Any tips on how to elevate ones poker game to be a professional poker player?

Johnski asked:


I’m trying to take the jump from a career in the corporate world to professional poker player? Has anybody done it already? Any good paths to follow? I’m placing in local games/tournaments but don’t know the first thing about going national/international. Help!

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2 Responses to “Any tips on how to elevate ones poker game to be a professional poker player?”

1. imprinted pens on March 4th, 2009 11:29 pm

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   practice practice practice….i live for poker and baseball lol so ive watched plenty of players… my suggestion is read brunsons super system, and brunsons super system 2.. both excellent books for excelling in your game… next sign up for pokerstars.net and play satallites… if you get lucky enough and win then you can win seats to real pro tournys

2. trade silver on March 8th, 2009 7:48 am

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   I’ve been playing semi-professionally for a few years now. Nothing major (like World Series or World Poker Tour events,) just locally. Given how hot poker is these days, you can grind out a living playing small buy-in tournaments and small no-limit cash games. There are so many bad players, you can make a decent amount of money even while playing $50 buy-in tournaments and $1-$2 no-limit hold ‘em. If you do want to step it up and try your hand at something bigger, the only thing you can really do is play. You will learn more from experience than from anything else. If you do want to read up on tournament strategy though, I suggest Harrington On Hold Em from Two Plus Two Publishing. There are three volumes, which focus on different aspects of tournament play. The author, Dan Harrington, has won the main event of the WSOP before, and has two other final tables in subsequent years, so he knows what he’s talking about. He lays everything out in an intelligent, yet easy-to-read format. I think it’s the best tool for an aspiring tournament player, other than practice.

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