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Hey guys I'm not so much of a poster but a lurker on this forum I recently took 30 dollars and took it to 500 on pokerstars and then my cpu suddenly breaks and I had to withdraw all my funds to buy a new one. I have major anxiety problems and a job atm isn't really doable since I have super bad social anxiety and have only worked in warehouses but right now I am injured and I'm unable to lift boxes. I am really dedicated to a poker career my goal is to save up to 1000USD then start with the concept of 1/200 tournament buy ins or 5.50 or below tournies. Currently I am killing a boss called vorkath in osrs which gives 3m an hour or 1.50USD an hour so I can save up for the 1000 usd but I feel like there must be a faster way to pursue my dream of becoming a pro poker player in my current situation any advice or help would be great thanks.

The best advise is too start low and keep to a strict bankroll management.

Do you want to play sng/tournaments or just cash games ? If you want to play cash games Google for Raszi's bankroll management.

Tournaments is what I had success with before I have currently made 150 usd from osrs but I feel like I need more to start doing tournaments every day since I have heard 100-200 buy-ins is recommended

Today it is not easy to play poker professionally. The good times have long been over and there is no easy money left. Therefore you have to think twice about whether it is right for you

So the initial goal for you is to collect 1000$ to be able to setup your poker business. Currently you are getting 1.5 Dollars per hour so theoretically  it will take about 700 hours to make $1000 which is very time consuming.

What work you are currently doing and also tell us what skills you have ?   Maybe you can find a better paying job so that your goal is achieved in a much quicker time.

are you talking about large field MTTs, single table SNGs? some combination? this will greatly affect the number of buy-ins you need. my rule has always been minimum 200 buy-ins for SNGs (including small field multi-table). large field MTTs have extremely high variance so you'll need more.

due to variance, being a pro requires the ability to ride out long stretches (weeks or even months) of break-even play or slight losses. so if i were really depending on poker for a living, i would want minimum 500 buy-ins. you also want a cushion in the bank for a few months living expenses so you aren't stressing over day-to-day expenses.

it sounds like you've got potential, but it's also important not to play beyond your means. maybe consider going semi-pro for a while, to help ride out the variance while you build your bankroll.

There's a lot of ways to master poker online, but I'm telling you the scenario on the real casinos is totally different compare to those applications. Well, if you really want to have a good career on playing poker then you must experience it in the real world. Go to casinos and spare a small money for you to experience that, it will be hard for sure.

To overcome your fears keep your mind where you want to go and not at your anxiety or fears you might have.Once you are calm you can start and try to get into a poker career,it is very difficult but not impossible and if you are decided to achieve it you will.You just need a bit of more self esteem.

Your dream of becoming a professional poker's player is achievable just that you need dedication and commitment since you know your conditions. Poker playing is highly risky but that does not mean people are not making it through poker playing. Investing in bankrolling is another way to make money just that you need to invest hugely in other to make it.

The first thing you need to become a pro poker player is you need to have skills in poker, and you know how to play poker more than other people, you can control your emotion in the poker game, you know how much money to bets in the poker, and else.

And if you don't have good skills in poker, you can try to learn from the software which you don't have to use the money to learn poker. That will help you to improve your skills, so you are ready to play poker with the other player. But there will be many other you will need to learn besides learning the poker game.

Dude, don't forget to buy glasses  ;)

Are you planning to be a poker player offline or online ?
Quick advice - don't quit your current job. Play poker when you have free time.

Online poker as a 'career' isn't as easy as it used to be imo.  It's better to play live cash games.  The game's a little slower but there's more recreational players that could make up for the lack of volume.

I don't really want you to be negative in life but I guess being a professional at poker isn't an easy thing in my opinion, And there is no easy way in getting to the top, Even if you had the skill and determination in you there are plenty of a lot of poker player that is very professional in the field so that will be very difficult in my opinion, And even if you have a very great skill in poker I don't think that this is a normal career and I think it is actually easy getting a fine job that would let you get profit to secure a great business, but you can sure pursue being a poker player but I guess just in moderation and don't make it a career.

I am a part-time professional poker player.

Unfortunately, unless you have racked up a sizeable win amount on Pokerstars or some other poker tracking software, it is highly unlikely anybody will bankroll you.

The only thing you can do is look to be bankrolled by somebody by proving your skills, if you can't do this, then you'll need to grind your way up like everyone else.

Online poker is not just easy for you to make a career. Even how professional you are but there are more and more poker players like you who are good players too. It is hard to determine your opponent and to defeat online you don't know how to read their mind, maybe I would suggest if you pursue being a poker player, just play on a cash basis in a real casino. Maybe a pro poker player will have a chance to earn profit but that does not have a guarantee. But at least you can read their reaction and face emotion by handling their cards and beware of an opponent who had wear sunglasses. :D

you may not like what I will say but I'm 100% sure you are overestimating your skills
you have no experience at all with the higher stakes so if you have more money and played higher stakes the regs at that level most likely will destroy you

in poker you should never take the short way , you should beat the lowest level then move up to the next one
this way you can be sure that you are beating the 1$ games for example and then you can move up to 2$ and so on

even if you have like 5 years experience but only playing 20$ games and lower you will struggle a lot if you suddenly move to the 200$ games

so don't really count on your previous experience , turning 30$ to 500$ is great for sure but you can't tell that you will do that same if you suddenly move up the stakes

I have a friend who's a professional poker player now and is competing with local tournaments. Didn't even expected that he's going to be like that because he's a classy guy and has a professional job so whenever he's about to compete, he asks consent from his boss.

I didn't know the full story on how he became a pro and he didn't even mentioned the hardships he went. But if OP really wants to become a pro poker player, my suggestion is you have to be prepared with whatever the outcome of your decision.

Well unless he will be playing in real casino then there’s a big chance of winning compared to online in which most plays are interfered by the computer and algorithms

But I think Op is good enough in this game and with a advice from professionals in this field will bring him success one day

But remember gambling needs luck comparing to real life job that only skills to gain profit

If you really want to become a high league pro poker player, earn a name first. In your locality, that's what I mean. Play local, small time, first. If you become a notorious player there, you'll definitely get to play at the higher levels, and when you earn an additional star there, your level goes a notch higher. Good luck!

By the way, you might want to try playing poker at Nitrogen Sports. Try it there. You might love it. You can even play at different tables at the same time with Nitrogen Sports poker.

Is there a option of playing texas poker in facebook with bitcoin ?
I heard that texas poker gives you points to play and they are not linked with real money.

Just because you made some money through poker,you are now ready to start your career as only gambler?

My advice is keep that $1000 for your expenses until you get your new job,you might lose all that thousand dollars even in a day itself.

You said your friend is a professional player and yet still working right? I think this is enough to inspire someone. I was about advising the OP not to quit his job until I saw this. I don’t think career should stop a player from playing or improving. Like other people have mentioned, there are so many soft wares for self-improvement.

In my opinion, I do not support considering poker or any related gambling games for a career no matter how good you might think you are. Been good does not stop the fact that there is still a level of uncertainty in all of this games. Better to concentrate on your career, then improve yourself in gambling.

I think in the texas poker in facebook doesn't integrate their system with bitcoin (or I miss something because I don't login into my facebook account for a long time ago). As far as I know, facebook uses their own chips to play the texas poker, and I heard that the chips could be sold to another player because some of my friends in the past already did this.

I think in the poker game, you can get a pro poker player if you can improve your skills by defeating the other player and you can control your emotion. But I admitted that it is hard to learn poker and it needs time before we can master the game.

if you will read the post above you , the guy said that its not linked with real money therfor bitcoin is not also present on this game  . the chips sold thingy might only be a feature of the game to unlock more in game items or effects just like on any other games  . you said learning poker is hard , i agree with that and not just poker but other card games as well because they have different terms that we need to familiarize with  , they also involve countings   .

So what's on your mind today? Any plans?

You don't need advice regarding poker plans but advice about how to pursue them. You are confused about what to do.

My suggestion is to take it slowly. Don't rush. Execute your plans on a smooth phase. Patience is all you need.

Even if your a lousy player you can attract sponsors if you have charisma and draw in viewers.  Most big athletes make the majority of their money from endorsements and not actually playing their game.  Never give up on your dreams and you may make it one day, don't listen to the haters.

I do really agree with you comments and I will encourage the op to developed his skills on poker as far as he is good in it he will be attract money from all side. I believe that you can learn any area of poker within a shortest period of time and before you know you will began to make huge money from it.

This can happened if OP will really make it thru and build his reputations from this industry, he can achieved his goals and attract sponsors to support his journey, it's a free options for OP to continue proceeding and follow his interest there's no one can stop if he's really well decided the only concerned is OP also needs to check and balanced his situations if he can afford to accept if things won't go according to his desire.

If he can't work, what else do you suggest he do? A lot of retired and disabled people play sit down games because they are easy on the body.

With that said, not everybody is cut out for a game like Poker, it an put a toll on the mind and the finances, particularly if you get an unlucky streak.

It's not something you bet your life savings on.

Poker must be one of the most famous games if not the most famous one in casinos, so you can easily train yourself in different kinds of poker through free games without real money.
Just check what games are available for your phone, I started there!

It would take 29 days before he accomplished the 1000 dollars. It is very consuminh yet if you are determined, you will patiently wait for that moment. He needs to get also a high paying job because it is not enough to have a poker business. He would also have savings so that he will have a savings even his business fall.

He's trying to look for a solution which he thinks gonna fit himself while taking up a rest. The situation he's currently in is a struggle and I understand that because he had won, he became confident with it.

But he's looking for a faster solution and he thinks that's the solution. And he had mentioned that it's his 'dream' to become a pro poker player, well everyone has a dream but who knows? there's nothing wrong to have dream like that but it's up to him on how he'll execution his plan. Just be careful with the triggering effect if the results aren't so good.

I think you want to go for it out of desperation, there is a big risk of trying too much, your expectation might not the reality that you'll expect, so take it slow, about your current situation that you need at least $1000 if you can prove that you are a good poker player to a friend you can invite him to invest in your skill, and make it 50/50 share of the income, until you have enough income to make it on your own.

It is interesting you said your computer CPU broke down... or is that computer CPU?  Would you mind telling us why it broke down? You sure the poker website isn't using your cpu power for something else, like mining cryptocurrencies?

I like the idea of career in poker. If that is really possible I would try to learn to be a poker player too.

Well said, we cannot able to accept poker as a career and invest this much of big amount to start as a gambler. If I am being in that situation I will never take such decision and I will not in much amount to avoid the heavy loss.

My advice is that you will never become a Poker player because this is not an employment.
Gambling is only for fun and if you try to do it professionally you will end up loosing everything.

You are taking that CP breakdown too far.It isn't really related to any other like hidden miner or whatsoever.So you are typically talking nonsense on here.
On what sense you do get the idea on what op told? I'm sure you didn't even know on whats buy-in. bet me.  ;D

Good for you because you win all the time . with that skill i could say that you are already an expert in playing poker games  . whats gooder is that you know how to spend ypur winnings  . your spending it for your family to give them a better future .  i hope that you will sustain that good dead of yours and you wont be distract or tempted to do bad stuffs , like what other pro gamblers have ended .

Nah. I'm not buying that. Even professional poker players won't claim to be winning all the time. Usually profits come from sponsors and not from consistent winning. It's hard to connect playing poker with thinking about saving for your kids. Kinda contradicting for me. There are likely just a small amount of people good enough to make money to save for the future.

You said you do not want to be negative but yet you are already sounding negative with the comment you gave, There’s no dream that is too big to achieve and the fact that there are already existing players does not stop new professionals from emerging. The sky is wide enough for everyone to fly and anyone can become whatever they desire to be. They might only need to have a teachable heart and be ready to learn.

My only advice for the OP is not to quit he’s job. If he is determined to be a PRO then he can mix it with he’s job, just that he would have to make a huge time sacrifice for this. But I believe in the end, it will be worth it.

Well, bro. Sometimes a person cannot equate what he cannot achieve with the abilities of others. Maybe he can't reach it and thinks the OP is only dreaming, but here disagrees with him because the ability and luck for everyone is different.

It could be that the OP really did become a Pro poker player. Because this is a personal experience for me, where the effort will not betray the results.

So you can be called as man of luck. :o

even the players with lot of experience on playing poker didn't win every game there betting.

Exactly. Try to have a stable job that's way nicer if you really want to save some money for your kid/s. Gambling is at a 50/50 chance and sometimes it is even lower than that, other benefiting factors are being greedy and let emotions take over when gambling. There are real career professionals on poker though I find it as a hobby for them and I guess it isn't easy to get there it involves talent and most of all money.

Turning your 30$ into 500$ is quite a accomplishment - no one is denying that
You should take this as a sign from your CPU suddenly breaking down which forced you to withdraw your funds
If you are really thinking about making a career from playing online poker maybe you should listen to some of the horrorstories that get tossed around so much
Beginners luck is a real thing and you might have got it but in the long run online poker or even physical poker is only a career very few can have

You have to assess both sides whether you can take things according to your interest if you can workout with your knowledge and you can keep yourself enhancing with your skills, it's all about how will you survive and how keen you are adding progress and adding chances to your career.

Weigh in and do check and balance with how things will improve your chances to live with this choice that you will going to venture.

You are very right and its quite unfortunate that so many gamblers would not accept this truth, having gambling game as a career is like creating a hole in a pocket full of money because it will definitely go dry with time.

The aspect gamblers fail to understand is that it is possible to go into gambling with an entertainment mentality and yet make so much money but at the same time, one can enter with the heart of playing professionally and still keep on losing money.

Poker games is my most favorites gambling games and considering my expertise in this game, I ought to have considered it a profession but I refuse to do this because I understand gambling so well. Players who take it for a profession never make money from it and those who play for fun, can end up even making more, moreover, gambling is too full of uncertainty for anyone to consider it a s a profession.

Here's a poker success story in case you guys are interested.  Chris Moneymaker.  The inspiration that started the poker boom of the early 2000's.  He was an amateur who qualified for the WSOP main event by playing a satellite online and took on the pros of that time and won.

Enjoy.  I hope it inspires you guys...  :)

The Story of Chris Moneymaker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVSM69GfjdI

The fastest will be to get a loan, from your relatives and friends who believe in your skills do not go for a loan shark, or if you have some jewelry or a real estate or something that you can pawn will be ok, but only do this if you really think that you can make a career in poker, think ten times and if you are so sure then go for it.

^  Lololol!  Pawn some jewelry (and real estate, is that possible?)??  Sounds like a tweaker running out of cash.  :D

Anyway watch these vids.  I hope it gets you guys interested in taking up the game.

High Stakes Poker Season 5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7isVBe0x2zs&list=PLTN1gps5rHmN9x2DlfxAbE9Z4YQ_bJ2cK

Season 5 is the best of them all imo.

wow that's crazy, bro. the risk is too high if you use loan funds to gamble. It might not matter if the OP has consistent profits, he just needs to borrow and raise the betting budget. But I do not recommend things like that, maybe it would be good if lucky and vice versa would be very bad if not lucky. It's better to use a parlay system by doubling the bet from the previous profit.

High Stakes Poker. Damn Ive watch those episodes that much.

This is my all time favorite hand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYxzAaBPR50