Posted Fri Feb 25, 2005 9:14 pm GMT by JohnnyCache
I'm contemplating moving with a friend to the Seattle area...
I am curious as to something . . . given that I am a good player (which we could debate someplace else) . . . how realistic is it to expect to be a semi-pro player? What I mean is, how hard is it to make grinder's money - I don't care about ever getting on TV, but are there enough and soft enough games in that area that I can expect to make a few hundred bucks a week there playing poker 4-6 hours a day?
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Posted Sat Feb 26, 2005 2:16 am GMT by Iron Butt
Well, poker is CRAZY up here. Half-ass casinos in every suburban bowling alley and otherwise unregulated area, tournaments every day, cash games where and whenever, lots of private games too. People with $ from MS, Boeing, etc. I play for fun mostly, so I don't know about making a living at it, but if you can't find soft games up here I don't know where would be better. Thing is it's mostly small stakes AFAIK, 3-6, 4-8, 3-6 w/a kill LOL etc.
Posted Sun Feb 27, 2005 6:40 pm GMT by JohnnyCache
So there's plenty to go around, is what you're saying?
Posted Sun Feb 27, 2005 7:49 pm GMT by Iron Butt
Not quite sure what you mean by that, but sure, why not. If not here I don't know where. But like I say, I know nothing about playing poker professionally and you might have a harder time finding higher limit games.
Posted Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:15 pm GMT by JohnnyCache
Nah, I'm only looking to make a couple hundred extra a month. Call it 'semi pro'
And I know some microsoft ppl, so if they're playing homegames amongst themselves, I'll be on that like meat on bread.
Posted Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:52 pm GMT by ORGrinder
indian casinos up this way are probably softer too than in other areas. maybe not in seattle... but if you drove an hour or so one way or the other to an indian casino in a more rural area... assuming there's action there, you're probably make some good profit.
Posted Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:45 am GMT by Cyberhwk
| JohnnyCache wrote: | | So there's plenty to go around, is what you're saying? |
Well...there are more card tables in Washington State than any other state besides Nevada. There are many local indian casinos and private card rooms are actually legal here in the state of Washington (though many cities have ordinances against them).
Most privately held card rooms will have 2/4, 3/6, 3/6 Kill, and the casino I work at tries to get a 5/10 game every Sunday.
If you don't mind a little drive Muckleshoot is a very popular indian casino a bit outside of Seattle that should service your needs. (Hell, they advertise $100/$200 cash games on their website  )
Posted Tue Mar 01, 2005 6:31 pm GMT by sergoyaa
I've been playing up here for some time, and honestly - I don't think the games are any softer than California, Vegas or Reno. There are plenty of top level players up here at the larger casinos (which have typical higher limits), but as another poster said - most of the local games are super loose low limit games. The only game I'll touch near my house is a local 8-16 game.
As for semi-pro - I can make an extra $2400 a month playing recreationally - but if I ever depended on poker winnings to pay the bills, I think my play style would change (for the worse), and I probably wouldn't fair as well. You have a good advantage over your competition when you are playing with chips you CAN afford to loose - it allows you to play more aggressive and more close to the correct play style that many of the higher level games require.
Posted Wed Mar 02, 2005 9:35 am GMT by JohnnyCache
Exactly...I look at it like this: When I sit down at a poker table, I don't expect to lose my roll. If I get down about half a buy in, I usually get up and call it a night. But that almost never happens. If I win a few hundred extra bucks here and there, if I have poker as a cushion, I have a lot more flexibility in what I do during the day. I could maybe take a part time job or an internship somewhere that I WANT to work instead of a fulltime job that sucks the root but pays my bills. Basically, if I can clock enough hours to pay the rent and pad the roll, I think I can play cards for disposable money...
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