1. In my opinion, it is very unlikely that you can make $20 to $30 an hour playing poker. I get the impression that you are a pretty good player, and your results are very good for your experience level. However, players are better today than they were, and you would have to have a bankroll and improve substantially to move to the higher stakes required. Heck I don't know if I could ever make $10 an hour multi tabling.
2. From your previous posts it appears that you do enjoy MTTs. I think your best bet is to deposit $100 or so on pokerstars, and play the $3.25 5 table MTTs. They were real easy about one year ago when I played them, and a lot of very passive players. You get 33 entries if for $100. If you lose them all, you gain experience, and you might do well. There will be more variance than SNGs and ring games. But in my opinion, don't think about it or analyze it, just do it.
3. My sense is that you are not going to get a big charge out of playing $.02/$.05, or $.05/$.10 poker. Are you good enough now to do better than break even at $.10/$.25? I don't know, maybe with a decent bankroll, and I would predict if you are approximately breakeven at that level now, that you will probably improve.
4. I suggest shooting for $10 an hour as a future goal. If you like poker and play it part time, largely for fun, $10 and hour is not terrible
5. Decide which you prefer, ring games, or tournaments, and pick one type for now. Play smaller stakes for MTTs ,as variance can be very high.
6. It is not a major decision. Just decide what you want to do in poker, and do it.without obsessing about it. If you have doctor bills or a major expense that costs several hundred dollars or more, you will take care of it. Your decision of whether to invest a little imoney should be a very minor decision. Just decide in your mind what you want to do, and go for it.
7. Say you win some money and build up to $300 or $500. You must keep the money in your poker accounts to have any chance to move up and advance. If you withdraw money with a small bankroll, you will in effect be starting over at the beginning. Your poker account is really not liquid. If you withdraw funds from a small account, you cripple the account, and greatly reduce your chances of winning.
8. It appears to me that you do enjoy poker, although you may not enjoy playing for very small stakes such as $.02/$05 NL.
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