Poker 9 to 5

JohnnyCache · by **JohnnyCache** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 1:24 pm GMT

Just kind of wondering . . . who here regards poker winnings as part of their study income? Does anybody here win steadily enough to regard this as part or full time employment?

HalfSugar · by **HalfSugar** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 3:18 pm GMT

R u from the IRS?

JohnnyCache · by **JohnnyCache** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 4:22 pm GMT

Heh. No. Not even remotely. Can't pass the background check.

saper88aa · by **saper88aa** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 4:41 pm GMT

If playing from 9 at night to 5 in the morning then yes. Sometimes ill play online for that period of time.

And i can't past the IRS backround check either :wink:

genejo · by **genejo** » Sun Apr 04, 2004 6:19 pm GMT

i dont play 9-5 but i do play a lot, and i consider a form of supplemental income. im a college student and working part time at the bank isnt cutting it. i actually make more per hour playing poker than i do at work (13/hr)

racquet000 · by **racquet000** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:54 am GMT

I dont make a killing but on a good day i make about $25-50 an hour in a low buy in tourney with friends.

BeerWench13 · by **BeerWench13** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 12:41 pm GMT

Nope. I play poker for fun. I pay for my gambling (i.e. poker and the ponies) with money that I make by doing online surveys (which I usually do while I'm at work so I'm getting double paid for my time

). I like what I do for a living and I'm afraid that I'd really get bored with poker if it became a job instead of a hobby. I bet Tiger Woods has days that he doesn't want to play golf, but he has to because it's his job. I don't want poker to turn out that way for me. If I feel like playing, I do. If I don't (yes, this has happened......once) then I do something else like go fishing or golfing (weather permitting), read a book, watch a movie or play some other PC game.

wEbMaStEr · by **wEbMaStEr** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:49 pm GMT

poker aint my day job, it's more of a hobby that pays well.
I couldn't live off the profits i make right now, sometimes i make $150 a day, sometimes i make $0 for a couple days (or lose even :shock:

)
mostly tho, when i dont make some silly mistake or dont lose to someone elses silly mistake getting lucky, i think i play pretty well. (over the weekend i played 6 hours and made $250 :?:

)
So at some point (and i think it will be sooner rather than later) i think i will make the jump to solely playing poker for income.
(and yes i will still take time out to play golf etc, thats the benifit of being self employed :lol:

)

TheMrLegendary · by **TheMrLegendary** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 3:38 pm GMT

Howdy all!!! I figure Ill put my thoughts in here... My new wife gets frustrated at me when she goes to work and works hard she says being the night manager at a juice factory. She gets home and says so honey how was poker? I say fine sweetheart and I tell her my winnings, atleast most nights hehehehe we cant have them all right, and she is shocked i made more sitting here doing something I love than she did working her job. Id really be playing this thing pro if it wasnt for about 3 things. 1 a bankroll I wouldnt have to worry about all the time, something large enough to cover swings and when I win I can cash that out and not have to put a part into the roll to keep it healthy. Second, health benefits as a poker player arent exactly premium at the moment, write your congressman lol!!!!

Third, she worries about me losing my bankroll and leaving us hung out to dry, I love her more than life itself and I only want the best for her and poker may not be it right this moment, but Id like to think I can move to playing full time.

As for 9-5. I never have and never will be a guy who can goto a job at the same place for the same hours and not debate the meaning of it all. I cant stand routine in many forms, so 9-5 is like my own personal hell. Id much rather take 3-4 days playing poker non-stop and then live the rest of the week a happy man, but heck dreams are good right???

humbleman · by **humbleman** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 12:52 am GMT

:D Not now, but someday hopefully, we all have to have dreams...right??? 8)

UnluckyKyle · by **UnluckyKyle** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:17 am GMT

i wish i could... i just dont have the bankroll to even get started. I'd like to hope that the higher limit tables would offer less of that "oh, look, my 72o/s takes down your AA at the river" crap.

aces_empty · by **aces_empty** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 6:48 pm GMT

most poker professionals make about 20 bucks an hour*. Of course not the one you hear about, but that's the tip of the tip of the tip of the ice burg if you know what I mean. There are so thousands of other guys who make a living you will never hear of.

* - source is Psychology of Poker from 2+2 publishing. A co-author of Hold em for advanced players wrote this.

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