"Each individual hand is not a big deal. Whether you lose this pot or you win this pot, you're going to play a million more pots after that, so what's the big deal? Keep everything in perspective, stay calm, and you'll be less likely to give anything away with your face." -Johnny Chan
Playing poker professionally for the past four years has been a "Roller Coaster." It all started when I was a senior in high school and made my first $50 deposit into party poker. I built my bankroll to 400 dollars and was instantly addicted to Texas hold 'em. By the end of the week I lost my "br" and another 300 dollars. I was very disappointed, but after saving up some money I decided to give it one more shot. Instead of playing the cash games, I decided to try out the 10-1 sng. Somehow without reading any poker literature I started killing the 10-1 sng. It wasn't that I was doing anything magical, it was more like the players were so bad. I wouldn't even play a hand unless it was aa, kk, qq, ak, or jj or until the blinds were 50-100. But by then half the players were already eliminated.
After building a solid BR of about $4k I heard about an opportunity to become a "prop poker player." So when I moved to Spokane, Washington for college I decided not to get a normal j.o.b, but instead decided to live off my poker winnings. I was making about 12 bucks an hour on my winnings, and a little over 20 bucks an hour on my rake back deal. After a couple of years I was averaging between 40-45k a year. That might not sound like much to you guys depending were you live, but when you live in a city were the average wage is between 25-30k a year and you're making a little over 40k then life is pretty fucking great.
after attending college for a few years I decided to take a shot and move to L.A. I looked through craigslist to try and find a couple of roommates to live with. My living expenses in L.A. compared to spokane were doubled. Therefore, I decided to get a job as a loan officer and play poker part-time. That only worked out for a couple of months and now I'm back to playing poker as my only source of income and playing primarily 20/40 and 40/80 limit and 500 nl.
Before I go I just want to give you some stats about my life so there is no confusion for future posts.
- currently single
- Moved to l.a without knowing anyone. Closest family member is 2 hrs away
- Dating a couple of women
- Playing majority of poker at the Bike and Commerce casino
- Live on my own
- 24 yrs old
Nothing else comes to mind.
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how does the pay for a prop player work?
it varies.. you could get paid by rakeback that is normally 100 percent or higher, get 8-12 cents per hand dealt to you depending what level your playing. or my favorite get paid hourly.
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