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This will sound silly, but it's not that hard to make $1k per month playing online poker... if you're moderately mathy and have good self-control, you can make

This will sound silly, but it's not that hard to make $1k per month playing online poker... if you're moderately mathy and have good self-control, you can make a bunch of money. If you don't have good self-control, then yeah, pick something else.

_harry 16y ago
My roommate from my freshman year tried the online poker thing. Made $100 the first day. $1k the first month. $5k the second. Then he won some $30,000 tourney. Then he dropped out. He's been pursuing it full time for the last 4 years. He'll go into casinos and play for 50 hours straight without even realizing it. For awhile, he was dating a 35 year old women during one of his 3-month stints in Vegas. Then her husband showed up and punched him the face. He says he made around 110k last year. The first day we met, he said he wanted to be either a zookeeper or a weatherman. Funny how quickly your life can change.
KoZeN 16y ago
As risky as this obviously sounds, it's an approach I agree with. I've tried multiple angles to earn a passive income and at my highest point I earned about £75 in a month. I played poker with friends as a hobby and I used to destroy them as I'm much more analytical than they are. They all played for real money online and I figured there must be tens of thousands of other people around the world who play poker online that also aren't very good. Join one of the main sites like pokerstars and make sure you take advantage of one of their joining bonuses. I started with £10, lost it in an hour, put in another £10 and I have not since added another penny. That second £10 has turned into about £450 over five weeks of playing a few hours every other night and a marathon session every sunday evening. Fine, I may not be on the verge of becoming the next WPT champion and I may be a way off retiring on my winnings but I am getting progressively better as poker requires a high degree of skill which improves with practice.
eltados 16y ago
We said not scammy :).

_harry 16y ago

My roommate from my freshman year tried the online poker thing. Made $100 the first day. $1k the first month. $5k the second. Then he won some $30,000 tourney. Then he dropped out. He's been pursuing it full time for the last 4 years. He'll go into casinos and play for 50 hours straight without even realizing it. For awhile, he was dating a 35 year old women during one of his 3-month stints in Vegas. Then her husband showed up and punched him the face. He says he made around 110k last year. The first day we met, he said he wanted to be either a zookeeper or a weatherman. Funny how quickly your life can change.

KoZeN 16y ago

As risky as this obviously sounds, it's an approach I agree with. I've tried multiple angles to earn a passive income and at my highest point I earned about £75 in a month. I played poker with friends as a hobby and I used to destroy them as I'm much more analytical than they are. They all played for real money online and I figured there must be tens of thousands of other people around the world who play poker online that also aren't very good. Join one of the main sites like pokerstars and make sure you take advantage of one of their joining bonuses. I started with £10, lost it in an hour, put in another £10 and I have not since added another penny. That second £10 has turned into about £450 over five weeks of playing a few hours every other night and a marathon session every sunday evening. Fine, I may not be on the verge of becoming the next WPT champion and I may be a way off retiring on my winnings but I am getting progressively better as poker requires a high degree of skill which improves with practice.

eltados 16y ago

We said not scammy :).