Going Pro in Atlantic City

[ericd]

One other factor to consider.

Playing now for extra cash is fun. Try doing it 40 to 100 hours a week, 50 to 52 weeks a year for the next 30 to 40 years. When you have to do it to pay yours bills there is a good chance you will find it just as much a grind as most other jobs.

[RydenStoompala]

Just a thought.

Why not try it for a couple of weeks before moving? At least the reality of the table game win rate can set in. Going from online pro to a table player is like giving up practicing medicine to fly jets. They're different in a lot of ways. Maybe traveling the circuit for a month of two would be a good idea so that you dont wear a butt mark into a chair in AC and have half the pros practicing reading your hands with 90% accuracy.

Think of the other aspects of the earn rate as well. You're young, so a couple of years trying it as a pro wont knock you into a van down by the river for the rest of your life. There is the possible loss of building equity in a company, or a pension that is a huge loss because of the compounding effect between now and age 50 or whenever you want to spend life on a beach. It looks like forever from where you're standing, but it's not.

Anyone who spends eight hours a day pounding on a computer "for the man" should do something, but it's not a major incentive to spend just as much time folding and raising. If you're not doing something you love, what's the point of it all? The very least you should do if you hate your job is get another one.

Good luck.See you in AC.

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Maybe traveling the circuit for a month of two would be a good idea so that you dont wear a butt mark into a chair in AC and have half the pros practicing reading your hands with 90% accuracy.

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Most 20/40 and below AC "pros" think they read hands that well, but really just fold way too much to turn raises in big pots.

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[lefty rosen]

Stick with online as your primary source of income your table selection is the key. Plus space cadet aggression doesn't nearly occur as much live as it does online. Also your expenses are way higher live. Online you can literally rent a dingy room in the middle of the country and make thousands of dollars a month (if you cared to), while live you have to live near an urban centre, most likely own a reliable car, pay for the over priced casino food that will slowly kill you and have to pay tips for everything.

[r2p]

I would add the Somers Point/Ocean City area a little further south and a little cheaper.

[r2p]

Based on the current populatity in Poker could it be that there is a short term pop in profits for the better player given the amount of weaker players who go for a few nites, lose, and never show up again. Won't this will change in a few months to a much more difficult way to earn a living ?

[r2p]

Why would you want to go B&M vs On-line ? The on-line rate of hands is about double the B&M. If you combine that with the ability to play more than one table at a time would indicate that your online win rate would be from 2 to 4 times higher than B&M (all things being equal).

[VeryTnA]

Don't listen to anyone. You already know it all.

[collegeplayer1]

to fall back on...He has the cash saved up.. So [censored] it... you only live once man... Maybe this will be a great experience, maybe not... Its not the destination but the journey that counts... But who the hell wants to go to NJ?

Go To VEGAS and date a stripper...

[Jonny G]

McBluffin,
Check out Ventnor, Margate, and Brigantine (the windiest place in the US... not Chicago)

I live just outside of Philly in Southern NJ but I have a townhouse by the bay in Ventnor. I try to make it down there as often as possible. Message me if you'd like more details on the area.

Take it easy,
Jonny