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[QUOTE="Mr Sandbag, post: 2164541, member: 98413"]
I've been playing a lot of $1/$2 live lately and have the same questions the OP has.

I agree with Beanface, though. There are players in the poker room everyday that are bad. In fact, I'd venture to say that a good portion of the regulars are gambling addicts based on their wild play and constant need to chase. For this reason, it is a different game than online. You may see less hands per hour, but so does everyone else. And when a bad player hasn't seen a decent hand in 40 minutes, instead of sitting tight and staying disciplined, he makes bad bets/calls and spews chips. There are usually only 1 or 2 other players at the table that are solid enough to recognize simple tells, like the guy sitting on the small blind is suddenly 3-betting preflop after not speaking, calling, or raising for the past 3 1/2 hours (hmm, I wonder what he's got!).

While I haven't played enough hands yet in these live games to determine whether or not my winrate is sustainable, I do believe a solid player can make $20k-$30k per year because of the poor standard of play. It may not be enough to convince somebody to quit a $40k/year job, but if you really want to play poker for a living, your ultimate goal should be to move up to at least $2/$5. Maybe look at it as the $1/$2 stakes is the "entry level job" and you can get "promoted" to higher stakes and better pay.
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