Going pro, need advice

Rockyfour said:

Hey,

I understand you have a dream, but do not go "pro" lol.

First of all, $50 is nothing, you will never make a living with a investment of $50. You will be lucky to make $2 an hour lol.

Secondly, considering you are saying, that you are going pro with a bankroll of $50, tells me, you do not have skills, or knowledge required yet to be a successful gambler. Not even close.

Thirdly, don't buy any books from Poker players unless they under $20, I see tons of sites having books where they just stuff a bunch of open source info, then charge $500 for this open source info lol. These books and players who engage in these things, are just snake oil salesmen, selling get rich quick schemes (more or less).

But anyways, if you try, I wish you luck, and maybe you get lucky and come out with more than you lose.

Possibly stop after the first $50 tho .

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This is an old post lol, yeah when I look back on it I wonder what the hell was I thinking lol.

I know how difficult it is to achieve.

Luvepoker said:

For a lot of us going pro is not going to happen. If it does we are now working playing poker. While it may sound like fun once it becomes your job are you going to enjoy the game as much? Probably not. While I would love to play poker for a living, " i am not that good of a player for that" I have no ambition to ever play for a living. The reason is I love playing this game. If it was for work how long would it be enjoyable? Also knowing I would not always be winning I would not always have that steady income to fall back on. While it maybe nice to dream I think I am better off not every trying to become a professional poker player.

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Kenny it's an old post, I have no intention of going pro lol. Not now anyway.

David macdonald said:

Hello guys/girls,

I have decided that I want to leave my job and play poker, I have no intention of going out to win big I just want to earn enough to get by and I will see where the journey takes me. I have played on stars since 2006 and I want to give all my time to the game online and live. I will start with £50 deposit on Wednesday and I will gradually build my cash at the cash tables and play at least 1 tournament per day. I am fully aware that this is going to be a tough grind and it won't go my way all the time. So firstly I want to add to my poker book collection, does anyone know of any good poker books? I think negreanu would be the best but does anybody have any good books about strategy? I will also use my poker tracker to monitor my stats.
Thanks

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The best strategist, by far, is DAN HARRINGTON.

Harrington is not only a master poker strategist, but also a world class champion chess player.

He has a whole series of books entitled "Harrington on Hold'em" for both cash, and tournament play.

If you want to learn strategy for any game, or sport, a chess master is a great place to start to learn.

I've read two of his books, and have learned much.


A NOTE OF CAUTION!! While I wish you well in your endeavour, make absolutely sure that you have the confidence, and ability to turn pro. I was considering it myself, at one point, but I took a long hard look at the stats regarding success, and all I can tell you, is that if you're not in the top 5-7% of players in the world, you might want to consider keeping your job.

Since I've been playing, and that's many years, I've made a starvation profit, and at one time, I was among the top 15% of players on the internet.

I really think you should not quit your job. Play poker as a hobby/side-gig for atleast a year, trying your best to learn and improve. If you make enough money to reasonably sustain yourself, only then should you consider leaving poker as your main/only source of income.

He's not quitting his job, he's not trying to go pro now.