Not what you want to hear
Sorry man, I know this is not what you asked for, but …
Don’t do it.
Take the advice of Phil Ivey
(, the other posters on our forum and 2+2, and re-consider.
If poker is enjoyable now, it won’t be if you are doing it 40 hours a week. Even if you did enjoy playing for 40 hours a week, knowing that paying your bills depends on not getting sucked out on could ruin that fast.
If you want to play more poker, that’s great – go for it. Take a two week holiday, and put in 80 hours in front of your laptop if you want. Or join a bunch of us at the WSOP – I’d love to buy you a beer. And if you want to take a shot at higher limits, 10k would certainly allow you do so as well.
But putting the pressure of earning your living playing poker, especially without a long and proven track record, is most likely a mistake. I don’t mean to be discouraging, but it would be irresponsible to advise anything else.
That said, I would also imagine that rake back would be much more lucrative than bonus clearing at the volume of play you are talking about. The only bonuses that might be worth it are the massive ones at HollywoodPoker, which you’d basically have to play full time to clear anyway. You might also want to check out occasional TP poster O Doyle Rules, who is trying to organize some benefits for extremely high-volume players.
Best of luck, and I look forward to hearing about how it goes no matter what you decide.
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