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Message: [QUOTE="Marcwantstowin, post: 4087257, member: 120598"] I think that playing poker for a living, would be a lot harder than people think. I know we see players on TV, making vast sums of money, but ask yourself how often do they cash, or how often do they blow up. I know there is a difference between cash and tournament play, and I expect there are a lot of pro's who play both. Unless it is a TV event, we hardly hear about the money made from "cash games". (Unless of course your name is Isildur), and even he takes some big blows sometimes. Myself I am a strictly a tournament player, and I would say on tournaments, if you are lucky to cash 20% of the time, you are doing really well. :eek: However, if someone like Daniel Negreanu (probably spelt that wrong) can you imagine if he cashed 20% of the time, and his average buy-in is just (taking a minimum to show my point) $50K - How many tournaments does he play a year? Not difficult to find the answer, but looking at his cashes for 2017, he cashed 20 times in 2017, so effectively I reckon 20% of the time he cashed, so 80 times he did not? 80 * 50K = $4M in losses? Now before anyone quotes me, this is a quick search of google, and probably incorrect figures, but can you imagine, this is a man at the top of his game, and yes - he knows what he is earning, but going forward to 2018, he needs to make sure, if he follows BRM rules, using the 3% rule in any one tournament, he would need to have a BR of $1.6M, before he starts, now, I expect he is sponsored by Pokerstars, and they pay a lot of his entrance fees, and he has other bonuses. As the above is only an example, and obviously far above what a lot of us play, but I think, without including his costs of travel, real life costs, etc I think if I had his money, I would find it frightening - I bet even the great Daniel, must have some nightmares if he ever lays down and works it out. The life looks great, but unless you have a very understanding family, have a love of travel, and love sleeping in hotels, it is not for you. Finally, before I send you asleep, I would love to be a professional player, but at my BR level, unless I hit it big one day, (guaranteed, to bink the Sunday storm in 2018, btw), I would just have to dream, and hope one day it comes true. [/QUOTE]

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