Are you a Recreational, Regular or Professional poker player?

[mariussica88]

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]

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

 

[hilary antonik filho]

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]

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

 

[888NOX888]

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

 

[wagon596]

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]

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]

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

 

[Cooking]

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]

I am a recreational

 

[pltelles]

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

 

[mariussica88]

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]

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]

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]

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

 

[lyki67]

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]

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

 

[dreamer13]

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]

I am recreational player and I play only for fun

 

[pavel1111111]

but of course I play as a hobby , there is no question about that )

 

[daniel888]

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]

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]

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

 

[EnzoRS94]

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

 

[MrPokerVerse]

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