I am currently playing online and am having moderate success playing at low limit buy in tournaments ($8-$150). I have made it to several final tables, yet my best finish is 3rd (1K payout for 3rd). I want to take my game to the next level and start winning consistently. Can anyone out there provide me with reasonable advice???
2006-07-27 03:07:36 · 8 answers · asked by r1chris 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
Online multi table tournaments is a rough way to try and make it as a pro poker player. If you prefer tournaments over cash games then I suggest specializing in sit and goes or heads up tournaments. I say this because your results will be much more steady and consistent in those games than multi tournaments. You will also make more $$$. A decent player can make a third of a buy-in per sit and go, do the math. You can make decent money playing sit and goes. Heads up tournaments online is one of the best ways to go for a pro because you never have to worry about the guy cheating with other players and if you play good enough you'll win almost everyday. Opposed to the constant ups and downs of multi tournament games.
Just get out there and try to do more to better your game than most other players and you can make it. Never tilt or get mad at other players, always take time to make a good decisions, never let your emotions make a play for you, consider as many important things as you can before you act, and just take any steps you can toward being better and I would make an even money bet on ya.
2006-07-29 16:56:10 · answer #1 · answered by aaron g 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lots of good advice already (and a bit of what you didn't want to hear), but wanted to add in a perspective that's a bit different. I was in a similar boat as you 2-3 years ago. I had just gotten to college, and nothing even came close to holding my attention like poker had for the last 5+ years. I thirsted for poker knowledge, and every other subject seemed 'uninteresting'. So I made it through my first year of college with little direction, a minimum wage job that I wasn't too fond of, and went home to a place that now functioned well without me for the summer. Luckily for me, I had managed to final table the Midnight Madness tournament on Full Tilt a couple of times freshman year and had a fairly nice BR saved up. (Always was good keeping my BR separate from everything else). I live in Michigan where there are 18+ legal charity poker rooms EVERYWHERE. (Which just means the room has to split the income with a rotating charity). Michigan also has many Casinos that are 18+. So that summer I played, and played, and played, and played, and played keeping great notes along the way. The end of the summer came and I realized how tired I was. I was up a fair bit, but it was the hardest money I had ever earned. I learned I had a knack for tournaments, and that I knew myself better then at the start of the summer. Mentally it was almost a relief when I went back to school. Poker can be draining, did you know? I decided to use the money I made to lighten those college loans, and I pursued a teaching degree in math and psychology; a fitting major for a poker player I figured. I'm going to school full time, usually playing 3 live poker tournaments a week, and playing lots online. Is poker still the most interesting thing I have ever done? HELL YES! But I'm a year away from graduating with a degree, 2 additional years of poker playing experience, and different look on life. I turn 21 this July... needless to say I'm as excited as you are for that day. Not sure if my (long) story helps at all! But thought you might like to know that you are not the only one with that kind of dream. If you ever want to talk poker, let me know!
2016-03-16 06:23:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The definition of a pro poker player is someone who make there whole income from playing poker only. And the only sure way to do that is to play a lot. As Howard Say's ""their is no substitute for good poker"" their is no trick, no magic spell or book it all comes down to experience and game situation. If you have built your bankroll up then you should start to enter some bigger buy in events. Poker stars has the $215.00 buy in every week and the prize pool is 1 million guaranteed, first pays out over 100k on average. I myself live in Vegas so poker big buy in event go on all the time here, step your game up and play some higher limits like 10-20 no limit. Remember the bigger the risk the more profit to be had.
2006-07-29 22:02:58 · answer #3 · answered by sincity usa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Anyone can become a professional poker player if that refers to a person who tries to do it for a living... that means quitting your day job. But to be successful, I believe it takes a lot of study, both from books and from experience at the tables. Most of the poker books out there aren't very enlightening, but there's a few. Moving your play to the next level is very difficult but achievable... if it were easy, everyone would be doing it. I think you can learn a lot by watching pros play on television; plus, some of the comments they make are enlightening. I recently heard the winner of a major tournament (he was from Japan) make the comment that he had a tough ten years!!! Now that should make a person cautious about quitting that day job.
2006-07-27 15:52:32 · answer #4 · answered by Mike S 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i believe i can play at about a professional level but maybe im just cocky any way if you want just e-mail me at wylted@yahoo.com i will be glad to sit with you and give you a unique personal plan to bring up your game. A lot of it has to do with reading and also just getting to anylize your little flaws.You can give me your hand history which a lot of sites will keep for you and i can go over it with you but first just get a hold of me and i'll be glad to take an open mind in and help him take his game up to an A level
2006-07-27 04:17:37 · answer #5 · answered by wylted 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read Study and Memorize very book Doyle Brunson has written.
2006-07-27 10:19:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to poker . net
2006-07-27 03:10:28 · answer #7 · answered by David J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i cant give u an advice about being a proffesional in this game.. but the advice that i can give is to stay away from it coz no matter how good u r in it u will stay a loser beleive me no one wins in this game
2006-07-27 03:13:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
the term "proffesional poker player" is a hoax - there is no such thing as a proffesional poker play - it's all a mater of what cards are drawn - it's all luck - there is no skill to it.
2006-07-27 07:12:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋