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Could I make a living?

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  1. TheProf1 TheProf1 is offline

    The Colony, TX
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    Nov 22nd, 2007 (11/22/2007 1:45am)

    With increased frequency could i make a decent living with these results? Furthermore, my biggest problem is not having the bankroll to play more, because of constant cashouts for spending money. Do most people build rolls by leaving all winnings in, or just cashing out less frequency in the upswings?
    <TABLE class=ContentM onmouseover="this.style.cursor='default';" height=106 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD width=98><TABLE class=ContentM height=106 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=SumLine>Full Tracking</TD></TR><TR><TD>Hold'em NL</TD></TR><TR><TD>Hold'em L/PL</TD></TR><TR><TD>Omaha</TD></TR><TR><TD>Omaha Hi lo</TD></TR><TR><TD class=SumLine title="5-Card Draw, 7-Card Stud, Razz, Horse">Other Games</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD width=66><TABLE class=ContentM height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=SumLine>Prizes</TD></TR><TR><TD>$23,132</TD></TR><TR><TD>$357</TD></TR><TR><TD>$3,968</TD></TR><TR><TD>$1,181</TD></TR><TR><TD class=SumLine>$0</TD></TR><TR><TD>$28,638</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD width=66><TABLE class=ContentM height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=SumLine>Profit</TD></TR><TR><TD>$12,281</TD></TR><TR><TD>$99</TD></TR><TR><TD>$1,974</TD></TR><TR><TD><$0</TD></TR><TR><TD class=SumLine><$0</TD></TR><TR><TD>$13,516</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD width=59><TABLE class=ContentM height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=SumLine title="Return on investment">ROI</TD></TR><TR><TD>113%</TD></TR><TR><TD>38%</TD></TR><TR><TD>99%</TD></TR><TR><TD>-41%</TD></TR><TR><TD class=SumLine>-100%</TD></TR><TR><TD>89%</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD width=50><TABLE class=ContentM height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=SumLine title="Avg. buy in">ABI</TD></TR><TR><TD>$18</TD></TR><TR><TD>$14</TD></TR><TR><TD>$20</TD></TR><TR><TD>$19</TD></TR><TR><TD class=SumLine>$9</TD></TR><TR><TD>$18</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD width=40><TABLE class=ContentM height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=SumLine title="Avg. field size">AFS</TD></TR><TR><TD>1187</TD></TR><TR><TD>372</TD></TR><TR><TD>178</TD></TR><TR><TD>244</TD></TR><TR><TD class=SumLine>310</TD></TR><TR><TD>922</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD width=40><TABLE class=ContentM height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=SumLine title="How many percentage of tournaments played was R/A (re-buy/add-on) tournaments">R/A</TD></TR><TR><TD>18%</TD></TR><TR><TD>0%</TD></TR><TR><TD>18%</TD></TR><TR><TD>10%</TD></TR><TR><TD class=SumLine>0%</TD></TR><TR><TD>16%</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD width=64><TABLE class=ContentM height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=SumLine title="In the money">ITM</TD></TR><TR><TD>83/602</TD></TR><TR><TD>3/19</TD></TR><TR><TD>16/102</TD></TR><TR><TD>15/104</TD></TR><TR><TD class=SumLine>0/4</TD></TR><TR><TD>117/831</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD width=40><TABLE class=ContentM height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=SumLine title="In the money">ITM</TD></TR><TR><TD>14%</TD></TR><TR><TD>16%</TD></TR><TR><TD>16%</TD></TR><TR><TD>14%</TD></TR><TR><TD class=SumLine>0%</TD></TR><TR><TD>14%</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD><TD width=100><TABLE class=ContentM height="100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=SumLine align=left colSpan=2>Avg. Finish</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left width=15>Early</TD><TD width=85>4% (10%)</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>EM</TD><TD>18% (20%)</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>Mid.</TD><TD>42% (40%)</TD></TR><TR><TD align=left>ML</TD><TD>24% (20%)</TD></TR><TR><TD class=SumLine align=left>Late</TD><TD class=SumLine>13% (10%)</TD></TR><TR><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
  2. Ship Happens Ship Happens is offline

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    Nov 22nd, 2007 (11/22/2007 1:48am) in reply to TheProf1

    not enuff trnys to know anything. so prolly not.
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  3. TheProf1 TheProf1 is offline

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    Nov 22nd, 2007 (11/22/2007 1:52am) in reply to Ship Happens

    How many tournies do you need to play before you get a accurate gage on your playing ability?
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  4. RankMeNOW RankMeNOW is offline

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    Nov 22nd, 2007 (11/22/2007 1:53am) in reply to Ship Happens

    you should not be asking us if you can make a living off of playing poker.

    first off its mainly your decision

    secondly if you can make a living playing poker you would most certainly know yourself and not have to ask others

    so im going to agree with ship and say no
     
  5. TheProf1 TheProf1 is offline

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    Nov 22nd, 2007 (11/22/2007 1:58am) in reply to RankMeNOW

    I guess i should ask a different quetion, because I am not actually thinking about trying to make a living off poker. With my results thus far, how could i actually gage my play. I feel im better then majority of mid level tourny players, however i think most people probablly feel that way.
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  6. RankMeNOW RankMeNOW is offline

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    Nov 22nd, 2007 (11/22/2007 2:02am) in reply to TheProf1

    89% roi is outstanding but you dont have a big enough sample size to really say what kind of player you are so these stats dont really mean much. play a couple thousand more and we can tell you.
     
  7. doubledave22 doubledave22 is offline

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    Nov 22nd, 2007 (11/22/2007 2:09am) in reply to RankMeNOW

    i have like the same exact results and but i know that i am constantly improving. Is your biggest cash getting bigger and bigger as the months go by? Is your bankroll continuing to grow? Is your ABI growing as well? For me all these answers are yes. I feel like our results we cannot live off of cause its maybe 30k a year at best but at my age it is way more than 99% of my friends so i dont mind. Long story short, i feel like i could live off poker because i know i am constantly improving and the better i get the more ill make. Good luck.
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  8. jalman1 jalman1 is online now

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    Nov 22nd, 2007 (11/22/2007 2:12am) in reply to doubledave22

    here im an attention whore read my pocketfives post about my first year as a proffesional poker player, i wrote it yesterday http://www.pocketfives.com/C5845A16-...C34BD806D.aspx
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