math is good for poker, but even more is ability to read people.
their body language, their patterns, just being able to sit down. play slowly unnoticed, till you have the nuts (best hand)
not being readable, and being able to read others very well. also really good at math.
alot of magic the gathering players turned to professional poker,
because in magic the gathering, over time, good players can see more wins. and in poker its the same, if you play alot and oyur a good player then chances are your abilities will show themselves.
me, im not that good at reading or hiding my hand. so i try not to play.
Topic: How many of you can honestly profit playing poker? - page 4. (Read 3185 times)
Poker you can not play just based on luck like other casino games.It is purely skill based in which you use different types of strategies just to win by realizing other you have best cards in your hand.You can make money till you play someone more better than you.
Cards aren't important most of the time vs overall game play strategy. If you play very weak players who dont understand the card very well then you can just play them via math.
Poker you can not play just based on luck like other casino games.It is purely skill based in which you use different types of strategies just to win by realizing other you have best cards in your hand.You can make money till you play someone more better than you.
I have never made any profit in poker. I do not know any such person who has played poker profitably. I have always seen people losing in this game. But I have seen movie in which some students earned huge profit by counting cards. Still need to learn that technique.
You should check out some of the sites which offer long term stats on players for millions of hands over years. The sites take a cut but there is room for players to make profit just like in sports betting.
OP says 9% of people win in poker, im not sure its that high long term. It really depends on the games also think about it.... If you had a 9 man cash game with 1 hugely bad player and the rest decent, its possible all the other 8 players are making money and the bad player is also basically paying for the rake - in that example over 90% of players are winners.
I have never made any profit in poker. I do not know any such person who has played poker profitably. I have always seen people losing in this game. But I have seen movie in which some students earned huge profit by counting cards. Still need to learn that technique.
have you seen the post that I made two hours ago ?? it's possible to win in poker but you need to study the game not just deposit and throw your money without knowing what you are doing
for me I know a lot of people online who are making good money of poker
well for me poker is the best game ever , I will share my stats with you guys and you would know what I'm talking about
I'm 20 years old and started to learn poker around 1.5 years ago , I'm not making that huge profits but everyone starts at somepoint right !!
I'm still learning the game and trying to move up in stakes passively while of course trying to keep profiting
I started playing at ACR 1.65$ SNGs last August I guess and now I'm in 5.5$ SNGs . here is my ACR graph so far
you can see my avg ROI is 13.8% during 1668 games
last month I moved back to Betcoin cause the bitcoin price is now more stable and it's trending up , so it's better to play for coins now I guess
here is my graph for 357 games
and finally here is my SWC graph , I occasionally play some MTTS there cause the traffic is low there
so as you can see it's possible to make money playing poker and with good ROI unlike other games , and let's not forget the rakeback
I'm still a beginner but poker isn't a get rich quick thing , the most important thing is to keep learning and moving up slow and steady
I'm 20 years old and started to learn poker around 1.5 years ago , I'm not making that huge profits but everyone starts at somepoint right !!
I'm still learning the game and trying to move up in stakes passively while of course trying to keep profiting
I started playing at ACR 1.65$ SNGs last August I guess and now I'm in 5.5$ SNGs . here is my ACR graph so far
you can see my avg ROI is 13.8% during 1668 games
last month I moved back to Betcoin cause the bitcoin price is now more stable and it's trending up , so it's better to play for coins now I guess
here is my graph for 357 games
and finally here is my SWC graph , I occasionally play some MTTS there cause the traffic is low there
so as you can see it's possible to make money playing poker and with good ROI unlike other games , and let's not forget the rakeback
I'm still a beginner but poker isn't a get rich quick thing , the most important thing is to keep learning and moving up slow and steady
I have never made any profit in poker. I do not know any such person who has played poker profitably. I have always seen people losing in this game. But I have seen movie in which some students earned huge profit by counting cards. Still need to learn that technique.
If you are good at mathematics and can count cards why not?
Count cards? I don't think that when you play poker you have to count cards like blackjack! Of course you have to be good in math and statistics
There is an element of "counting cards" in poker. Knowing how many "outs" you have, helps you to quickly calculate the odds of you making a playable hand and whether playing that hand is justified for whatever situation you are in.
I think this will not work, like when we play real poker. with our bot difficult to count cards.
What do you mean, "... this will not work"? This is standard for anyone who plays poker, even amateur/recreational players.
As far as bots, I love playing against bots. Bots are the most profitable to play against.
I can probably profit from it but not from online poker, somewhere down the line it just doesn't feels fair but the live table poker I would definitely make good money with it but here's a thing, you need a good amount of money, so that you can wait and take tolls of blinds until you get a good hand.
If you are good at mathematics and can count cards why not?
Count cards? I don't think that when you play poker you have to count cards like blackjack! Of course you have to be good in math and statistics
There is an element of "counting cards" in poker. Knowing how many "outs" you have, helps you to quickly calculate the odds of you making a playable hand and whether playing that hand is justified for whatever situation you are in.
I think this will not work, like when we play real poker. with our bot difficult to count cards.
If you are good at mathematics and can count cards why not?
Count cards? I don't think that when you play poker you have to count cards like blackjack! Of course you have to be good in math and statistics
There is an element of "counting cards" in poker. Knowing how many "outs" you have, helps you to quickly calculate the odds of you making a playable hand and whether playing that hand is justified for whatever situation you are in.
If you are good at mathematics and can count cards why not?
Count cards? I don't think that when you play poker you have to count cards like blackjack! Of course you have to be good in math and statistics
It is not for everyone to get living from poker or any type of gambling.There are professional players but what when they meet other professionals.There is surely someone who going to loose.I have been in gambling but for fun and making small amounts.I don't think usual person like us can get living of gambling.
there is a strategy for poker unlike playing dice so i'm sure poker players have their own profit strategy, they are doing math before they do call.
well for me poker is the best game ever , I will share my stats with you guys and you would know what I'm talking about
I'm 20 years old and started to learn poker around 1.5 years ago , I'm not making that huge profits but everyone starts at somepoint right !!
I'm still learning the game and trying to move up in stakes passively while of course trying to keep profiting
I started playing at ACR 1.65$ SNGs last August I guess and now I'm in 5.5$ SNGs . here is my ACR graph so far
you can see my avg ROI is 13.8% during 1668 games
last month I moved back to Betcoin cause the bitcoin price is now more stable and it's trending up , so it's better to play for coins now I guess
here is my graph for 357 games
and finally here is my SWC graph , I occasionally play some MTTS there cause the traffic is low there
so as you can see it's possible to make money playing poker and with good ROI unlike other games , and let's not forget the rakeback
I'm still a beginner but poker isn't a get rich quick thing , the most important thing is to keep learning and moving up slow and steady
I'm 20 years old and started to learn poker around 1.5 years ago , I'm not making that huge profits but everyone starts at somepoint right !!
I'm still learning the game and trying to move up in stakes passively while of course trying to keep profiting
I started playing at ACR 1.65$ SNGs last August I guess and now I'm in 5.5$ SNGs . here is my ACR graph so far
you can see my avg ROI is 13.8% during 1668 games
last month I moved back to Betcoin cause the bitcoin price is now more stable and it's trending up , so it's better to play for coins now I guess
here is my graph for 357 games
and finally here is my SWC graph , I occasionally play some MTTS there cause the traffic is low there
so as you can see it's possible to make money playing poker and with good ROI unlike other games , and let's not forget the rakeback
I'm still a beginner but poker isn't a get rich quick thing , the most important thing is to keep learning and moving up slow and steady
I playing poker for many years now and always loved to play online. Sometimes I won some money with big tournaments or sit and go tables but after all I lost more then I ever could win back. It's so time consuming because tourney can easily take 6 or 10 hours before ending that this give problems in private life. So I stopped with playing daily and only deposit small amount with paysafecard once in the few months.
Surely living with poker is not easy at all.. to become a job you have to study a lot and a good dose of luck too!
Yeah living poker is not easy. For me its just my hobby and sometimes i can win and sometimes i lose.. if you just living with poker you can't be rich.. Poker is for entertainment and its just for fun.. maybe other people are just lucky to live with poker or they are a dealer...
All games what we have in casino's that all entertainment games only and also money losing games. Not only in poker honestly i will tell in poker i have not loss more money but i loss my money here not much, According to me Poker is nice game here we can use our methods nad make money here it's a mixture of strategy and luck both will work out here. But in gambling there is only few gamblers will become rich rest of all poor only.
Yeah, all gambling games are not the way to get rich, not only poker. We can play poker without any money, but absolutely it wouldnt be fun at all
Thats why we have to bet our things like money or another valuable thing to make poker become more fun. But most people have mistaken it and considerate it as the job and the profit as the salary. Surely living with poker is not easy at all.. to become a job you have to study a lot and a good dose of luck too!
Yeah living poker is not easy. For me its just my hobby and sometimes i can win and sometimes i lose.. if you just living with poker you can't be rich.. Poker is for entertainment and its just for fun.. maybe other people are just lucky to live with poker or they are a dealer...
All games what we have in casino's that all entertainment games only and also money losing games. Not only in poker honestly i will tell in poker i have not loss more money but i loss my money here not much, According to me Poker is nice game here we can use our methods nad make money here it's a mixture of strategy and luck both will work out here. But in gambling there is only few gamblers will become rich rest of all poor only.
Surely living with poker is not easy at all.. to become a job you have to study a lot and a good dose of luck too!
Yeah living poker is not easy. For me its just my hobby and sometimes i can win and sometimes i lose.. if you just living with poker you can't be rich.. Poker is for entertainment and its just for fun.. maybe other people are just lucky to live with poker or they are a dealer...
Surely living with poker is not easy at all.. to become a job you have to study a lot and a good dose of luck too!
No i don't think this to be true, i haven't seen any glamber claiming he have won poker without any negative bankroll and living off from the poker profit. I don't know what you like to show comparing poker against slot machines 
i don't find any realtion between those two.
i don't find any realtion between those two.So you think the real life poker professionals are just all scams and lies?
Everyone has been lied to?
Poker is a game where bets are against people, not the house.
For example: Some casinos are better than others - maybe you bump into a bunch of drunk guys who literally gamble and don't even try to beat you. In the long run - you always come out positive against these types. Pure gambling is the complete opposite. Yes you have some gamble and luck in poker just like in anything else you do in real life.
Then you get more complex players so you must be better, etc.
You might want to Google.
Being a poker professional doesn't necessarily mean that they're making a living off of it.
There are a few, but I can confidently say that well under 9% (my best guess is <1%) of poker players are able to make a living off of it.
A lot of the more known poker pros are staked and are actually in make-up.
i agree with dogedigital opinion/argument about a poker players who able to make a living from poker table, very less people can do it. i my self is a bad poker player who never earn good money from this game.
Yup like anything else in life!
Very funny this guy though - you can't be a pro unless you are living from it - the definition of a professional.
No this is not correct. There are many who play poker full time professionally and are still not able to make a living off of it.
A lot of poker professionals are in make-up.
Oh really? Like who?
You might want to consider looking up what professionally means.
You could lie and call yourself a professional but be a loser yes.
Dictionary:
following as a business an occupation ordinarily engaged in as a pastime:
a professional golfer.
Let's use the dictionary definition then shall we? ... but let's replace 'golfer' with 'poker player'.
Although their primary job is playing poker as a profession, with the amount of rake taken, and the increased difficulty in available poker games, they simply do not make enough to make a living.
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