Becoming a millionaire

[OrientPoker]

Desire is one thing, passion another. Phil Ivey or durrrr have a lot of passion for poker, clearly.
I dont think desire is the point here. You need 2 things:
talent and passion
And most people dont have them.
If you do, putting the hours is not a problem.

[meliniak]

Originally Posted by Efficent

I always liked the idea of paying myself a set rate for every hour I played and recording my hours daily.

let me refresh this thread just to say it seems to be a brilliant idea.

[RikaKazak]

For me it was a "slowly building up tolerance" type of thing.

When I started playing poker, the max any site would allow you to play was only 2-3 tables. So putting in 1,000 hands (full ring limit) was a BIG deal back then. Then in the middle of my career, I was 8 tabling NL1K 6max on party poker. And putting in 1K hands hands wasn't a big deal at all.

Now I'm so used to grinding, that 24 tabling (over multiple sites ) is a breeze. Making 1,000 hands in a day super easy, and when I do "only" play 1K hands for the day, I feel like a slacked. Year 1 = 300-500 hands a day Year 3 = 1K-3K hands a day Year 7 = 2.5K-5K hands a day

Keep in mind, in year 1, even if I was "able" to 24 table, NO WAY could I of done as many hands in a day as I do now. It takes time/practice to be able to mass table with a reasonable winrate. Just keep slowly adding tables, and before you know it you'll be way surpassing 1K hands a day

[TheStudent]

I still don't know how many tables I should play. I feel like with 6, my hourly is the best. But what also matters is improvement. What is your opinion about this? I play 20/50NL atm and want to move up in stakes asap fwiw.

[JamesMa]

if u want to move up in stakes quickest i would generally reccomend 4-8 tables depending on your multi tasking abilities, any more than that and I think you'd kinda be autopiloting a bit much

[TheStudent]

Well, with 4 tables, I can take notes of every villain every well, if I am a little bit card dead, review the big pots, watch other tables, see if they call 3-bets OOP, review almost any hand that went to showdown etc. With 6 tables, I feel like I can focus still very well, but I am not longer able to watch all the big pots and take so many notes as with 4.

[RikaKazak]

For learning I generally recommend 4 "normal" tables or 2 rush tables.

[TheStudent]

Yeah. Decided to play 4 till I crush 200nl. Might take a while since I am between 20 and 50nl atm lol. Also very very aggro brm so might become a rollercoaster, but thats fine for me. Guess its the best way to move up and learn fast if you dont need to live from it.