Even if your an online pro....

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My goal is to be done by the end of 2008.

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Compared to the 50-70 hour weeks I spend <u>working</u> at my job (which is a pretty good one -- lawyer at a very large DC firm), I have to believe that <u>playing</u> 30-40 hours a week over an extended period of time would be cheesecake.

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Trust me, it soon feels like work when you 'play' 30-40hrs a week.

Don't forget that multitabling is more mentally intense than just about any other job, and soon takes its toll.

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One way to keep it interesting is to vary it up a bit. Travel to some of the tournaments and play in the great side games.

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Excatly what I was getting at in my post. But everyone seemed to dump on the idea that I even think of leaving the house.

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Trust me, it soon feels like work when you 'play' 30-40hrs a week.

Don't forget that multitabling is more mentally intense than just about any other job, and soon takes its toll.

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I haven't done much multitabling, but when I have, I found that, the poker aside, the mere act of bouncing from table to table annoying. It takes much of the fun out of the game.

In addition, people here make it seem as though you just jump on the internet and off you go. From what I've seen, finding profitable tables is a job in itself, as people tend to dart in and out of games more often online than in a live setting.

A good game at the moment can deteriorate in a hurry.

[ThaHero]

Compared to my old job at a movie theater, this is easy work.

Especially around the holidays. I had many 10 hour days and one day I worked over 13 hours! That whole time I was ripping and running, and had to be in four places at once. So looking at 4 tables is a piece of cake. Only thing that I don't like are the downswings, but not everything is perfect.

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Trust me, it soon feels like work when you 'play' 30-40hrs a week.

Don't forget that multitabling is more mentally intense than just about any other job, and soon takes its toll.

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I haven't done much multitabling, but when I have, I found that, the poker aside, the mere act of bouncing from table to table annoying. It takes much of the fun out of the game.

In addition, people here make it seem as though you just jump on the internet and off you go. From what I've seen, finding profitable tables is a job in itself, as people tend to dart in and out of games more often online than in a live setting.

A good game at the moment can deteriorate in a hurry.

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Table selection is a semi-important consideration...but it's not THAT bad.

I frequently have sessions where I stay on 4 or 5 of the same tables for a very long time because there are almost always a couple players who are pretty terrible (50/5 or something perhaps) and 1 or 2 others who don't really frighten me even though they are a bit better than awful.


On Party and Stars in the evenings there are over 60k players online. I don't know know how NOT to find some bad players.

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I played for about three years in casinos, and loved it, but went to work to make more money. This time around, I have played mostly online - without a paycheck since Sept. of 2002 - and I'm getting crankier every day. I played 1400 hours last year and will hit about the same total this year - but it's not as much fun.

I've only has a few "vacation" days since our trip to Tahoe and then NM in July (after WSOP in June), and I also am getting my BS degree. We'll be in Hawaii for two weeks in mid Dec. and I'm hoping I'll feel more like playing then.

Right now I'm just not having any fun, and my results are definitly reflecting my frame of mind. You can't make yourself love something - regardless of what it pays. On the other hand, I don't want to give up the freedom. Hmmmm [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

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Compared to my old job at a movie theater, this is easy work.

Especially around the holidays. I had many 10 hour days and one day I worked over 13 hours! That whole time I was ripping and running, and had to be in four places at once. So looking at 4 tables is a piece of cake. Only thing that I don't like are the downswings, but not everything is perfect.

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I'm not saying there aren't worse (or much worse) jobs than playing poker online. I'm just saying that online poker seems like a good way to make some extra money, but a not so good way to make a living. I live in Manhattan. Rents here aren't cheap. I just don't see being able to cover my nut "strictly" from online poker.

Great responses, as for myself, I have played online off and on since 2000 but wasn't a winning player until last year. Yeah it took a while but experience is priceless. Even then I'm still not a big winner and couldn't make a living from it yet. It just seems like a grind that I couldn't do for too many years. As for live play I think I could last a lot longer and after all, it's easier to win. My goal is to work just enough to get benefits and play poker part time. This way I don't or won't pay any taxes on my winnings, screw the IRS. At least it will never be enough that will drastically change my life style but it would be nice if it could.

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Compared to my old job at a movie theater, this is easy work.

Especially around the holidays. I had many 10 hour days and one day I worked over 13 hours! That whole time I was ripping and running, and had to be in four places at once. So looking at 4 tables is a piece of cake. Only thing that I don't like are the downswings, but not everything is perfect.

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I'm not saying there aren't worse (or much worse) jobs than playing poker online. I'm just saying that online poker seems like a good way to make some extra money, but a not so good way to make a living. I live in Manhattan. Rents here aren't cheap. I just don't see being able to cover my nut "strictly" from online poker.

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I agree. It is hard, especially if you don't have the talent to play high enough. I do think that playing live, one wouldn't burn out as quickly.