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Message: [QUOTE="Luvepoker, post: 6667859, member: 307971"] Liviu, I wanted to respond yesterday but was not sure how to and bet way to help you. My daughter is nearly your age and grew up around poker and her poker player dad. She and her brother and cousins like the game as well. It is a part of their lives thanks to me. If my baby girl walked up to me today and said I want to be a professional poker play you might be surprised to know I would be not so happy, Proud of her but not happy. Being a professional player is a tough way to make easy money one professional once said and I agree. Poker is a skill game and if you really are a good professional, you can do well but there are many pitfalls out there to. How many stories of players winning 40K at the table one day and losing it on the craps tables. You family and friend are worried about things like this happening to you as well. You could win the WSOP main event and think your so much better than you are and play in games you can't afford and not skilled enough yet to play. Again, something they are worried about. We all hear the stories of what goes wrong but really hear about the ones who do it right. FYI, if my daughter did come to me today, I would be worried, but I would support here in this adventure. So here is my advice on this. As [USER=415793]@Nafor[/USER] said above, You need to have a plan B. Don't give up on school and further education. Even if you want to be a professional, you may not achieve your goal and would be much better off having the backup plan. I believe you can succeed if you really work hard on this but want to protect you as well. So if you're going to follow your dream you should do is properly and smartly. To become a professional you will need to really work hard and learn the game. This will, take time and money and that's something you said you don't have a lot of. Thats OK to start. 1) You should not just jump into playing poker professionally. Your young and need to learn a lot. You should go to school and have a job while training. Yes, it will slow you down but that's not necessarily a bad thing, 2) You need to learn proper bankroll management. You need to follow it and not Chace loses and dreams. If you don't the likeliness of going broke is much higher. I would not suggest starting to high but picking a spot where you are comfortable. I am a tournament player and would suggest 150 buy ins. For as little as $165 you would be bankrolled to play $1.10 tournament. If you lose say 25% of your buy in move down a level to $0.55 games where you would have 225 Buy in Move down as necessary. If you're up say 50 Buy in and was to take a shot at slightly higher game, it's OK but limit them to start until you double your bankroll. Personally, I would wait till you close or fully bankrolled to that level. Being up 75BI would allow you to move to $1.65 games. Again, if you move up and lose 25% or so of your roll move back down. Start at what you want but remember once you make this bankroll you must remember its only for poker and i must be funds you are ok losing. No loans allowed. If you don't have the cash to lose don't do it. 3) select games smartly. Tournaments with 3000 players and winning them will bot your bankroll a lot. The problem is it could take well over 1000 games to get a big payday. Pick smaller size tournament. The variance is smaller and will allow you to grow as a player and not go broke as Easly. 4) Training. You need to study and study a lot. Don't just watch a video or read a book but dive deep into what this game is. When you watch a say 1 hour training Video you should spend hours after the fact learning and working it into your game. You need to treat it like a college course. Take note, review hand and see how it would or could have helped you. You should also focus on sections of the game until you master it. You can spend months just working on small section of the game. Master a part before moving on. You said you did not have much money. Thats ok to start with but as you start winning you will need to invest into yourself to learn more. I would subject starting with the CC 30 day course. It is a great training for you, and it cost nothing. MY 2 cents, don't rush through it in the 30 days. Really make sure you understand the concepts. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cardschat.com/poker/strategy/become-a-winning-poker-player/[/URL] 5) be more active in cardchat. Yes, I said that. You have been here 2 and almost 1/2 years with 96 post. You have a community here that can help you in your training. Asking question and posting hands you're not sure of would be a great benefit for you. As time goes on you can qualify for free rolls with our members to help you possibly add funds to your bankroll. There are some really strong players here who would be happy to help you. There are some who take the game seriously and train hard. Why not take advantage of this? Don't be afraid of being told you played Bady or worse. Learn from it. 6) set a schedule. A playing and training Schedule. Depending on how fast you want to improve you need to study and work on the game. I spent 12 to 16 hour a week on training. To do what you want you need to do more. My mentor says to become a professional you need to study 60 hours a week for 2 years to really become a low-level winning professional. Notice i did not say play but review and study. 7) I dont like HUDs as they will make you more dependent on them and you can't use one in live play. what's good about then is if the site you play on allows them is they keep track of all your hands. The is nothing more vital than having this information. I have gone back to games I played years ago when i learn something new and seeing errors I used to make in the game is great to confirm my growth. It also useful to find your leaks. 8) Treat poker like a business. You must do this. If you go professional, you need to keep track of all expenses. Not just poker but in life. Food, rent saving for retirement. This is all related to your business. 9) If you win one. Let's say in 2 years you win a 1/2 million dollars. While this boost to your bankroll is great don't just add it to your bank roll. Invest a good chunk into your future outside poker. If you invest say 1/2 of in and then go broke a few years later and give up poker you still have this investment. As for me, I am not professional. I don't plan on being one either. I do have hopes and dreams i am willing to work hard on to accomplish them. I have accomplished several of the smaller ones and slowing and hopefully going to accomplish the bigger ones. I am a student of the game. I Luve this game. Last bit of advice, following your dreams is great and I hope you succeed. Just don't forget there are more important things in your life too. Family friend and happiness as more important. I could have had the opportunity to do more in this game. Do i regret not having those opportunities? Nope. Being my son and Daughter dad who goes to all there events and spends time with them daily was a better more. [/QUOTE]

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