PokerLizard: What’s it like being a prop?

Bryan Devonshire: BEST…JOB…EVER for being a poker pro. If you’re not a high stakes pro you should be a prop. It is so much easier for taxes, psychology…they give you health benefits even. If I wasn’t good enough to make it as a high stakes pro I’d be as happy as can be living in the Colorado mountains being a prop. It paid $10/hr. to start and they tack on full benefits after 3 months. I played and beat the $2 to $5 spread game for $18 per hour; so I was making $28 an hour. I was making about $56k a year, health benefits, only worked 4 days a week, you get to drink a beer on the job if you want, get to wear regular clothes, you hang out with nice people…it was a fine life. Not everyone would be able to beat the game for $18/hr. but I guarantee you let me train someone for three months and they could beat it for at least $10/hr.