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pgil
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09-03-2007, 03:00 AM
Post subject: part time players with full time jobs
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Full House
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,103
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this is a question for all of the part timers out there who also work a full time job. How many hands do you play in an average month? How many hours?
If you get in a lot of hands, how do you find time to do it?
I don't think I play nearly enough and would like to hear how others find time for more poker while maintaining a life of some sorts. For instance, I played about 7700 hands in August, which is short of what I would like to be playing each month on average.
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jyms
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Tilting Mod
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 4,836
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I routinely played 35K-45K a month while working and being a husband and father to a 3 year old. Some say I was a little fucked in the head, take it as you will. I never slept enough, I never watch TV and my wife certainly has had discussions with a lawyer.
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bode
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Straight Flush
Join Date: May 2006
Location: slow motion
Posts: 4,270
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i play around 20-25k hands/month with a full time job. My wife works 3 - 12 hour nights shifts a week, so i put in around 2k hands every night she works.
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Vi-Zer0Skill
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Reagan's Kid
4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,742
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i play 12-15k hands per month, but i am only 19 and now that my friends are back in school i am probably going to be playing 15-18k for the next few months.
I play in 500 hand sessions. It usually takes about 90 minutes, and on weekends i try to get 2 sessions in each day so i don't feel like i have to play every weekday when i get home from work.
How many tables do you play at once? (i usually play 4) That may be a good way to increase the number of hands without spending more time in front of the computer.
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pgil
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Full House
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 1,103
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I usually do 3-4 FR tables at a time. Any more and I stop being able to pay attention to them all, and that is a bad thing.
Thanks for the responses. Nice to see a wide range for # of hands being played.
I am sure that there are some times when I am not playing when I could be, just something I will have to work on.
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biondino
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Putney, UK; Full Tilt,Mansion; $50 NL and PL; $13 and $16 SNGs at Stars
Posts: 3,170
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I was playing about 10-11k hands a month 3- or 4-tabling 6max. This worked out to be about 10 hours a week.
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zook
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 3,676
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I play 3-4 weeknights for ~1.5hr/night. Then I play 2-3 hours/day on weekends if I'm not out of town. I 4-6 table 6max and this ends up being between 10k and 15k hands/month, depending on how much I'm travelling.
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dev
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: swonging and swonging
Posts: 1,550
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Could this bring up a discussion about being 'ready to play'? I know that when I wasn't working I played better because I was well rested. Do you all just have great stamina or what?
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acesfullokings
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Straight
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sydney
Posts: 198
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I played 18k hands last month at various micro limits. I'm trying to put in as many hands as I can so I can be at or close to 100NL by the time I get to my Christmas holidays.
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I started a new job so don't play much ATM, just FTP mini grind
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Miffed22001
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Straight Flush
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Marry Me Cheryl!!!
Posts: 8,181
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12-15k
Id be the example of someone who has gone from 50k+ hands per month while finishing my uni course to really small gross hand numbers per month.
Depending on work (i work one sat in 3) and my temp supervisor duties i can get in 15hours or so per week, but can be as low as 8
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