2/4 6 max on Stars. After my first 26k hands (13k at .50/1, 10k at 1/2, and 3k at 2/4) I'm a 3.25 BB/100 winner. I have the whole summer to devote to it.

I plan on playing 2/4 for a while, moving up to 3/6, and hopefull within a month or two playing 5/10 on Party. (all 6 max) I have been 4 tabling, but Im certain I can do more.

So, can I do it, and what should my plan be?

[ctv1116]

I plan on clearing 40K over the summer at 5/10 6max, and that is while working a 40 hr/week job. We can all have dreams...

[arkady]

40k in 3 months playing 5/10, is going to be down right impossible for a typical player, let alone a good player. I am assuming roughly 80-100 hours.

Playing full time, you still have to be good, but you will have to have the tenacity to withstand tilt and burn out.

I can't quite tell if you were being sarcastic, but I stand by statement.

[TStoneMBD]

he was being sarcastic. notice the dream remark.

[arkady]

the dream remark may have meant "i want to ultimately reach that"...just wanted to shatter his dream just in case. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[naphand]

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just wanted to shatter his dream just in case...

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Do I detect a creeping cynicism in your posts arkady? Too much poker and not enough mud-wrestling does that to you... [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

[ctv1116]

Right, I think the idea is that I will be at 10/20 or 15/30 by the end of the summer. And the summer is 4 months at most schools, so that makes it a little more feasible.

[goodguy_1]

I think you can make 20K in one month of playing $5-10 6MAX including rakeback.I studied the proposition last month.I think I may try this in May.
You would have to work your ass off every day.If you could manage to play 3K hands roughly 32 table-hours at 95 hph every day it is easily doable.You could 4-table for 10 hours a day which may yield you a multi-table ratio ~3.2 tables per hour or 6-table it for ~7.00 hrs. which may yield a multi-table ratio of ~4.50 w/ some game selection and breaks mixed in there..You could split this into 2 sessions a day or play just one..The rakeback alone will net you $210 a day.Assume a mediocre earn of 1.50bb/100 which is realistic for this because you will be pushing the envelope..you could net $450 a day for a total including rakeback of $660 a day..yes you would have to play every day of the month or run fairly good and keep your focus to make this goal..but it can be done I think..just a matter of discipline and whether you can stave off the burnout.For the Month Rakeback:$6300 Earn:$13,500 Total $19,800.

[JohnnyHumongous]

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I think you can make 20K in one month of playing $5-10 6MAX including rakeback.I studied the proposition last month.I think I may try this in May.
You would have to work your ass off every day.If you could manage to play 3K hands roughly 32 table-hours at 95 hph every day it is easily doable.You could 4-table for 10 hours a day which may yield you a multi-table ratio ~3.2 tables per hour or 6-table it for ~7.00 hrs. which may yield a multi-table ratio of ~4.50 w/ some game selection and breaks mixed in there..You could split this into 2 sessions a day or play just one..The rakeback alone will net you $210 a day.Assume a mediocre earn of 1.50bb/100 which is realistic for this because you will be pushing the envelope..you could net $450 a day for a total including rakeback of $660 a day..yes you would have to play every day of the month or run fairly good and keep your focus to make this goal..but it can be done I think..just a matter of discipline and whether you can stave off the burnout.For the Month Rakeback:$6300 Earn:$13,500 Total $19,800.


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I may attempt a 10K per week-type quest this summer, something like 60K in 6 weeks. I would do it at 10/20 6-max and would include rakeback in the total earnings.

[goodguy_1]

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40k in 3 months playing 5/10, is going to be down right impossible for a typical player, let alone a good player. I am assuming roughly 80-100 hours.

Playing full time, you still have to be good, but you will have to have the tenacity to withstand tilt and burn out.

I can't quite tell if you were being sarcastic, but I stand by statement.

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I agree.
The winning isnt the hard thing for new players it's the losing.Learning to gamble well does not come easily..it's usually perfected only after making several horrid mistakes along the way....it takes a little bit of time for all but the best.Why such a hurry?You could be ruining a great oppurtunity to learn the game and have alot of fun by putting too much pressure on yourself.