Making $150/day playing poker - Page 4

Emmitt2222 · #31 02-13-2005, 09:21 PM

If you realistically want to do this, with where you are at now I would say you have to play at least 4 tables. If you can get a solid winrate of 2BB/100 at 2/4 which is tough but very realistic, and you have rakeback, then you have to play about 6-7 hours a day and you will be set. You would average about $10/100 hands which is about $23-24 an hour and then you just have to put in the hours each day.

AngryCola · #32 02-13-2005, 09:34 PM

Huh?

$150/day is not at all difficult, IMO.

If he was talking about $150/hour, your point would make more sense.

And all this stuff about believing people on the internet, internet forums, etc. is not really productive.

Discussing poker is what these forums are here for. If you are going to start disbeliving everything you read here, why even bother reading 2+2? With that attitude, you'll quickly turn into richrf.

AngryCola · #33 02-13-2005, 09:36 PM

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If you play online it's hard. If you play at a casino, you should have little problem doing this if you play a smart game.

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This is completely backwards.

AngryCola · #34 02-13-2005, 09:37 PM

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People, he's asking for $150 per day, not hour.

I was able to do this by playing .5/1 limit and NL 25 after one month of playing by playing 1k-2k hands / day. It's not that difficult although it is quite boring.

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Yeah I know.

I'm confused by all the people who seem to believe this is difficult.

creedofhubris · #35 02-13-2005, 09:57 PM

If you want to average $150/day, you probably want to be playing no smaller than $5/$10 limit or $2/$4 NL. You could also 4-table a lot of slightly smaller games for a lot of hours. NL is where the really big money is, so I suggest that's the way to go, but play supertight until you get your bearings.

If you want to get feedback from players who are making $150+ a day, you should go to the mid& high stakes NL and limit forums, and look for posters who have several hundred posts under their belts. They're probably making significantly more than that. (Anyone who's playing at those limits who has been posting for that long, is very unlikely to be a losing player, since they'd be broke. And the winning mid & high stakes guys make a ton.)

If you've been playing for a while, you should know whether or not you are a steady, winning player; if you are, then $150/day is achievable.

lighterjobs · #36 02-13-2005, 10:14 PM

not easily.. luckily maybe.

Moozh · #37 02-14-2005, 12:20 AM

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Yeah I know.

I'm confused by all the people who seem to believe this is difficult.

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I'm curious, what limits and what rate do you have in mind when you talk about making $150 a day?

TeeJayORTj · #38 02-14-2005, 12:45 AM

4 Table 5/10 6 Max with rakeback for 2 hours a day and win at a 1.5 BB/100 clip and you would make over 150 a day.

Viscant · #39 02-14-2005, 02:00 AM

The question isn't whether it's possible, but whether it's easy. Of course it's possible! If you bonus whore very aggressively, play 2/4 at about 2BB/100, then yes you can do it.

Now, is this easy? If it was easy, then everyone would be doing it. If it was easy then nobody would lose at poker so everybody would lose. We know that this is not the case, so it can't be easy. It will take steady work to build you up to this level, a lot of learning and careful study involved. You also have to be able to play well even on your poorer days, else 1 bad day will wipe out 2 good ones.

The stress involved in playing poker for your sole livelihood at low levels has to be nerve wracking.

Put it to you this way. Making a living at poker is the hardest way to make an easy living that I can think of. I've seen this said before, but it bears repeating. It's possible to make a passable living and many here can do it. If you take that much study and effort though, you could be working a real job and making twice as much. Your call, chief.

sarahbellum · #40 02-14-2005, 03:54 AM

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the reason for my post was i'm looking at this as a possible summer job. i have nothing lined up right now and i need something so i can pay for school next year. i figure around $150/day is about what i'd need to make over 3-4 months.

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It may be possible, it may not be possible, it may be easy, it may be hard (depends on who you listen to on here).

The real question you need to ask yourself is "what if I don't succeed?" You are giving yourself three months to earn the money that you need for your next years schooling. What if you fail? What then?