wax120 0 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Ask Scott Fischman. Link to post Share on other sites
wax120 0 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Ask Scott Fischman. (sw) Link to post Share on other sites
mrdannyg 274 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 ok there's already a thread going which is similar but has already been made funny. since this will then not be made funny, it will probably degenerate. but that would suck so here goes:do not go pro. "if you have to ask you shouldn't go pro" is actually very good advice. to go pro, you should already know with mathematical certainty what your expected win rates are. to know that you need detailed history on your past play and you would already know which strategy would be more successful.i have two pieces of advice:- if you are under 25, forget it right now. i am under 25, so i'm not being a dick. but i can guarantee you need far more money to legitimately go pro (think: 6 figures) as a young person than you have. i am not being a dick, this is serious advice. go to school.if you are still considering going pro, read the last paragraph again. seriously though, there is a lot of literature out there on how/if you should become a professional player. find it. read a lot."DTD"Daniel Link to post Share on other sites
Abbaddabba 0 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 I'll assume you're already a good low-limit SNG player, and are trying to decide whether to multi-table or go up limits.Why would you assume that, in light of the fact that everything that he's posted would suggest otherwise?To the OP:The type of "serious" answers that you're looking for are ones that'll just end up encouraging you to screw up your life.It's true what they say. If you have to ask, it isnt for you. And even if you already know, it's probably still not for you (see redpill). Link to post Share on other sites
another_rack 0 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Let me know where you decide to play and what your SN is?I'll be rooting you on! Link to post Share on other sites
PhilHellmuth 0 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 I'm thinking of turning pro. what do u guys think? i've won 9 wsop bracelets and i really think the time has come for me to make my living playing poker. any opinions? Link to post Share on other sites
theredpill99 0 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 I'm thinking of turning pro. what do u guys think? i've won 9 wsop bracelets and i really think the time has come for me to make my living playing poker. any opinions?Hey everybody its........... PHHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Hellmuth as Matusow likes to say. You really acted like some kind of nerd or something on the table against Matusow. What was that all about? You've never been in a fight or something ? Why didn't you fight back? You should of threw your cards at them. Link to post Share on other sites
ahosang 0 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 Technically wrong forum, I know, but please give me a break, i'd like a decent discussion on the matter formed in less than 3 months.Probably lots of threads on this subject but I doubt on this specific object.So i'm thinking of taking up poker as  a professional matter on the internet but I'm not sure what I should play. I only know that I want it to be in tournament format. I could play multiple small stake S&Gs (5/10/20 maybe $30) at once, where its easier to get into the money or I could play a few higher stake S&Gs (100,200 $500) which are harder to get into the money with but would take less time.What are peoples views on this?Don't play tournies. Too many players playing tournies now.Play pot-limit Omaha hi-lo 8 or better.if you don't know the game, then learn it. We need more players at the at the tables.... Link to post Share on other sites
DaBruins 0 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 if you want to make a decent living at SNGs, you must be one hell of a SNG player. Go learn how to play a ring game. Link to post Share on other sites
bigcoled 1 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 ONLINE POKER IS RIGGED....Seriously...making a living online is tough to do...for me I easily lose my concentration playing long hours not surrounded in purely poker atmosphere, but i thrive in a casino as i feel "in my element"...Sitting on my computer I'm right beside my 65 inch TV, and my brothers yelling over video games, or over poker that they're playing on our poker table about 15 feet behind me...My relatives and friends are constantly going in and out and talking to people on MSN at the same time I'm trying to decide if I should lay down my trip 10's ace high, because I put the BB blind on 10-6 for a full house....I CANNOT DO THAT, not sitting at my computer, meanwhile I have made alot more great laydowns, such as trip tens ace high( he showed me 10-6, full house), because i can get more info from the player, and i believe you're missing a great part of the game that factors in to making most of the pros today as good as they are...playing the cards and detecting betting patterns are very important parts of the game, but i don't feel online poker is as pure as live, and don't feel it can be mastered, or beaten as consistantly...plus, I do believe online poker send you on some very predictable swings, even more so than live poker as I've been playing very well lately, but in 3 consecutive tournaments i was eliminated after be all in preflop and ahead 4-1 with pocket pair over pocket and all 3 times making trips...sure it seems like just a cold deck, or getting unlucky, but it sure seems predictable after my recent success...but then again i hate feeling cheated when i walk away from a tournament, I wish I could say I made a mistake when i went out, so I'd have something to work on, but the cards have no memory....This turned into a rant, i apologise, but oh well..... Link to post Share on other sites
Spademan 94 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 There are too many stupid ass replies in this thread to get to them all. Link to post Share on other sites
Dave23 0 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 "...Sitting on my computer I'm right beside my 65 inch TV, " You are earning too much.On a serious note, it must be tough for Americans to make a living playing poker. Hetre in the UK if u can turn say $300 a day u are quite well off. After all, it is all tax free and we get free health care. Sorry just thought i'd rub it in. Link to post Share on other sites
AcesOnFire 0 Posted January 2, 2006 Author Share Posted January 2, 2006 "...Sitting on my computer I'm right beside my 65 inch TV, " You are earning too much.On a serious note, it must be tough for Americans to make a living playing poker. Hetre in the UK if u can turn say $300 a day u are quite well off. After all, it is all tax free and we get free health care. Sorry just thought i'd rub it in. I'd feel offended, but I'm from the UK too. 8)I like how from a couple of posts you can deduce my playing ability, even better because you didn't actually read all of them. I can do both, I can play 12 low stake S&Gs at once, or I can play a single high stake at a time. I am perfectly aware of the huge skill difference, I watched the players on the high stakes tables for hours before I decided to sit down with them- I'm not some ignorant successful $5 S&G player. Link to post Share on other sites
Dave23 0 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 It wasn't a direct reply to you. It was more a point about how in the UK you don't have to play 15/30 cash games to make a decent living. In response to your question i believe that to make a stable living u have to develop a good cash game. Believe me, playing sit 'n' go's all day can get very tedious. Especially when u get outdrawn and finish on the bubble a few times. Link to post Share on other sites
AcesOnFire 0 Posted January 2, 2006 Author Share Posted January 2, 2006 It wasn't a direct reply to you. It was more a point about how in the UK you don't have to play 15/30 cash games to make a decent living. In response to your question i believe that to make a stable living u have to develop a good cash game. Believe me, playing sit 'n' go's all day can get very tedious. Especially when u get outdrawn and finish on the bubble a few times.Yeah I know, just playing.I know where you are coming from, and although S'n'Gs can get boring as hell, you don't get such extreme swings in income. If I bust out in a ring game due to a bad beat, I can rebuy right away and quite possibly lose more cash on tilt (this is hypothetical, not something i'd do), with S&Gs when you bust out you can sit back, calm yourself down, analyse your play and identify your mistake(s) much more easily before comitting more money. Link to post Share on other sites
Chief 0 Posted January 2, 2006 Share Posted January 2, 2006 I want to become a proffessional roulette online player. Should i put it all on black or red?Wesley Snipes told me to always bet on Blacklol awesome Link to post Share on other sites
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