its official . i could move to vegas and make a living playing 1/2 nl poker

World Number One said:

just got back late last night .

played 45 minutes at ceasers and made 80 bucks .

played 4 hours at mgm and turned 200 into 750.

amazing how bad the play is at that level. i guess people figure they didnt travel out there to fold.

i played nothing but solid , patient poker and kept raking pots.

the calls i witnessed were nothing short of idiotic.

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festeringZit said:

Making your judgment on 5 hrs of poker?

People have up/down swings that last months.

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steak tartar said:

yup........i know many good players at their level that need 10k here and there........just be careful being the smartest guy at the table can pay off...........just not right away or consistently like a paycheck

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TheRightSide said:

Steak the way my job is going this is going to be my paycheck.

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bellyputter said:

I wouldn't advise anyone to gamble for a living.

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bellyputter said:

I can run over almost any poker player trying to make living expenses. Especially at no-limit.

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Iceman said:

Fezzik (one of the most reknown gamblers in Vegas) says NL poker is the first thing he would advise someone to attempt to do for a living if they were coming to Vegas to gamble for a living.

He claims you can make the most money with the smallest bankroll playing NL. He says a motivated player in Vegas can make 75k-200k a year playing NL $1-2. He claims someone playing weekend hours of 9pm-6am friday and saturday night can make $50-100 an hour playing. He calls this the "tourist" hours and says the games are very soft at this time.

Remember the size of your stack mean NOTHING in a NL cash game. Meaning big stacks have no advantage at all versus small stacks at the table. Fezzik plays a small stack strategy and feels this gives him a huge edge in the game. I am just reporting what he is saying. Keep in mind of all the people I have met in this town their is no question in my mind he is the most knowledgeable hard working one I have came across and it isnt even close.

I am studying my ass off right now doing this and will report back later but this is a venture I will pursue in the very near future. Believe me I am bottom of the barrel right now so I may be a good study at this.

What WNO reports is so true. I have not played at a hand yet but you wouldnt believe it until you watched the players. Everyone stays in. Like he said most come here to gamble and if you play patient aggressive poker you will have the advantage more times than not with these bad players. It's all about making better decisions than your opponents and that isnt hard to do in these particular games.

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Iceman said:

Fezzik (one of the most reknown gamblers in Vegas) says NL poker is the first thing he would advise someone to attempt to do for a living if they were coming to Vegas to gamble for a living.

He claims you can make the most money with the smallest bankroll playing NL. He says a motivated player in Vegas can make 75k-200k a year playing NL $1-2. He claims someone playing weekend hours of 9pm-6am friday and saturday night can make $50-100 an hour playing. He calls this the "tourist" hours and says the games are very soft at this time.

Remember the size of your stack mean NOTHING in a NL cash game. Meaning big stacks have no advantage at all versus small stacks at the table. Fezzik plays a small stack strategy and feels this gives him a huge edge in the game. I am just reporting what he is saying. Keep in mind of all the people I have met in this town their is no question in my mind he is the most knowledgeable hard working one I have came across and it isnt even close.

I am studying my ass off right now doing this and will report back later but this is a venture I will pursue in the very near future. Believe me I am bottom of the barrel right now so I may be a good study at this.

What WNO reports is so true. I have not played at a hand yet but you wouldnt believe it until you watched the players. Everyone stays in. Like he said most come here to gamble and if you play patient aggressive poker you will have the advantage more times than not with these bad players. It's all about making better decisions than your opponents and that isnt hard to do in these particular games.

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Mopisgood said:

you will not be able to afford a decent living playing 1-2NL in a casino. I play this online and average 6 BB/100 hands (over 100k hands played in 08). I keep poker tracker running all the time and notice the other good online players avg about the same with some of the best around 10 BB/100. I can make decent money online because when I 8 table I can do around 350-400 hands per hour, but in a casino you can only do 1 table at a time and even if you could average 12 BB/100 which would be huge in the longterm, it would still only be $24 per hour......which ain't much of a living.

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