How many of you can honestly profit playing poker?

[Slowturtleinc]

The problem with poker is more people would profit if the rake was lower. Its such a small edge game that adjusting the rake would bump a lot of losers in to winners. Think the reason you see so few winners is to be a good poker player to some extent taking a bit of balls and the line is thin enough that if you got to big of balls you go broke easy.
Other aspect has to be psychology and how we play to our limitations.

[grandFX]

Not me, but my friend he is doing most of the time to playing poker
and he's get a lot of btc, yersteday he told to me, he win his 3.45 BTC

[plost24]

profit of any gambling game can't be calculated it can get to 10% up to 1000% but there is an objective to reach and don't do it randomly with that you will have a nice profit you need to be optimist and be satisfy with what you got, and for poker the profit is up to your skills too so if you are an amateur you stop at 10% profit because it was your luck but if you are a pro you can reach 100% or more if the luck in your side too.

[ProfessionalGoogler]

The problem with poker is more people would profit if the rake was lower. Its such a small edge game that adjusting the rake would bump a lot of losers in to winners. Think the reason you see so few winners is to be a good poker player to some extent taking a bit of balls and the line is thin enough that if you got to big of balls you go broke easy.
Other aspect has to be psychology and how we play to our limitations.

That is another thing to watch out for, some people will play a very safe game - very tight - just enough to earn rake back which can end up being thousands back per month.

Online poker is a whole different strat vs live.

You better use a HUD if you play online or you are already behind..  

[ProfessionalGoogler]

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.

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. 

all kind game of gambling are less winners than losers , no matter it is poker (against people) or general casino games (against house edge) a losers are much more than winners.

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. 

[Rubberduckie]

If i sit and wait for great cards which is BORING

then I profit it seems everytime. Most people are impatient and will
call with marginal hands and need to get lucky to catch premium hands

the problem is.... is its so boring I would rather actually work than grind poker.

I only play to have fun now here and there and call with fun hands to call with 10j
etc. Its just to much of a grind if your waitin for aces kings a/k

[Falconer]

I got profit from poker just because I often played freerolls where I collected and used the prize from freerolls winning to join tournament. I rarely using my money to join poker tournament.

[BTCLovingDude]

i am not exactly an expert or professional poker player but i am average at poker but i have never had a good chance of winning in any online poker games because i am playing against a monitor not a face

but whenever i play poker with my friends that are at the same level as me i have a better chance and more fun because i am playing against a face

[ProfessionalGoogler]

i am not exactly an expert or professional poker player but i am average at poker but i have never had a good chance of winning in any online poker games because i am playing against a monitor not a face

but whenever i play poker with my friends that are at the same level as me i have a better chance and more fun because i am playing against a face

You would probably do great at a casino that has a lot of traffic then - Fri-Sat nights with the drunks.

[Falconer]

i am not exactly an expert or professional poker player but i am average at poker but i have never had a good chance of winning in any online poker games because i am playing against a monitor not a face

but whenever i play poker with my friends that are at the same level as me i have a better chance and more fun because i am playing against a face

This is why I dont like playing any real poker, since I can't bluffing my opponents Yeah the main method to win in real poker is poker face, but in online casino you have to analyze the probability in every card you hold.

[ProfessionalGoogler]

i am not exactly an expert or professional poker player but i am average at poker but i have never had a good chance of winning in any online poker games because i am playing against a monitor not a face

but whenever i play poker with my friends that are at the same level as me i have a better chance and more fun because i am playing against a face

This is why I dont like playing any real poker, since I can't bluffing my opponents Yeah the main method to win in real poker is poker face, but in online casino you have to analyze the probability in every card you hold.

Not really you need to use a HUD or you are already behind.

A HUD does a lot of the work for you.

[Dogedigital]

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.

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. 

all kind game of gambling are less winners than losers , no matter it is poker (against people) or general casino games (against house edge) a losers are much more than winners.

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.

[jjc326]

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!

[BitMaxz]

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...

[klf]

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.

[Falconer]

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.

[onlinedragon]

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.

[SyGambler]

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

[bittraffic]

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.

[buddu]

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.