To "make a living" playing poker and being able to pay your monthly bills as well as having to be a profitable player in the long run, you have to play at relatively high stakes ......and unfortunately the higher up you go in stakes, the higher the probability you will be cheated in the live games.
Also, for you to succeed in poker in the long run, you have to be more experienced and better "poker educated " and be a higher skill level than at least 6 or 7 players at your table of 10 players..
If just about 8 0r 9 players at the table are at the same or higher skill level than you, then you will be guaranteed to lose in the long run to the better players and the casino rake which is taken out for each pot.
Numerous poker simulations in which you can adjust the skill level of the players so that all the players have the same high skill level have shown that everyone will lose in the long run as the money just flows around the table and the casino rake ends up with all the money,
Today, most players are better educated in the game, there are numerous courses, books, poker schools, poker coaches etc etc etc where a bad poker player can become a reasonably good average player.........and not a fish.
That's why most professional players will not play at a table if they recognize most of the players at the table are at his skill and experience level. It's just a waste of time and money.....so now they will only play at tables with bad players........"bum hunting" as they call it.
Playing poker for a living is about the same as playing blackjack for a living where a
21 now plays 6 to 5 instead of 3 to 2 or playing roulette which now has in some casinos a 000 in addition to a 00 and a 0.......casino advantage about 8 %.
If you think you can make a living playing poker, my advice is to listen to your mother and become a dentist or an accountant.
Also, for you to succeed in poker in the long run, you have to be more experienced and better "poker educated " and be a higher skill level than at least 6 or 7 players at your table of 10 players..
If just about 8 0r 9 players at the table are at the same or higher skill level than you, then you will be guaranteed to lose in the long run to the better players and the casino rake which is taken out for each pot.
Numerous poker simulations in which you can adjust the skill level of the players so that all the players have the same high skill level have shown that everyone will lose in the long run as the money just flows around the table and the casino rake ends up with all the money,
Today, most players are better educated in the game, there are numerous courses, books, poker schools, poker coaches etc etc etc where a bad poker player can become a reasonably good average player.........and not a fish.
That's why most professional players will not play at a table if they recognize most of the players at the table are at his skill and experience level. It's just a waste of time and money.....so now they will only play at tables with bad players........"bum hunting" as they call it.
Playing poker for a living is about the same as playing blackjack for a living where a
21 now plays 6 to 5 instead of 3 to 2 or playing roulette which now has in some casinos a 000 in addition to a 00 and a 0.......casino advantage about 8 %.
If you think you can make a living playing poker, my advice is to listen to your mother and become a dentist or an accountant.