AlphaCentauro
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Great results 😁
G0930
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Marshmalo1994
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Edu1
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what you want to confirm with that numbers
AlphaCentauro
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The industry is a make believe, hopium for dreamerswhat you want to confirm with that numbers
kon44
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I make a few thousand a month when I’m active live, as for online I just can not stop myself from falling into my Spin Up mentality.... Example, I loaded $400 onto Party just over a week ago, I played live 4/5 days ago, won so returned home and gave no regard to my Party balance and blew the lot playing 1/2 after a collection of games I’d told myself I wasn’t indulging lol. I was originally determined to do the 100 buy in thing which I kind of didn’t for a day but that never lasted lol. I’m now find myself unable to deposit after misunderstanding the whole new process online lol. I played earlier today down the road from me at took it down for a nice £400 for a £15 buy in (2 rebuys and add on and needed non) over 3 tables .. I smash live to pieces but online.... buurrrhh 🙄
2k a month was easy playing cash once upon a time, online is another matter alas.
I’ve started taking pictures of my cashes as notes after an interestingly enlightening conversation I had with the gambling Awareness people as I’m oldskol and don’t use any biometrics, online backing, no paper through my door etc. They so want paperwork from me lol or digital prints 😅
Casino hopefully this weekend where I hope to like usual spin a float of £1k into £3/4K. (Quadrupled float is usually my get up and go regardless how well I'm running or early it happens.
2k a month was easy playing cash once upon a time, online is another matter alas.
I’ve started taking pictures of my cashes as notes after an interestingly enlightening conversation I had with the gambling Awareness people as I’m oldskol and don’t use any biometrics, online backing, no paper through my door etc. They so want paperwork from me lol or digital prints 😅
Casino hopefully this weekend where I hope to like usual spin a float of £1k into £3/4K. (Quadrupled float is usually my get up and go regardless how well I'm running or early it happens.
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kon44
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Mine is coming I hope lol, I need buy in restrictions so I can only play up to a specific amount. I’m positive in total by a healthy amount but online.... Party was my turn around lol... lasted a single live success haha 🙈
Ive now been degraded to playing the hourly freerolls (which are excellent) pulling together as much as I can so I can enter smaller comps for some playability before the months reset. I’m currently $3.12 up in tournament credit with $15 coming to me on Monday or whatever’s day I get my weekly rake thing. I accumulated that $15 in just 2 days.... I so wish I didn’t comes home that night lol.
G0930
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Oh I remember those times.. . Hoping that one day cardrooms come back to Vienna .
SpanRmonka
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Well, assuming you got these figures from Hendon Mob, then this is only live cashes. I imagine you can more than double/triple/quadruple this potentially, for a winning online player??
But also this on not most of their only income. Dara writes poker books, commentates etc, Ashley Streams and makes you tube content as does Gripsed. Not sure about Matt Vaughan.
SpanRmonka
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Where in the UK are you Kon, which casino do you play at?
I too, think that live is more profitable. The variance of massive fields is so much greater online and there are the standard is poorer live, as players bring their ego more often, and are potentially just out for some fun.
Last year I won £1550 in a live tourney with a £50 buy in. My best result to date. So maybe I was close to the $2k per month that month at least. Haha
I do want to spend more time learning to play cash, as its more accessible in terms of your own schedule! From the outside, it seems like a solid strat would be profitable too at the lowest live stakes.
kon44
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See your in Deptford. I used to organise the game at Riley’s in woolwich, pub by Cutty Sark Greenwich, Chatlton Village was the best if it a decade back up the Swan. Could easily play 5 to 8 SnG turbos I night. If you’ve been about you’ll know who a I am 😉. I use to play old street too, but I’ve only ever used my name once to play a poker tournament.... Not a fan of trails lol. Though I’m thinking of hitting Aspers this week as managed to lose access to Party till the next month begins.
Siren I’ve forgot of soo many lol QStix, Great Harry, still need to make it to Terrace... though the best game would have to have been and still is the basement game.
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balo
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SpanRmonka
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The Terrace was where my win was! I've only been this area for the last 10 years, and only been playing poker again since lockdown, so can't see paths would have crossed. Eltham Terrace is great. Plenty of decent players, plus plenty of weekenders too. I've only played the Fruity Friday a couple of times so far.
Do you by any chance know Johnny Kelly then? Used to run The Vic I think, plays a lot of UK games and bigger games these days.
AlphaCentauro
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Not necessarily, not all the live players do good online, in fact it most likely you will do good in either live or online. Their source of income isn’t really my point. My point is that people that expect to make living from playing poker are chasing a dream, industry is spending millions to make naive people believe that they can become rich fast. This were just a winning figures, I didn’t bother counting all the expenses like flights, hotels, eating out, bills back home, rent/mortgage back home etc etc.
AlphaCentauro
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I’m pretty sure I won’t be, but thank you 😁
AlphaCentauro
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This takes me back to my first point, all the professionals already have the money, they can afford to lose money
G0930
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Almost all pros started with a small budget though.
When Tom Dwan started playing poker he played
Only Micro stakes cashgame. He realized he dominated the tables so he consecutively went up. After constant winnings he stopped his study and focused on poker entirely .
Phil Ivey started playing by sneaking into cardrooms when he was a minor still and absolutely destroyed the regulars.
The list is long. If you have the right mix of talent and discplipline you can make a fine living .
But of course most aren't good enough .
Bottom line you don't necessarily need budget first to become successful. It only helps for a more carefree play if you don't have to worry about money
SpanRmonka
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Of course its not always the case. But I've seen a snapshot of Ashley Sleeths' results here, and Dara is well a well known online player. He just qualified for wsop on GG recentky
But yes, I take your point/suggestion of how the industry is set up to get a bunch of freerollers to believe in miracles. I think this says more about society in general. This is what people expect these days. Get rich quick with no effort or comeback. However you get rich quick, its only the very few who attempt it, that actually get there in any area.
The fact is that these players are also absolutely needed to keep the machine going. As are we, the slightly profitable/or not, players who actually study a bit and take it fairly seriously. Especially live tho, I think it should be remembered that many players are just having fun and enjoying themselves win or lose!
G0930
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Well except for the pros here who are CardsChat ambassadors
Risto234
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Why not? Pretty sure we all (have) achieve(d) some result one day which would qualify to these 2 threads - record of litte & big wins ...
Posting there is completely different story though ...