Last week we looked at the disadvantages of playing poker for a living. This week we will take the opposite approach and examine all of the advantages of playing poker for a living.
Probably the most practical reason that this lifestyle is beneficial is the fact that you can choose your own hours to work on any day of the week you want. You can take holiday whenever you want and are never hassled to wake up at 7am to get to the office.
To successfully play poker for a living you also have to play winning poker. Obviously, you need to be bringing in significant amounts of money from your online poker play in order to be able to classify yourself as someone who plays poker for a living. And you also have to constantly be playing and improving your skills.
Professional poker players also get to travel around the world to various tournaments, as well as playing online poker tournaments in the comfort of home. In what other profession can you travel from Las Vegas to Monaco, and then spend a few weeks working from home? The combination of these two “office” environments is advantageous to any poker player. However, professional poker players can rarely skip a tournament, it is the equivalent to a salesperson failing to exploit an entire market.
It is no secret that most people who play poker for a living are not multi-millionaires. Online poker has provided an opportunity to make enough money to justify the long hours you must put into it. Do keep in mind the trials that a professional poker player has to go through. The fact is that playing winning poker demands more time and dedication than most “9 to 5” jobs, can include moments of emotional swings and financial insecurity. Yet, it can also be an amazing lifestyle if you do it right.
