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Message: [QUOTE="RamdeeBen, post: 2314390, member: 71146"] Define making a living? The local grinder who you refer to who makes $1.5k a month and has never studied I wouldn't really define as someone who can/does make a living from poker but of course it depends on his life and outgoings. If he's living as a tenant in a house and pays £50 a week which includes all his bills then I guess you could class $1.5k per month as a decent wage and a living but if he is someone who has their own house, pays bills, runs their car, has holidays etc which a normal job could support then I doubt we can class $1.5k as making a living as it's probably slightly less than the minimum wage in the UK and that couldn't support a house,bills,car,holidays etc. With that said, if he has never studied or watched poker videos then I'd recommend you tell him to do so because there's a good chance he could easily double that and some more by putting some effort into his game. There have been a fair few successful players who have never studied or watched videos. Very few though who are successful these days that do it because the amount of information out there is so much I think most would struggle unless you're very naturally gifted but as we know there are very few of those. Many years ago the old pros obviously out there all started with no study because there was nothing out there but back then the games were so easy to beat that anyone who was reasonable could beat the games for a decent amount. These days it would be nearly impossible for that to happen. I read in a Viktor Blom interview that he never watched poker videos or studied anything and he's probably the most well known online pro these days and likely the most recent successful player who is one who did no study. I don't recall any others since, which just shows how very few do. It's never overrated to study even for a talented player, any extra bit of information you can gain is always going to be a bonus. For the less talented player, if you can't beat online poker at the micros then obviously studying a must. [/QUOTE]

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