Hi everyone! I'm 33, have a 7 year old son, on my second marriage. My first poker game in a casino/cardroom was in 202
TheTyman9You aren't doing yourself any favors constantly looking at your winnings/hourly over such small samples. 600 hours is not very meaningful when it comes to determining your long term hourly and honestly with how few hands you get in live poker by the time you have even a half way decent sample the makeup of the games will probably have changed substantially. With the crazy straddling/stand up games etc you are going to go through some crazy swings even with the games being very soft. Would try to put less focus on these short time frames and just focus on playing your best/game selecting well/and making sure you are properly rolled for the games you're in. With the wide range of stakes you play and the straddles etc a breakeven year probably occurs a non negligible % of the time. Can be a stressful way to make a living. Gl with the downer, hope you break out of it soon.
DooDooPokerNo one in poker sticks up for anyone else and that is the problem with this forum and community. Most poker players (and humans in general) are complete cowards and yes I want ALL THE SMOKE.
I bolded all the parts that are completely out of line.
Toxic as.s 2p2 never fails.
1. Practicing Game Selection is a soft skill, Mlark should be commended for playing in Texas, not looked down upon. You are SUPPOSED to play in soft games if you are playing for a living (save top .1%).
2. He's playing live poker in Texas, your first point contradicts your second point (now I already know you suck at this game). He doesn't need to look at sims to play live poker. Have you ever heard of Bart Hanson? Alec Torreli? Those guys are legit millionaires off poker and they probably have run single digit sims in their lifetime.
3. Good is relative. Good compared to whom? Obviously he is good compared to his competition, like you said, he is playing in the softest games in the world (again you contradict yourself).
4. Dude he is off by a few % points. Stop using hyperbole to make your point, it does the opposite.
You have nowhere near the volume nor the experience to extrapolate out you'd be making more.
Modern poker players do not factor in NEAR enough of the nonsense (intense studying, coaching, tools, etc..) that cuts into your actual hourly. When I dominated online poker pre 2012 you could learn on the fly and study/read while 1-3 tabling and still be printing ... them days are longgggg gone.
Subbed for the ride to demise though ...
