Straight Flush
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: soaking up ethanol, moving on up
Posts: 5,804
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Originally Posted by nice_aiau
yo,
Have you talked to that guy about the taxing etc.?
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not yet. It's something I'll be doing sometime between now and march 31st. I'll let you know once I have it
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Originally Posted by xptboy
Daven, I am interested in knowing how many hours/week you play and how many extra hours you spend studying poker.
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varies a lot. I normally have FTR open if i'm online, and post/comment on occasional hands - but don't consider this study. FTR probably occupies 15-30mins/day?
I play between 800 and 1.3k hands an hour. This month I've played 20k hands - so that's about 20hrs for the month so far. Usually the hours/day is distorted cos once in a while I'll find a rainy day that I'm not working and pull ten hours at the tables.
working only 18hrs a week allows this. I plan to go sorta pro next year (i.e. no work for a while other than poker) - maybe playing only 20hrs a week though.
As for study - it varies a lot. I should study more. I tend to find a topic I want to study hard and then nuke it over 4-6hrs during a week. This involves a bunch of internet forum and strat browsing, saving relevant links and then often printing them for reading and note-taking with caffeine. Often the catalyst is a post on FTR - especially one liners from Fnord, nutsinho, deanglow, spenda, others +, and even more importantly, I'll often spend some solid time on posts from Spoon. I'd say 10hrs a month of proper study is more than I'd normally do
your post is interesting. I do manage to keep doing a lot, but poker definitely has an impact on my life - and not always positive. I've been taking care not to let poker stop me sleeping/eating/working optimally, and especially to keep going out and doing the things that make life magic. $$$ are far from everything - especially when walking back along the beach with aching muscles sipping beer with climbing-buddies as the sun is setting, spinning shit about the amazing climbing session just finished and those yet to come....
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