Are you a Recreational, Regular or Professional poker player?

mariussica88 · Jul 25, 2022

Hello everyone,

So I had a discussion with some of my poker friends and I said to them that I want to become a Regular poker player. Like I told them in my opinion a regular poker player is someone that is playing poker around 4-5 day a week (4/5 h sessions ) and is not doing this for a living, but it's good enough to have a +ROI (based on a good no of tournaments/hand for the cash games players ). When I say a good no. I mean more them 100.000 tournaments and 500.000 cash hands.
The Recreational for me is someone that likes the game and sometimes put's some of his money (earn on his regular job/savings in case of those who don't work e.g. the students) and the Professional in my opinion are those who make a living out of it (Lex, Daniel, Felix, Bench, you guys get the point ).

What I am interested to find out is what is your opinion on this matter and what kind of player do you are ( in your view ) ? What do you guys/girls think are the difference between this 3 groups of players?

DAVID KEHRER · Jul 25, 2022

I used to play all the time but with my health issues i am only playing league for fun.

hilary antonik filho · Jul 25, 2022

It depends on where I am, with friends for recreation, online regularly and in person I try to play like a professional, the interesting thing is that I can't always get the same results, in person I reach 60% of my potential, with friends 25% and online 15%

GoodMoon90 · Jul 25, 2022

I, like most poker players, are recreational, only a small part can classify themselves as professionals

888NOX888 · Jul 26, 2022

I play a lot, but still not enough to be a regular player. Still, I will classify myself as a poker fan.

wagon596 · Jul 26, 2022

I play for both. It helps pass the time. Being on Social Security as my only income, little bit of profit helps a lot. I only play Micro Tournaments and freerolls.

RustyRed83 · Jul 26, 2022

Recreational for me. I play for fun, i don't play every day. If i win some money great, if i lose then great.

bowserdon · Jul 26, 2022

I play every day a waste of time but I enjoy it

Cooking · Jul 26, 2022

I think recreational player is someone who plays just for fun, usually only have time to play more on weekends or at night after work, of course wants to win money, but don't care that much if does not win.
Regular is someone that can dedicate more time to the game (play and study) and that have a real goal to make an extra income from poker.
Professional is somoene that have poker as his main source of money, no matter what level he plays.
I think I'm between recreational and regular player.

miriancastro · Jul 26, 2022

I am a recreational

pltelles · Jul 26, 2022

I consider myself a regular player and intend to become a professional within 2 years

mariussica88 · Jul 27, 2022

pltelles said:
I consider myself a regular player and intend to become a professional within 2 years

I wish you good luck on that.

How do you plan to do that? What games are you playing ?

redmast · Jul 27, 2022

Poker for me in my life is an additional part of my income. I've only been playing freerolls lately. Although I have had good wins in entry tournaments in the past.

Gallarado777 · Jul 27, 2022

mariussica88 said:
Hello everyone,

So I had a discussion with some of my poker friends and I said to them that I want to become a Regular poker player. Like I told them in my opinion a regular poker player is someone that is playing poker around 4-5 day a week (4/5 h sessions ) and is not doing this for a living, but it's good enough to have a +ROI (based on a good no of tournaments/hand for the cash games players ). When I say a good no. I mean more them 100.000 tournaments and 500.000 cash hands.
The Recreational for me is someone that likes the game and sometimes put's some of his money (earn on his regular job/savings in case of those who don't work e.g. the students) and the Professional in my opinion are those who make a living out of it (Lex, Daniel, Felix, Bench, you guys get the point ).

What I am interested to find out is what is your opinion on this matter and what kind of player do you are ( in your view ) ? What do you guys/girls think are the difference between this 3 groups of players?

everything was right, we understood the essence, I think you're right

fryderyk · Jul 27, 2022

Definitely a recreational game, maybe I will change my attitude someday but what a recreational game is enough for me.

lyki67 · Jul 27, 2022

I think I'm recreational poker player. I play mostly one day per week for 5-6 hours in tournaments with small buy ins.

sincos · Jul 27, 2022

At the NL10 limit, I am a near-zero regular. I live on rakeback... I dream of playing at NL25

dreamer13 · Jul 27, 2022

Many people think that the most important thing in poker is to be able to read the opponent's facial expressions, but in fact, the main thing here is mathematics. The whole point of gambling is that you can catch luck by the tail and hit the jackpot at any time. So if you want to make money playing poker, you will have to look for players who you can constantly beat. Indifference to losses is a part of the game that goes beyond poker table. In poker, you have no colleagues, because the rest of the players are your enemies. What status each player has, everyone decides for himself, some may consider themselves amateurs, but in fact they are professionals, they have never played in big live tournaments in their lives.

theRaven68 · Jul 27, 2022

I am recreational player and I play only for fun

pavel1111111 · Jul 27, 2022

but of course I play as a hobby

, there is no question about that

)

daniel888 · Jul 27, 2022

I want to become a professional player one day but now I'm a recreational player, don't have a schedule and get emotionally involved when playing.

antonis32123 · Jul 28, 2022

Pro I am not , neither a reg , the stakes I play are very low , but recreational ?? I think recreational redeposits again and again , sth I do not do nowadays . Let's say I am sth better than a recreational

Maximus1980340 · Jul 28, 2022

i am a poker lover would be a professional it would be much better to dream about it

EnzoRS94 · Jul 28, 2022

Recreational, I don't play very much and do enjoy the little time I play.

MrPokerVerse · Jul 28, 2022

Recreational from regular. Never qualified or put the time in for any other classification.

Are you a Recreational, Regular or Professional poker player?

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mariussica88

Legend

DAVID KEHRER

Legend

hilary antonik filho

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GoodMoon90

Rock Star

888NOX888

Visionary

wagon596

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RustyRed83

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bowserdon

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Cooking

Legend

miriancastro

Rock Star

pltelles

Visionary

mariussica88

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redmast

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Gallarado777

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fryderyk

Rock Star

lyki67

Visionary

sincos

Visionary

dreamer13

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theRaven68

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pavel1111111

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daniel888

Visionary

antonis32123

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Maximus1980340

Rock Star

EnzoRS94

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MrPokerVerse

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