We are pretty much in the same situation as far as bankroll and the amount of time we can commit to poker. I am lucky to get in 10 hrs a week at this point. I mostly play ring games so my comments are addressed exclusively to that situation.
With that said I can state unequivocally that you are greatly handicapping yourself by not using PT and PokerAce Heads Up Display. They will pay for themselves very, very quickly and then make you much more money than you would if you didn’t have them. Sure they are great for evaluating your own game, that goes without saying. It is things like having the exact % that a player folds to a continuation bet displayed on the table that really helps you make money.
As for making a hobby work-like, it is actually more fun with PT and PAHUD. It allows me to play more tables at once without seeing a drop in the level of my play. I would spend that money right now and get them. If you have the hand histories on your harddrive, I think there is a way to import them into PT once you buy it, but I don’t know about that.
The standard line about bankroll is that you should have 20 buying per level. So to play $50NL, you would need a minimum of 1K. I like having 25 buy-ins and moving down if I drop to 20 buyins. Sometime I switch to 30 buyins per level, but I hate variance and desperately try to minimizing the amount if affects my bankroll.
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