Can you make a living playing live 3/6 poker?

BWillie · #1 11-09-2005, 03:18 PM

I have heard some guys I play with say that it is their job, playing live 3/6 limit at the casinos around where I live, which I find hard to believe. The stakes just aren't high enough. I mean you could make a living I guess, but I don't see how you could consisently make more than 20K a year and that would be playing 40 hours plus. You figure you see 33 hands or so an hour, and even if you are a 3 BB/100 hands winner that is only six dollars an hour. I would like to get to the point where I can consistently beat 10/20 limit live. I think one could make a living of about 40-50K if they were really good in the live games.

shant · #2 11-09-2005, 03:19 PM

Ask this in the B&M forums.

soko · #3 11-09-2005, 03:36 PM

If the games are loose enough, they are talented enough enough, they play enough hours a day, every day it could be done for probally 20-30K a year, if they dont pay their taxes that's not bad at all.

matt hooley · #4 11-09-2005, 03:39 PM

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If the games are loose enough, they are talented enough enough, they play enough hours a day, every day it could be done for pronot bad at allbally 20-30K a year, if they dont pay their taxes that still sucks very bad and said person should either move up limits or go play online.

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#5 11-09-2005, 03:56 PM

Everytime someone at my 2/4 table at party says they are a pro I laugh my ass off because they're 40/5/.8. Have you considered the possibility that you're being lied to?

FWIW, I think you'd have to be very good, commeted and spend a ton of time playing low stakes poker to make a terrible living. If these guys really did play 3/6 at a casino for a living they'd be very poor.

#6 11-09-2005, 05:04 PM

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Everytime someone at my 2/4 table at party says they are a pro I laugh my ass off because they're 40/5/.8.

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Hey, don't laff @ me!! I have the new pro style that takes advantage of my opponents poor play by playing more hands and outplaying them passively!!1!!1

#7 11-09-2005, 11:37 PM

Ah. You're one of those players who colds my PFR w/8To then "traps" me when you pair and I don't. Someday I'll figure out how to beat you.

Implied odds, baby!

#8 11-09-2005, 04:14 PM

I play 3/6 at the Commerce Casino and you can definitely make some $$ on the weekends. I've been averaging $50/hour for the past few weekends because there are so many loose/drunk players that call down to the river with weak hands and the "any two cards" mentality (especially Saturday night). I've probably been on an up streak, but the 3/6 game is pretty easy to beat consistantly. Even so, the games are much quieter during the week, and grinding it out at the low limits seems like drudgery. It would make sense to move up to at least 4/8 as you would make 25% more money and the game is just as easy to beat.

UCLAseetoK · #9 11-09-2005, 04:23 PM

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I play 3/6 at the Commerce Casino and you can definitely make some $$ on the weekends. I've been averaging $50/hour for the past few weekends because there are so many loose/drunk players that call down to the river with weak hands and the "any two cards" mentality (especially Saturday night). I've probably been on an up streak, but the 3/6 game is pretty easy to beat consistantly. Even so, the games are much quieter during the week, and grinding it out at the low limits seems like drudgery. It would make sense to move up to at least 4/8 as you would make 25% more money and the game is just as easy to beat.

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Upstreak. I've had the great honor to sit at said juicy tables at Commerce for hours only to not win a single hand (I think my record is 4 hours cold.) When you get dealt crap, and you get cracked, evnetually you will get stacked =D

The games are juicy, but 50 an hour (8.3333 bb/hr at 3/6) is definitely not sustainable... also consider that the rake at merce is 4 bucks a hand. At 2/4, assuming you win a lowly 6 percent of your hands, thats a -6bb/100 inherent disadvantage you have to overcome.

#10 11-09-2005, 05:04 PM

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Upstreak. I've had the great honor to sit at said juicy tables at Commerce for hours only to not win a single hand (I think my record is 4 hours cold.) When you get dealt crap, and you get cracked, evnetually you will get stacked =D

The games are juicy, but 50 an hour (8.3333 bb/hr at 3/6) is definitely not sustainable... also consider that the rake at merce is 4 bucks a hand. At 2/4, assuming you win a lowly 6 percent of your hands, thats a -6bb/100 inherent disadvantage you have to overcome.

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I'm sure you're right about the upstreak. Even so, those tables are juicy. After 4 hours of cold cards you're set to go on a rush. Bring enough $$ so getting stacked isn't a problem. I've played up to 10 - 12 hour sessions and been $200 down after the first couple of hours, but I've never had a problem getting ahead again.

- FYI you have to calculate a tip along with the rake charge, so more like -10bb/100 hands disadvantage. There are so many advantages in a B&M to make up for this though. Tells, table chatter, tilt (much more visible at a B&M), sleep deprivation, alcohol, etc...