re: Any ideas to make good side money

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if you know what you're doing, it's not so much gambling as it is taking calculated risks. much more akin to trading futures than shooting craps. there's a reason professional poker players exist. and local 1/2 and 2/5 games are not exactly hard to beat. definitely wouldn't recommend it as a primary source of income though.

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I can see where you're going with this, and yes there's a reason Professional Poker Players exist. There's also a reason why there are very few of them that actually earn a living long term (less than 10% of PROFESSIONALS). Less than 2% of average poker players actually turn a minuscule profit long term. Of the estimated 50,000,000 people who play poker for money in the US, only between 600-3000 earn enough money to support themselves.

IMO It's a stupid way to try to earn money, even if you don't factor in all the additional risks of taxes, gambling laws, fraud, etc.


I like poker, I enjoy the game, I play in local games all the time. However, I would never consider it a good way to make money, certainly not a consistent one.

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Plus supplies - wood is very expensive.

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what kind of wood? There's a place near where i life that has cypress rough cut 4/4x6x6' actual size for $0.63/lf. That's cheaper than pine at lowes. I figured an adorondak chair would cost about $20, a 5' swing about $30.

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Less than 2% of average poker players actually turn a minuscule profit long term

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2%'er here. I didn't say it was easy, and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. You have to be smart, disciplined, extremely patient, etc. I got obsessed with it in college, and after wasting about $500 eventually became a winning player online. Then black friday happened, and i transitioned to live games around austin. I've done well for myself, but like i said, I wouldn't advise as a primarysource of income. If you're smart enough to beat games regularly, you're smart enough to get a better job than sitting at a table pretending to be interested in people's conversations 10 hours a night. But if you keep up with it, it can be a nice side job for life.

no, i go for recommending it to people who are above average intelligence, and capable of doing mental math. I figured if the OP is smart enough to seek advice on the money board he should fall into that category.

The problem with that is that it is highly unlikely someone can actually support themselves in the long run via poker.

Math is generally only 1/3 if what's required to be a winning player. The other 2/3rds is knowing position play and being able to read either the players at the table or have situational awareness.

Even then I wouldn't recommend it as a sole income.

I'd say if you wanted to play around with it, just save 5-10% of your weekly pay and then use that as a starter bankroll after you have $1000. Never use more than 5% on any single tournament buy in and no more than 20% on a cash game. Because honestly if I'm going to play $1/$2 I'm going to sit with at least $200.

I'm more of a tournament player but I haven't played in a very long time.

Most of my activities came from small bar room games through college. Was easy practice playing with drunks but you had to watch what you say.

After that I have only used my bankroll twice, once when I went to an Indian casino to play in $40 rebut and the other was before uiega went into effect I played in the Sunday $215 and ended up winning getting in the top 20. Right now it just sits in a savings account.

Bucket list always has playing in the 10k main event but IDK if I could last playing a week straight.

I was going to say...officiating is pretty good money for relatively minimal effort. If you have a good scheduler, you can tell them when you'd like to work.

I did LHSAA Volleyball (mom played college ball so I grew up around it) during college. Made about $2500 each fall in cash...paid for all my trips and shite.