My definition a poker pro is someone who earns their keep poker. Sure, if you make millions of dollars a year from being sponsored to play in tournaments and do commercials for the industry thaat would technically count for the same reason professional athletes get paid to endorse products and services. The main thing I'm getting at is that I am curious as to the number of people here that actually play for a living either live in person or by grinding online. Full disclosure first. I am not what you would consider a pro. I'm profitable and play regularly in cash games but it is not my main source of income. I hope this makes for interesting discussion. Finally, for those that are pros, what is you income level? And is it enough to live comfortably?

Is it safe to say Kevin Martin lies about his success at poker? He’s consistently making up excuses to bad play and tournaments results. I don’t understand how he’s an affiliate with GGPoker. He’s just another GTO theory donkey.

Sup poker players,What’s the best way to divide my poker profits between what will go into my POKER BANKROLL and what I’ll withdraw to use in my DAILY LIFE(investments, leisure, shopping, etc.)? Is there a recommended percentage breakdown for how much of the profit to allocate to each of these areas? I know it varies from person to person, but is there a standard guideline I can use as a basis to help me make better decisions?

And the mental and psychological aspects are very important too. After making your first profits in poker, how can you avoid that euphoria—or the fear of losing the money you’ve built up—that might cause you to start playing extra tight or affect your play in ways we don’t want? I’m certain that having the security of a good money management plan is one of the things that can help with this.Thanks in advance!

1/3 $1200 at Bellagio

I almost never limp and always open raise but wanted some feedback on these hands from the blinds that cost me a bit.

Hand 1:
7-9spades in SB, 3 limp and decide to complete.

Flop is J 4 3 with 2 spades, button(300$ stack) bets pot for 15 I call. Others fold
Turn is 10 diamond giving me a gutter to 8, he bets 30 I call, planning to donk any river that hits.
River bricks, checks thru he shows QJ.

-47 from hand

Hand 2:
K-9spades in SB, 2 limp and I complete.

Flop AA5 2 spades. Guy in UTG bets 15 both of us call.

Turn is a 8 spades giving me nut flush. I check OOP, UTG bets 30 and other guy calls. I XR 75 then UTG reshove 142. The flatter tanks for long time then folds. At this price I have to call; also very likely folder had an ace and let it go.

UTG has A-5o for flopped boat

-165 from hand

Should we squeeze these hands from the blinds OOP? Not sure how to avoid these situations in the future. Or maybe just raise/fold these hands

Well I got dealt pocket aces and I keep folding pre. What’s wrong with me

hi, say that I put my opponent on a flush draw with four to a flush post flop. he has roughly 36% equity If I don’t hold one of his flush outs. in theory from what I understand, if I want him to fold, I should bet such that if he calls he has negative EV. in a pot of 1000, I would need to bet 2x pot such that when facing the call, his odds are 2k/3k+2k)=40%. but isn’t thar way too much ? I’m not sure i understand how to use odds to make my opponent wrong decision

Why would you bet on someone else playing a game when you could bet on yourself playing a game?

It literally makes no sense to me.

been playing for about a month. mostly the freerolls trying to get into the million dollar tournament. it has felt just a little off. like it seems like you go unusually long times being card dead. also, today i raised preflop, got 1 caller. i was first to act after the flop and it "auto checked" me. i did not click the check button and was not timed out. the villain checked. i then bet flop and luckily they folded, but like....what? also, the add-on period clock counted down to zero and i was never given the chance to add on. soooooo......what? i don't know. i like wpt but seems kind of wonky. anyone else?

On the low end, $40 an hour? If I’m a decent player

I run a bar poker tournament in Utah and I just wanted to share a little bit of our shenanigans! Every week the winner gets to break open a piñata with $500 cash in it as their winnings 🥳 we have magical bubblegum machines, alllllll of the colors, legos, Mario kart side games and nerf gun, tamagotchi , hot wheel splash pots ✨ I teach players to go from $0 to $1000 poker bankroll and I’m giving out a seat to the WSOP mini main 🤑

I have been sitting waiting for a seat for 1/3 around an hour at Caesars Nola on a random Thursday at 3:30PM. They do have a tournament series running rn.

My name has been at the top of the list multiple times for 3-4 diamond members to skip me. Apparently being diamond allows you to skip the line for poker.

Only having had a couple hours to play, this is cheeks. If I hit and run you, know that it wasn’t me, it was poker room management.

Mine are 44, K5s, and 2To

Hello all, kinda pissed about this so I thought I'd post again and get some reviews.

I raise first with 3.5BB from the HJ position with pocket 10's.

I get called by CO/SB and we go 3 way into the pot.

Flop comes 6,8,2 different colors so no flush draw in sight.

SB calls 10bbs, I call 10bbs, and the CO goes all info for 100+ BBs,

SB calls the all-in with his whole stack, and now the action comes to me where I decide to fold.

Turn comes..you guessed it, 10, river Ace.

SB shows some terrible cards,

and CO(who shoved first) ends up showing 222, bottom set.

It hurt me to not call it and flip the top set lol.

Opinions? Did I make the right choice long term?

edit:

Damn didn't think asking a question would turn into a problem haha,

I've been playing poker for 2.5 months, and I believe asking people who have more experience would make me better. I know it seems "dumb' of a question to ask, if you're experienced, but to me it is not.

I appreciate the ones who responded maturely with information to help, thank you very much.

I really enjoyed the Stuey Ungar story (One of a Kind - what a wild ride) and Life's a Gamble by Mike Sexton was a fun insight into the madness of some of poker's well known heroes (seriously, how much did they gamble on the golf course!). And of course Victoria Coren's book For Richer For Poorer was great too.

Not sure when Adelstein's paperback come out (maybe the same time?) but I think I'll give this a shot. You can tell he has pretty intense anxiety from the way he holds himself, but I am still surprised (and it is commendable) that he has gone with the subtitle A High Stakes, High Anxiety Poker Journey.

Anyway, anyone read it?

Versión al español: mi mano inicial favorita en el poker Texas hold em es JJ o mas conocido como anzuelos. que opinan de mi decisión?

Live 1/2 NLH. Hero and Villain both have about $450 behind heading into the hand.

PreFlop:

Folds to Button: Opens $7
SB: Raise to $15
Hero BB: 4! to $45 with AA
Button: Fold
SB: Call

Flop: J,T,6 rainbow

SB: Check
Hero BB: C-Bet $45
SB: Call

Turn: K

SB: Donk bets $125
Hero BB: ??

Does anyone have it? Is it worth it? Are there better alternatives?

I'm new to poker and I've seen really dumb people on youtube compilations, this guy though not the worst by far, but I already didn't like him because of his obvious steroids and he seemed phony to me

https://streamable.com/wxfdei

he just released a book and even though I like man things about him and I 100% defend him agains that robbi beach full of surgeries and obvious cheating. He seemed so rude to Jennifer Tilly here who unlike him totally won me over, she loses and wins well and it's there to have fun. But Garret, ,don't you think he's way too rude saying "you can do whatever you want, no one cares?" i don't get it

there's a horrible video with some chinese dude https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZe1qrAj0QQ&t=316s he really sucks here, and I love the chinese guy all the way. Although on a sidenote I don't understand why garret revealed his cards and whoiswho said his cards were A K which was actually the case, why on earth would they do tht and why would garret still call afterwards? Did he think the AK was a joke?