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From what I gather, Ottawa is the top city in Canada to live. Considering a move to this city hoping there are good venue(s) for NLH cash games.
Chuck, welcome to the forum. How is the cash game scene in Montreal vs. Ottawa? Is French spoken at the table in Montreal? How many casinos offer a poker room in Montreal?
It is a HUGE decision and that is why I have been reaching out. I have played approx. 500 hours over the 1 year sample. I’m satisfied with my win rate and hourly. I feel that I play less casually and as though my livelihood depended on it (which it would) that I would perform even better. Aside from that I have been investing in training tools and am trying to get a text group started.
The impetus for this move is both personal and professional. I will soon be 40 and my wife and I are having our first child in 3-4 weeks. Exciting times! Daycare is NOT cheap! I would feel fortunate to have the ability to stay home with our child until 4-5pm when my wife gets home from work and head to the local casino. So professional trajectory is currently moderately askew as I lost a job back in April and got another in June but it pays significantly less. So I feel like this might be the time to do what I want if I can earn the same amount roughly, daycare factored in.
I’ve been playing 1-2 NHL recreationally for the past 8 years at Horseshoe Southern IN. I downloaded Run Good and have recorded data in that app for the past year. HSI is a tough room. Lots of quality players and I feel that it has made me a quality player as a result.
Thanks so much for your thoughtful response. I enjoy your videos and think that you have started a good thing with this site too.
In my mind, your bankroll should be established away from the table. A proper bankroll for 1/2 is probably $2,000. Now if you are talking about proper bankroll management, that is a different subject. I would advise against buying in for the minimum. I see players sit with $100 and if they don’t rake the first or second hand they get involved with; it’s pretty much gone. Also, I like to buy in for the max in case some great happens situationally early. I have literally flopped the nut flush in my very first hand of a session and tripled up in a 3 way all in.