GO players here?
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GO players here?
by Zmej » Mon Jun 11, 2007 9:17 am
"#3 pencils and quadrille pads."
- Seymoure Cray (1925-1996) when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer; he also recommended using the back side of the pages so that the grid lines were not so dominant.
"Interesting - I use a Mac to help me design the next Cray."
- Seymoure Cray (1925-1996) when he was told that Apple Inc. had recently bought a Cray supercomputer to help them design the next Mac.
- Seymoure Cray (1925-1996) when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer; he also recommended using the back side of the pages so that the grid lines were not so dominant.
"Interesting - I use a Mac to help me design the next Cray."
- Seymoure Cray (1925-1996) when he was told that Apple Inc. had recently bought a Cray supercomputer to help them design the next Mac.
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by RedBarracuda » Mon Jun 11, 2007 6:42 pm
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by Zmej » Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:47 am
"#3 pencils and quadrille pads."
- Seymoure Cray (1925-1996) when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer; he also recommended using the back side of the pages so that the grid lines were not so dominant.
"Interesting - I use a Mac to help me design the next Cray."
- Seymoure Cray (1925-1996) when he was told that Apple Inc. had recently bought a Cray supercomputer to help them design the next Mac.
- Seymoure Cray (1925-1996) when asked what CAD tools he used to design the Cray I supercomputer; he also recommended using the back side of the pages so that the grid lines were not so dominant.
"Interesting - I use a Mac to help me design the next Cray."
- Seymoure Cray (1925-1996) when he was told that Apple Inc. had recently bought a Cray supercomputer to help them design the next Mac.
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by black_knight6 » Tue Jun 12, 2007 1:09 pm
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by shobute » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:18 pm
Molina,
I'm just guessing, but there are probably <1200 active professionals, and <3000 professionals overall.
Almost all of these are in Asia.
If you are a top professional capable of winning a major tournament, the biggest tournaments pay ~$200k, with $50k-$75k top payouts being average.
But there are only a handful of players of this caliber.
Most active pros are paid a wage by their professional organization and then provide private lessons to supplement that income.
You don't become a professional for the money, unless you are one of the best.
Zmej,
I followed my plan for a while and spent a good chunk of time studying under some professionals. But realizing how lucrative poker can be, and the virtual impossibility of becoming anything more than a strong amateur player (in Asia, most professionals started playing when they were extremely young, some even turning professional by the time they are in their mid-teens), I stopped taking lessons and now only play a little in my spare time. Lately I'm lucky if I put in 10 hours a month.
Edit to clarify: I play Go entirely because I enjoy it, but I enjoy poker too and it has more benefits beyond enjoyment of the game. So it won over the majority of my game playing time.
I'm just guessing, but there are probably <1200 active professionals, and <3000 professionals overall.
Almost all of these are in Asia.
If you are a top professional capable of winning a major tournament, the biggest tournaments pay ~$200k, with $50k-$75k top payouts being average.
But there are only a handful of players of this caliber.
Most active pros are paid a wage by their professional organization and then provide private lessons to supplement that income.
You don't become a professional for the money, unless you are one of the best.
Zmej,
I followed my plan for a while and spent a good chunk of time studying under some professionals. But realizing how lucrative poker can be, and the virtual impossibility of becoming anything more than a strong amateur player (in Asia, most professionals started playing when they were extremely young, some even turning professional by the time they are in their mid-teens), I stopped taking lessons and now only play a little in my spare time. Lately I'm lucky if I put in 10 hours a month.
Edit to clarify: I play Go entirely because I enjoy it, but I enjoy poker too and it has more benefits beyond enjoyment of the game. So it won over the majority of my game playing time.
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by black_knight6 » Tue Jun 12, 2007 9:36 pm
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