Becoming a millionaire

[DerrtySlime]

It seems that if you want to become a rich baller playing poker, then you have to put in a lot of hands per month. By a lot , meaning 30k+ which would be at least 1k hands per day. For me, it seems straining to play like even a 1k hand session.

So, i beg the question... HOW do you play so many hands per month? i desire to be having 200k winnings collecte per month just like aejones.

[SEABEAST]

if even the desire to win a million dollars isn't enough like you put it, and you're not naturally competitive enough to want to play that much anyway, then... well it might be tough.

some people are more suited to playing for a living and others are more suited to a nice profitable hobby. poker is a very psychologically draining game, you have to be a little sick in the head to keep playing so much day after day.

[saddu]

6 tabling 6max game it is ""only"" 2 hours a day.. it isn't really hard to make 30k hand, what is sick is people who can play 100k hand with pretty good result. (i probably can't make 30k too.. many others think to do and poker is only my nice lucrative hobby )

[DerrtySlime]

I think that having friends who are playing similar limits and have the exact same goals or very similar would be extremely helpful with your success. extra motivation like for example when aejones made a 5k bet with mynameizgreg to the effect that if he didnt play a certain amount of hands in a month he would owe him 5k would probably help too as long as its significant to you.

[Oki-Oki]

You have to train yourself to do it.

Very few ppl can just "play" 100k hands off the bat, instead you take your time slowly building up month after month. But trying to play too many tables or two many hands and thus auto-piloting is probably the biggest mistake you can make imo.

[Efficent]

I'm not really sure what the psychology answer is here to be honest.

The broad generic answer is either you have an unquenchable passion for the game or you approach poker as a job with an equitable level of discipline.

The "How do I get myself to work harder" question tends to depend on the individual person, and youve gotta account for allot of personal things including what it is about you that makes it difficult.

I think the easiest catch all approach is to set specific reasonable goals, record your performance towards attaining those goals, and evaluate what kinds of things about you contribute to your falling short if this is the case.

As a former pro putting in consistent 30k hand month repeatedly can definitely be difficult, doubly so if your grinding it out and not moving up or notably progressing. I always liked the idea of paying myself a set rate for every hour I played and recording my hours daily. Pay yourself by withdrawing to an account only based on this criterion and hopefully you gain a sense of satisfaction from the accumulation. The additional upside is you dont get the benefits of running hot if you don't earn it by putting in the hours and running sour isn't so demoralizing.

Bottom line is to take it seriously and consider it a serious responsibility that reflects on your ability to be an accountable adult.

[malfaire]

Just got into this thread; above post is sick.

[Raise_The_Lord]

Yeah, Dr Aejones owns.

200k months and you will be well on your way to becoming a bonified millionaire.

Although Aejones has always been ambiguous and discreet concerning his net worth.

He's actually an implied millionaire. To me that's even more baller than a millionaire.

You don't even need to ask: Hey, is Aejones a millionaire?

People just know man....it's implied.

Greg is an implied baller slash millionaire too.

Kinda random post I guess, but I felt it was my duty to point out the obvious nuances here.

[BigBadBull]

I think, depending on a person playing 30k hands a months aka playing 25-30 days a month could be a very bad move.

Like I can have an inspirational moment or whatever you want to call it and start playing 8 hours a day for a week straight only thinking about poker and absolutely love every minute of it for about 7-10 days. But after 10 days I literally go crazy.

I wouldn't say I get burned out, its just that you play so much you go on autopilot and stop improving, burn out effect will follow later but by that time you realize that youve not only stopped eliminating leaks in your game a long time ago, but since you haven't monitored leaks- youve picked up new ones and now a much worse player that you were before you started this endeavor.

Maybe(and probably) it depends on how much thirst for the game you really have.Maybe it depends on our ability to pace ourselves and not get burned out. So as much as I want to believe that everyone can do it if they apply themselves, maybe some people just arent made for it...

But than again maybe it means I didnt try hard enough?

[JamesMa]

You desire to have the money but not to put in the hands... maybe this is because you dislike work or you dislike losing money when you play. I'm sure this is a mental thing like others mentioned and it IS tough.

Some days I feel like playing poker all day but most days I feel like only playin an hour or two. Some days I dont feel like playing at all!

It is also tough to be stayin focused doing the same thing pretty much day in and day out and I think thats why a lot of ppl end up quitting their 9-5 jobs after a while. Poker is a lot like any other job at the end of the day, except it pays really well ... but you still have to love the job you are doing or it wont feel worthwhile and you wont be happy.