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Message: [QUOTE="STL FAN, post: 2754975, member: 120788"] The only requirement if I understand the term “pro” is not about money needed, but the filing of a tax return and from this return the government can see the amount won for taxable income, the same way the government can see the money earned from a real 8-5 job for this taxable income. My coach plays 3/6 limit live for a living and when either the action dries up or needs a break he will get a job, he has over 20 years in retail, currently is working at Wal-Mart, and will help me online then will go back when his break is over. He does this without having to use his bankroll to pay bills. Before a break he grinds then pays the most important bills in advance until his first paycheck. His process is more about understanding of not just grinding but more options without having to have a certain amount of money to be comfortable to grind out a living. When he is faced with not always having to do the same thing constantly that would simulate a grind from a regular job; the break and doing something else whether he takes a job at Wal-Mart, he has even taken day labor jobs to do other things than grinding poker. When he is taking a break his bankroll is separate from his other money earned to pay bills, and when he returns to poker the journey continues for him, the options represent the ability to be away from the game without the mental weight of having to perform knowing he is going to return to the tables at some point in time. The time away would simulate a vacation even though he is still working it is something completely different than playing poker and his situation stays the same. Understanding this approach has led for me to see my own approach because back to the original topic I can now see the amount of money I need is only relevant to the amount of knowledge learned over time. For me this means, I understand the grind from those better than I so, I can start with this information and less of a bankroll to start my journey, then have a part time job to help with paying the rest of my bills. The pressure when I am ready to pursue this journey will have less mental pressure to preform and more of enjoying the game. The abilities learned will allow the money to take care of itself, if and when I take hits, I can always just work at a regular job if my bankroll no longer can support my plan, until the time I learn more about the game to get better at the game I love. This helps to put my mind at ease instead of thinking I need X amount of money to be “pro”. For me this would simulate a more realistic approach to becoming a “pro”. For now I am still going to school and learning more about the vastness of poker, and working towards a future that is still undetermined. I believe if I win a huge X amount at one time, logically I would have already had the ability, the income to grind out a living so, any response given is actually pointless because any posting of a response for this question now would simulate I just got lucky to win and would just give my money back because of no real tangible skill to begin with before winning X amount of money that was acquired by playing above my skill level. [/QUOTE]

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