First of all, Happy New Year to my devoted blog followers. Speaking of New Year, attended a party held by daughter's friend, Helen. Chatting with another guest, I told her that I had been at work earlier. She asked where I worked and I said at the casino as a poker pro. We had some discussion about that and she asked me how to determine that you are pro. I answered "it is my primary income", which is not true. So, thinking more about poker player classifications, here is what I came up with.
Level 1
Recreational poker player, plays home games with friends.
Level 2
Occasional casino player, plays small tournaments with low buyins and sometimes limit cash games
Level 3
Regular small tournament player, plays smaller nl cash games. Probably plays 3x week, holds regular job.
Level 4
Big game player, big buy in tournament player. Probably plays several days a week but probably not only income source.
Level 5
Grinder. Plays weak tournaments and small cash games. Plays every day. May make a living but probably not a good one.
Level 6
Pro. Plays big cash games and big tournaments. Makes a lot of money. May not be well known.
Level 7
Touring pro. Sponsored, travels world wide, lots of final tables at WSOP, recognizable name/face by most regular poker players.
Level 8
Poker degenerate. Thinks about it all the time, plays online, plays as much as possible.
Where am I on this list? Sort of a mixture. I am not a big game player but like big tourneys. Would be a grinder under different circumstances. Definitely a poker degenerate.
One last thing about new year party. Chatting with another guest about her being mauled by a bear when she was 10 years old. How we got to that information I have no clue, but it was a crazy story. I asked her if she saw "The Revenant", and she had. Her memories of the mauling were thankfully faint and I didn't see the scars. Lesson, never come between a mama bear and her cub, and don't run into the cub with your bicycle.
Level 1
Recreational poker player, plays home games with friends.
Level 2
Occasional casino player, plays small tournaments with low buyins and sometimes limit cash games
Level 3
Regular small tournament player, plays smaller nl cash games. Probably plays 3x week, holds regular job.
Level 4
Big game player, big buy in tournament player. Probably plays several days a week but probably not only income source.
Level 5
Grinder. Plays weak tournaments and small cash games. Plays every day. May make a living but probably not a good one.
Level 6
Pro. Plays big cash games and big tournaments. Makes a lot of money. May not be well known.
Level 7
Touring pro. Sponsored, travels world wide, lots of final tables at WSOP, recognizable name/face by most regular poker players.
Level 8
Poker degenerate. Thinks about it all the time, plays online, plays as much as possible.
Where am I on this list? Sort of a mixture. I am not a big game player but like big tourneys. Would be a grinder under different circumstances. Definitely a poker degenerate.
One last thing about new year party. Chatting with another guest about her being mauled by a bear when she was 10 years old. How we got to that information I have no clue, but it was a crazy story. I asked her if she saw "The Revenant", and she had. Her memories of the mauling were thankfully faint and I didn't see the scars. Lesson, never come between a mama bear and her cub, and don't run into the cub with your bicycle.
1 comment:
I'm definitely a poker degenerate LOL but I also think you missed the "semi pro" category: Plays small & big tournaments & cashes frequently in both (more so in small tournaments) and plays cash games small and large. Holds a job. That's me.
Bears: I was about 10 years old when my family visited Yellowstone. Stayed in a cheap (but cool) cabin with bathrooms down the road about 100 feet. My sister (age 8) and I went to the bathroom in the middle of the night only to become stuck in stalls when a bear cub entered and being small persons we thought this to be a large bear LOL and we were pretty scared. My father came looking for us about 5 minutes later and shooed the cub away. No sign of the mother thank goodness. A lasting memory and thankfully nothing like a mauling.
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