Stay at home dad/poker player..... is it possible?

[MicroBob]

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What type of "salaries" are we talking here??

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as has been mentioned many times here as well as in the foreward of SSHE....making $1k/wk playing just 4 tables of 3/6 is VERY possible.

3/6 at 1BB/hr = $6/hr
Play 4 tables plus get some extra for money and bonuses and you are easily into $25/hr range.
$25/hr X 40 hours = $1k/week

If you can play 6-8 tables of 3/6 then you can push $1500-$2000 per week (especially with rake-back and bonuses).

There are 10/20 and 15/30 4-tables (and 6-8 tablers) who are making well over $100/hour.

Obviously, it helps if you are actually good enough to consistently beat the game in the first place!!


But there's no reason why a dedicated 3/6 multi-tabler can't make AT LEAST $50k/year.

[Tapin]

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I feel so guilty when my toddler vies for my attention and I'm busy locked into a blinds battle with AJs...

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This is one of the major reasons I haven't considered trying to be a "pro" (the other being that I'm a $250/week low/micro hack). I don't tend to play while my 18-month-old daughter is awake, because a) I feel guilty about not spending time with her and b) She's a lot more unpredictable now than she was a year ago when she was just starting to crawl. She's "helped" me play poker a few times, raising with 94o when she decides it's time to bang on the keyboard and suchlike.

If I were to only play while she's asleep and still want to play 25-ish hours a week, I'd have to take to playing overnight or early afternoon, at sub-optimal times. And since her naps aren't uniform yet, it'd definitely be ring games instead of tournies -- not much of a problem, since I'm a pretty terrible tourney player anyway.

For the forseeable future, poker's a hobby and a source of a little extra mad money.

[MrTop]

I'd advise playing ring games and not tournaments. You never know when you'll have to suddenly stop for this reason or that reason. I have 3 kids, and believe me, they always want something, especially while sitting around the house.

[Nottom]

I'm a stay at home dad. I play poker.

If you are good enough to win what you think you or would make at a job somewhere (remember to account for benefits you won't be getting) then sure. Having a wife with a decent job for when you run bad doesn't hurt.

[Theodore Donald Kiravatsos]

I think it depends mostly on whether or not you are blessed with good-natured little angels or ADHD-afflicted deviant little miscreants.

Also, if you were to make the final table of an important MTT, you might find yourself having to go absent if one of the tots begins projectile vomiting after eating something that didn't agree with her (while also having had "Orange Drink" with that).

"Your excuses are your own" -- Richard Roma

[mooks]

I appreciate all the responses. I've been a winning player over the last year, and I feel confident that it will continue into the future. I just sometimes throw around the idea with my gf, that if we were to get married, perhaps I could stay at home with the kids, and she could continue to work..... something that she wants to do.

She often questions though: will i remember to change their diapers, feed them, hold them when they're crying... etc.

When I play I usually go into my own little world where I can't hear anyone around me, even her, which drives her nuts when she's trying to talk to me.

thanks again

mooks

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All men don't listen at times (our heads would explode)... doesn't mean we are bad fathers [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[bkholdem]

I didn't read the responses but that is part of my plan. My fiance is Brazilian so if we move to Brazil I won't even have to make that much cash to be making a decent living down there. In fact I don't plan on having kids in the near future so I basically plan on being a stay at home husband lol.

[MicroBob]

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I just sometimes throw around the idea with my gf, that if we were to get married, perhaps I could stay at home with the kids, and she could continue to work..... something that she wants to do.

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ditto.


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. My fiance is Brazilian so if we move to Brazil I won't even have to make that much cash to be making a decent living down there.

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my gf is from peru. but she has no inclination to move back. still... if we decide to travel i have an easily transportable job,

[mack23]

Gotta chime in here... I spent the first 3 months of this year as an online poker player. I have a 2 year old. My wife was working full time and my play was earning as much as her job. I was only playing 20-25 hours per week because:

1) I watched my son half the week, the other half he went to day care. I played ZERO poker during the times he was home with me and awake. (1.5 hours per day played during his nap)

2) Damn it's tough to grind out hours of poker every day.

The bottom line is this: Why would anyone play poker when they are home WITH their kids? If you are staying home to save on child care, than parenting is your job when you are home during those times, not poker. (assuming the wife is out there working) Kids come first. If you are playing for income, treat it like a job and only do it when the kids are at school, daycare, or asleep for the night. If you try to do both jobs at the same time, your play will suffer due to children's extensive needs during the day and the children will suffer due to a parent not giving them the interaction they need. Do yourself and them a favor and don't play while you are with them. That's all I got.

-Mack