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Message: [QUOTE="NvrBlufn, post: 2163847, member: 100286"] You must be fairly well-disciplined if you can commit yourself to playing $1/2 and not jumping up the stakes trying to make more money. Sincere Kudos to you for seeing the potential to crush one single level without accepting the risks inherent with the higher stakes. My question: What is the main reason for not saying "Hey I wonder if I could make a FT living off grinding $10/20? For me the problem with poker being your sole income is that periodically you might hit some run bad, and that turbulence may be something you cannot live with (or on). Always helps to have a back up plan, whether it be in the form of a PT job elsewhere or--as another poster suggested--6 months to a year of stored cash in savings. As far as bank roll management and not becoming 'cheap' You should never be risking your savings at the poker table and you should NEVER be taking your wife or girlfriend out on a date using your poker money. (Gawd I wish I could follow my own advice here@!) Your poker bankroll should exist in its own separate space. That is how you make your living. Let's say you have a $2000 roll that lives in a safe. Every time you go to the casino you go to this special place where your BR sleeps and you carry it to the poker rooms. Do not use this money for anything but poker! When you come home with your winnings (I'll just assume you finish every session with a positive net profit, right? :p)... you have to put the original 2k back together and you can bank your net. Keep records. Make weekly deposits to your bank account. If you are going to treat this seriously you must BYOB (be your own boss). Treat it like a solid business. [/QUOTE]

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