Ever wonder how young players like Tom Dwan have made playing poker their life’s work? Well, there’s no easy way to go about it. You can’t get a Bachelor of Playing Poker Degree, nor does studying under a professional automatically bestow the opportunity upon you. There is a lot of hard work involved, but the process has actually been made a bit easier with the recent online poker surge.  

As is the case with all dream jobs, players should start out playing poker on the side. They should set aside a few hours each day and play free games in order to practice before pitting themselves against real players. There is no filter online that separates the pros from the novices, so a new poker player may be very intimated if they jump into paid games head first.
 
When you finally do decide to move onto pay-for-play games, your bankroll should be kept relatively low. One problem that aspiring pro players run into is that they spend more money than they can afford on making their dream come true. A player should stick to their bankroll, until they begin making enough money by playing poker to increase it.
 
Using a website like CheckYourBets.com, many aspiring pros can track their progress, which will tell them the hourly rate that they earn by playing poker. Once a player has clocked more than 500 hours and their hourly rate works out to be more than $25 hour, then they can finally think about quitting their day job and playing poker fulltime.
 
It is always a good idea to play at one particular online poker site. This way, you’ll get to know moderators and the operator personally, as well as become part of the community. This comes in handy when looking for sponsorships, as many websites like Titan Poker and Full Tilt Poker offer dozens of online players sponsorship deals each year, allowing them to play in live land-based tournaments.
 

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