In a bit of a crisis - help!

[RunDownHouse]

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I have been living off poker for the guts of a year and it has definately been enough to live off and I have been consistently earning more than any job a person of my qualification and age could expect to have.

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What, do you have a nasty coke habit on the side? You've been playing for a year and earning "definately [sic] enough to live off," but your roll is only $1500? And you had one bad spell and are scrambling to make ends meet?

Something isn't adding up. Its either your spending v. saving or, more likely, your "success" at the game.

[nicky g]

He's playing the 50max games, so his bankroll is 30 buy-ins. That's not too shabby; although if it was my sole source of income I'd probably want more.

[bholdr]

Have you considered getting a job that compliments your poker playing? I manage an apartment building, for which i get free rent plus a pittance oc a salary... it's great not having to worry that a downswing could put me out on the street.

also, and i'm sure someone has mentioned this already, a poker pro should have several months living expenses set aside, that is, NOT part of your bankroll. i personally wouldn't try to support myself on poker unless i had enough money to cover two to four months- everything, rent, food, beer money, etc, in the bank, plus a standard 300BB roll.

[drewjustdrew]

You need to build up your playing bankroll before moving out if a $500 hit is going to scare you (even if it isn't because losing $1500 is nothing remarkable). You can also get a real job. Be a poker dealer. Do they have card rooms in ireland?

My recommendation is to:

1. build up a playing bankroll of 100 times your buy-in level

2. in addition, save another 3-6 months of living expenses

[Frills]

Living with parents, playing poker

The real world is about to slap ya in the face

[BigBaitsim (milo)]

Get a job.

Quit playing above your bankroll.