How to Be a Professional Poker Player
The world of professional poker has exploded in the last few years; many people make a living as a professional poker player, online or in cash tables--not big poker tournaments. But no matter what type of poker you play, there are some things you must do to be a professional poker player.
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To be a professional poker player you have to put in the time. Generally a player has logged around 500 hours of poker play before deciding to become a professional. Many professionals track their statistics of how much they make per hour when playing in cash games or online.
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A person looking to be a professional poker player has to know the game they will be best at to get a good hourly rate. A real professional poker player will play the poker game that will give them the most money per hour.
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Discipline is needed to be a professional poker player. You are the boss and need to be motivated to put in the hours in order to make a significant living.
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Many professionals have at least 6 months of living expenses saved up before trying to become a professional. There will be swings of good luck and bad luck so you need to have money to live on when your luck is down.
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A significant bankroll is important when being a professional poker player. The thought among most professional players is to have 200 times the big bet for a bankroll. For example. If it is a game with a $10 to $20 limit the bankroll should be $4,000. This will let you still have some money when negative swings occur.
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A combination of patience, discipline, preparation, and a decent bankroll is needed in order to be a professional poker player. Once you have these things you can look for the poker games, in whatever medium, where you can make a living playing poker.
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Tips & Warnings
Make sure that you have put in the hours and are an expert in the game you decide to play.
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Comments
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paulthebigfinn
Apr 20, 2009
One should note that most NL Hold?em pros have a win rate of one or two big blinds/hour and that rate is highly variable. If you need $50,000/year to live and play 2,000 hours per year you need win $25/hour. That means playing in a $15/$30 game with a $1,500 buy-in. The average is ~$250, but you'll see at least a dozen $3,000 pots in a session. That 200*$30=$6,000 recommended bankroll may not be enough for that kind of game.BTW, a $15/$30 game is WAY different then a $2/$4 game. Lots of people kill their local $2/$4 for a consistent $200/session, only to give back their whole bank roll in a Vegas weekend playing in a $15/$30 game. They are the bread and butter of the middle limit Vegas pro.
