Making a living in live 3/6 games?? - Page 2

ThaHero · #11 11-09-2005, 04:14 PM

They could probably do it if they still lived with their mom.

Kaeser · #12 11-09-2005, 04:31 PM

I think you could make a living off this in a low-income area. I know I moved out during highschool when I was making 5.15 an hour and did fine because the cost of living was so low where I lived.

I wouldn't call this preferable but it's certainly possible.

lefty rosen · #13 11-09-2005, 04:34 PM

Yeah that's true if you live in Iowa it's feasible. NYC or any major city in Cali you maybe like Elix Powers........ [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

sternroolz · #14 11-09-2005, 05:37 PM

A few things not being mentioned:

Generally these guys are not paying State or Federal taxes.

Even in very expensive areas like Los Angeles, you can find ghetto areas with rent as low as $500/month for a studio and $600-650 for a one bedroom.

I hate to mention this....and please don't make me explain how I know this guy, but there is a guy in Los Angeles...generally plays very low limit at Bike and Commerce, but if he gets on a run has played as high as $20-40....he gets some kind of military/retirement/disability check...enough to pay for his room at a crap hole downtown(generally these run $250-400 a month..again do not ask how I know this) and a few hundy extra to blow at the casinos which he generally does within a few days of receieving said check. Oh yeah, he takes MTA to the casinos. Anywho, he spends the rest of the month mooching meals off people and sometimes someone stakes him in a $3-6 game. Repeat this cycle any time he wins in the $3-6 game, or whenever he recieves his checks.

So technically, this guy makes a living in Los Angeles playing $3-6 holdem :P

davet · #15 11-09-2005, 05:44 PM

That guy is not a professional. A professional isn't a bumb. Anyway, I already wrote this in the other forum you posted, and yes, it is possible to be a 3/6 grinder if you are propping. I know of more than one prop who are not winning players by any stretch.

At commerce, the games are so incredibly weak and wild, you may be able to pull it off, if you rent downtown. I think that it would be better to at least play 5/ 10 if you are planning on making an income, and that is if you are very table selective and very good. Don't plan on paying taxes, either.

lefty rosen · #16 11-09-2005, 06:02 PM

Yeah I knew the type. The 4/8 semi bum who collected welfare and had a hidden roll of a few k who would mooch at the local charity holdem games, if they went bad. The race track has similar types....... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

neorab · #17 11-09-2005, 08:43 PM

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It's not much of a life. More of a subsistence really. But is it really worse than washing dishes or scaling fish for minimum wage?

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I make double minimum wage washing dishes, I'd much rather wash dishes than sit in the tiny cardroom surrounded by retarded college kids(i'm a retarded college kid too, btw) grinding out 3/6. But hold'em pisses me off.

IgorSmiles · #18 11-09-2005, 08:53 PM

You can make "a living" washing windshields at the offramp to the third avenue bridge...

3/6 should be played for recreation.

lighterjobs · #19 11-09-2005, 10:38 PM

I know a kid who played live 4/8 for a living on a 1k bankroll for about six months. he ate off the dollar menu at mcdonald's everyday and played about 50 hours a week. he had a slight case of insomnia and slept a few hours everyday so he actually had some sort of social life.

d10 · #20 11-09-2005, 10:48 PM

Don't underestimate how horrible the play is at low limit live poker. You should be making more than 3BB/100 if you know what you're doing. If you played $3/$6 somewhere like Tunica where the cost of living is low and you can get 3 meals a day fully comped, you could survive.