EPTOn July 29 2010 13:35 Newguy wrote: (isn't it illegal in the USA?)
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Question for pro poker players playing SC2. - Page 2
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Corrupted
United States1255 Posts
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3clipse
Canada2555 Posts
Only around 10 bw players at any one time made a salary above what you would likely make in the standard workforce. SC2 will expand the market, but not to the point of making profit motive the driving force. People play because it's fun. You're probably more likely to win the lottery than to make a living wage playing Starcraft. | ||
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CagedMind
United States506 Posts
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MiniTsunami
United States274 Posts
On July 29 2010 14:38 CagedMind wrote: How long of training does it take to see income from poker? Let's say 30$ an hour. How about 100$? That depends on how fast of a learner you are and how naturally adept at the game you are of course, and how large your starting bankroll is. If you are a brand new player, an average learner, and have a starting BR of say... $250... You could possibly get to the point where you make $30 an hour in 3 months - a year, depending on how well you run, your BR management, and the amount of time you put into the game. But that's only if you are actually able to become good. Many many players will never make $30 an hour playing poker. So honestly, although I tried to give you a serious answer, the true serious answer is "It is completely, and totally subjective to the individual." There is no specific timeframe that one can put on learning to play poker. I was profitable from the very first time I played, but it wasn't for 4 years that I actually started keeping track of my hourly wage and making it a job rather than a source of extra income to party with. | ||
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ROOTFayth
Canada3351 Posts
realistically nowadays with all the information available online, in about 1 year of solid dedication to the game you can probably make it to easily maintaining 10 000$ in profit + rakeback per month playing ~6 hours a day, that's only if you're an average dedicated grinder at like 2/4 and 3/6.. if you're pretty good you can then go up to 6 figures a month and if you're really pretty freaking awesome you can maybe pull a 7 figures month (these are really only the very best players, you could compare them to the top korean pro gamers in korea for starcraft) | ||
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CagedMind
United States506 Posts
If you read up on tactics, learned the chances and already had exp being competitive at playing with odds. Is 2 weeks reasonable? | ||
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ROOTFayth
Canada3351 Posts
It's almost impossible... unless you start off with like a 3000$ roll and someone to coach you right off the bat, but you probably can't afford any coach so you still gotta be realistic there haha, I was really good at maths and had a pretty solid competitive starcraft backround and it still took a while | ||
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fenner
United Kingdom163 Posts
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petzergling
538 Posts
On July 29 2010 15:20 fenner wrote: What Aizen said, it completely depends on the individual. I've been playing for nearly 2 years putting in a LOT of hours but i still don't make over $10/hr. Basically its hard to assume anything with poker, you can just play your best, learn as much as you can and then hope you get somewhere. considered coaching? lol also to the guy who said 30/hr after 2 weeks like sc poker is based alot off of exp. u can have a good coach and starting roll and solid tilt control but theres still tons of situations you have to get used to and be comfortable with in order to be able to play a bunch of tables profitably | ||
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UniversalSnip
9871 Posts
On July 29 2010 14:53 CagedMind wrote: It is tough to answer. Not an avg learner so I guess that changes things. I was one of top 5 in http://www.kongregate.com/games/Kongregate/kongai which I'm told uses similar skills to poker. If you read up on tactics, learned the chances and already had exp being competitive at playing with odds. Is 2 weeks reasonable? My father plays professionally and it took him a long time to make good money. Two weeks is so far from reasonable it boggles my mind that you can even ask. | ||
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HeadhunteR
Argentina1258 Posts
they said fuck starcraft ill play poker instead i wont have to work as hard.. sc2 wont be that different... | ||
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petzergling
538 Posts
also i have a feeling starcraft 2 will be alot less mechanically demanding then sc1 | ||
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ROOTFayth
Canada3351 Posts
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petzergling
538 Posts
fayth i dont read lp much what is your ps/ftp sns? or do you not out them here | ||
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hunter3
United States155 Posts
On July 29 2010 14:53 CagedMind wrote: It is tough to answer. Not an avg learner so I guess that changes things. I was one of top 5 in http://www.kongregate.com/games/Kongregate/kongai which I'm told uses similar skills to poker. If you read up on tactics, learned the chances and already had exp being competitive at playing with odds. Is 2 weeks reasonable? Umm no. That video game is nothing like staring down someone's bluff with your king high and $3000 sitting in the pot. It's not as simple as reading a book, shelling out $100, and instantly profiting. I've known players, smart guys, who've played for 3+ years and barely break $20-30 / hour. Hell, those old guys probably been playing their entire lives and are still losing money. You can pick up the game quickly if you have some natural talent. Good mathematical skills, the ability to read body language, and a stone cold discipline that can stand 14 hours of constant analyzing and decision making without faltering or succumbing to swings in emotion. Then again, if you had any of these skills, you wouldn't be posting in an online forum about whether you should start playing poker. | ||
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Zalfor
United States1035 Posts
honestly, poker isn't easy. It's not hard, but the learning curve is definitely steep. listen to fayth, everything he says is honest truth | ||
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jamesr12
United States1549 Posts
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