Professional Player Vs Recreational Player: At what point do I burst the bubble and define myself as a professional player?

Longbow · Nov 1, 2023

Is there a specific moment in poker where I stop and think, well I'm a professional player now?

dregan · Nov 1, 2023

When you spend a lot of time studying poker and earn enough money from poker for a good life. This will be a transitional period before becoming a professional.

ShaDoWGuarD · Nov 1, 2023

ZenonBR said:
Есть ли в покере какой-то особенный момент, когда я останавливаюсь и думаю: ну, теперь я профессиональный игрок?

Yes, there is such a moment when you look at your statistics for the year and see that your game is a good plus! You can also test yourself when you play a lot of tables and don't think about basic actions for a long time, and doing everything automatically is also a sign of professionalism.

pentazepam · Nov 2, 2023

When you have poker as a job - and your income/winnings can pay the bills for rent and food for a longer period of time.

Debi · Nov 2, 2023

A professional poker player is anyone who plays poker as their primary source of income - doesn't matter how good or how bad you are.

Debi · Nov 2, 2023

CNeagu46646 said:
professioal player must win

They might need to win - but they don't have to win to be called a professional poker player.

CataRouillet · Nov 2, 2023

I think that if at the moment you start living 100% off your poker winnings you can start to consider yourself a professional.

Gallarado777 · Nov 2, 2023

Every poker player can consider himself a professional player, no matter how he plays, anyone can consider himself a professional player, but if you want to consider yourself one, of course you must have statistics that are constantly growing so that you can prove to yourself that you are going in the right direction so become a profitable player and that's it

G0930 · Nov 2, 2023

Gallarado777 said:
Every poker player can consider himself a professional player, no matter how he plays, anyone can consider himself a professional player,

They consider wrong then

Either you are one or you're not (yet)
Can you pay your bills and live off poker? That's the main sign which tells you if you're a pro or not

LaNimmer · Nov 2, 2023

A guy who played at our local casino declared himself a pro and set off for Montreal with a little bankroll. He was back 2 months later, broke. He had to hitchhike the 500 miles as he could not even get a bus ticket. He thought he was a big shark in our little fish pond, but the great whites in Montreal ate him up and spit him out!

thunderstormsud · Nov 2, 2023

I think you are called a pro player when you play for a living, so no other jobs..

You can pay your living from what you win on poker.

Players who are also working i see as semi pro

jonaselloco · Nov 2, 2023

ZenonBR said:
Is there a specific moment in poker where I stop and think, well I'm a professional player now?

A recreational player is a person who invests so much money just to play a card game in which he logically wants to win, but who does not see all the possibilities that exist within a game as exciting as this one, and depending on what happens in each hand makes its decisions taking into account its emotions.
For example, in a showdown where he has to make a decision on a river and the game shows that there are possibilities of a flush, or a straight or two pairs, or threes up to even 4 quads or any type of game, he only thinks that his pair high is always winning and consequently pays, because his intuition says that his pair high wins.
Furthermore, it does not establish a long-term job where your bankroll is essential, and the profit line has priority or a bad streak. In other words, if he has what they call "bad luck" in a section it doesn't bother him, on the contrary he always goes for revenge.

You become a regular player, the initial step to being a professional, when you begin to see that in the game you have to establish orders of priorities.
Build a responsible bankroll, know how to control tilts or downswing moments called bad streaks, study the game either by reviewing hands with solvers, or by watching videos or books and learning game strategies, developing your own game and making decisions. generally good so that the variance, whether in cash or tournaments, does not affect your bankroll, forming a weekly game routine in the modality you play, and many other things, are the way in which you can have the possibility of growing and if your perseverance and responsibility allows it, you will become a professional player.

You must keep in mind that, as they say, "a professional" is a person who makes a financial living from this wonderful game.

The professional also does what he likes, and he takes this game as a job. The more dedication he gives, the greater the achievements will be.

Greetings

Longbow · Nov 2, 2023

Debi said:
A professional poker player is anyone who plays poker as their primary source of income - doesn't matter how good or how bad you are.

Good to know that this is it, precise explanation on the subject.

Longbow · Nov 2, 2023

jonaselloco said:
A recreational player is a person who invests so much money just to play a card game in which he logically wants to win, but who does not see all the possibilities that exist within a game as exciting as this one, and depending on what happens in each hand makes its decisions taking into account its emotions.
For example, in a showdown where he has to make a decision on a river and the game shows that there are possibilities of a flush, or a straight or two pairs, or threes up to even 4 quads or any type of game, he only thinks that his pair high is always winning and consequently pays, because his intuition says that his pair high wins.
Furthermore, it does not establish a long-term job where your bankroll is essential, and the profit line has priority or a bad streak. In other words, if he has what they call "bad luck" in a section it doesn't bother him, on the contrary he always goes for revenge.

You become a regular player, the initial step to being a professional, when you begin to see that in the game you have to establish orders of priorities.
Build a responsible bankroll, know how to control tilts or downswing moments called bad streaks, study the game either by reviewing hands with solvers, or by watching videos or books and learning game strategies, developing your own game and making decisions. generally good so that the variance, whether in cash or tournaments, does not affect your bankroll, forming a weekly game routine in the modality you play, and many other things, are the way in which you can have the possibility of growing and if your perseverance and responsibility allows it, you will become a professional player.

You must keep in mind that, as they say, "a professional" is a person who makes a financial living from this wonderful game.

The professional also does what he likes, and he takes this game as a job. The more dedication he gives, the greater the achievements will be.

Greetings

Your explanation is very good, it's a lesson, I managed to absorb a lot of important information here, even more than I expected, thank you.

jonaselloco · Nov 2, 2023

ZenonBR said:
Your explanation is very good, it's a lesson, I managed to absorb a lot of important information here, even more than I expected, thank you.

thanks brother
for nothing
Cheers

Peteski84 · Nov 2, 2023

When you receive sponsorship and you are payed to play then you can call yourself a pro.

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