How should I read this

[omahilo]

to me it sounds like he wants to play pro as in big buyin tourneys and play the cash games but wants to keep working. Also he makes enough money to do this for fun but wants to start taking it more serious.

I personally think u should take it seriously. If your playing with extra income and such, its alot easier than if you were playing with the rent money.

The best example of this I can think of is Paul Phillips, he is a dot com millionaire and just picked up poker as like a hobby and such. Since he can play in 10K buyin tourneys like they are nothing, he has no pressure on him whatsoever. But He started taking it seriously and is now a really good player who can play tournaments with some of the best in the world.

[jimmym]

Thank You .

Good advice there from the 4 people I expected it from, I will take your comments on board and have a think I what I am going to do.

Again Thanks for your replies.

Jim.

[eddo31]

jim

i would agree that playing well all of the time is the first thing that you need to do, and then down the road you can make a decision. i would guess that your experience online so far, even though it is a losing experience, would be very helpful towards your continued progress. use the information that you have been picking up over the last two years, and combine that with actively studying your own game in order to improve.

it seems like you have a sufficient bankroll to play with, so that isnt really the biggest issue for you, but in order to fine tune your game you might want to drop down a few levels. as a horse bettor, i would guess that you might generally sit down in poker games that are reasonable stakes for you, but they are populated by better players than the smallest game in the room. if you make money less of an issue, and play below you rmeans fo ra little while i think that this can help your game significantly