"Going Pro"

Originally Posted by Andrew

Originally Posted by spoonitnow

Suppose you play 25nl full ring on a $1100 bankroll and for whatever reason you make $20/hour and are able to play for 30 hours/week. If your job pays $9/hour, and you get to work 40 hours/week, you should quit your job and play poker if your bills are lower than X.

What is X?

Originally Posted by Spoonitnow

We are starting out with only 44 buy-ins. This by itself creates a situation where we are almost doomed to fail, especially since moving down to 10nl will not be an option

So the answer is it's a trick question. We shouldn't be quitting our job and playing poker given the situation quoted.

Not necessarily -- it's definite that an X exists that makes it correct to quit your job. I'm just asking peoples opinion of what that X is and why.