Giving Up The Day Job For Poker!

January 19th, 2011

There are literally thousands of budding online poker players out there who share one common dream, to become a professional poker player. From an observers point of view it is very easy to see why people would want to take such a career path, after all not many job offer you the chance to be your own boss, work whatever hours you feel like and potentially earn sackfuls of tax-free cash.

However, Betfair Poker pundits note that being a professional online poker player is not all glamour and glitz, in face for each player who managed to make a living from this game there will be hundreds who simply fall by the wayside and never manage to make the grade. Playing online has some major advantages over playing live poker, mainly the fact it is easier to table select effectively, you can use software to help your game and you can play multiple tables simultaneously, which can massively increases your hourly rate.

Telling the boss

Before you even consider telling your boss where he or she can stick their job you need to prove to yourself that you can not only beat but crush the games you intend on playing and do so over a significant sample size. You should also be able to beat each of the stakes around your current level in case you have to move down at any point. Ideally you should have around one million hands in your database to show you can win. Whilst this number of hands may seem high, most professional players of mid-stakes poker will easily play this in a single year and over this many hands you should be able to know your true win rate and therefore how many hours per week you will need to dedicate to playing poker.

Those using the Betfair Bonus note that you should also be prepared for the worst to happen so that means having no less than six months expenses tucked away in a separate bank account and having a bankroll of at least 100 buy-ins for your current stakes to minimise the need to drop in stakes (and therefore earn less) or to did into your bankroll to pay for household bills when you have a losing month or two. You should also ensure you have a stable and reliable internet connection along with a backup connection should one fail, it is worth paying more for the best rather than scrimping and using a lesser-known service provider.

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