Posted Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:19 pm GMT by tutubird
Today, a friend and I were debating on what makes more money. I would like to see which side you guys agree on. I'll say what I think later.
Say perhaps a semi-pro or pro is to play throughout his life from 21 till 50.
Compared towards a person from 21 with a usual 12 doller per hour job to his 50's where the average family income is $70 000.
Between these 2 people, who would make the most money?
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Posted Fri Mar 31, 2006 6:46 pm GMT by ComedyBee
With all respect, this seems like a competely pointless question. Which piece of string is longer, well it depends on how long it is.
Depends on how good he is, what stakes he plays etc etc
Posted Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:10 pm GMT by TxShadow
| tutubird wrote: | | Compared towards a person from 21 with a usual 12 doller per hour job to his 50's where the average family income is $70 000. |
I'm not so sure that I really understand that sentence.
The question itself is a bit vague, but based on the fact that you said "semi-pro" we'll assume this person plays at reasonably high stakes and is a good player.
Yes, I defiantely think a semi-pro player could make more than 12 an hour. Heck, I could probably come close to 12 an hour and I suck.
Posted Fri Mar 31, 2006 7:24 pm GMT by zinn0
The main thing that needs to be considered in this argument is whether or not the pro can maintain consistency. Your working stiff is always assured the money that he works for, whereas a pro might go to work (the tables) and actually leave with less money than he sat down with...
Posted Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:05 pm GMT by Dave B
The poker player needs to make 30-50% more just to break even if you consider that no one pays their benefits.
Also, the "average" working stiff is just average. To make $50-100k per year at poker, you need to be in the top 5% (???) or so.
Posted Sat Apr 01, 2006 1:34 am GMT by KingOfSpades
I'm pretty sure Raymor makes more money playing poker than the average worker.
Posted Sat Apr 01, 2006 4:03 am GMT by tame_deuces
I have never tried it, so I can't tell. But from my experience with poker it seems that being a poker professional would be a non-forgiving, stressful and difficult way of living. I can't even imagine how it can affect ones personal life and relations to family etc. but I would guess it could be brutal.
There is more to life than possible income. Sure, I want good pay in my life, but more than anything I also want to provide stability and a good life to my (future) family. I have to admit, I personally do want a working career that is abit more on the 'useful' side of things than being a poker player too.
Posted Sat Apr 01, 2006 10:39 am GMT by zinn0
| KingOfSpades wrote: | | I'm pretty sure Raymor makes more money playing poker than the average worker. |
Raymer made more money then the average worker even when he was a working schlub.
Just because you decide to play poker full time does not mean you are going to become a millionaire. There's a good chance you will end up broke.
Posted Sat Apr 01, 2006 12:19 pm GMT by supafrey
Yeah this comparison is ridiculous. It's like saying...
We're gonna compare an average, crummy suit desk job with the 1-2% of poker players that can succeed and maintain their profits over the long haul. If you compare poker players with the top 99th percentile of business men, you'd start to see how much more money there really is outside of the poker table.
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