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[QUOTE="WizardRubic, post: 2251886, member: 94380"]
[URL="https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Aprofessional&oq=define%3Aprofessional&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58j69i59.3223j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#es_sm=122&espv=210&q=define:profession&safe=off"]https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Aprofessional&oq=define%3Aprofessional&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58j69i59.3223j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8#es_sm=122&espv=210&q=define:profession&safe=off[/URL]

profession:
-a paid occupation, esp. one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification.

Search define:profession. Poker players get paid, therefore they are professional.

Edit: I reread your original post, using your dictionary, no you aren't since you're not paid a salary since it's not a fixed amount. 
The word has multiple correct meanings.

Same with amateur. If you have a dictionary that uses "a person considered contemptibly inept at a particular activity" as the definition, then you're not an amateur if you're crushing or beating your limit. If the definition is not a professional, then you would be an amateur.

All in all, it doesn't matter. You don't get any benefit by calling your self a professional poker player.

It's like a forum rank, CardsChat Regular. If we used CC's definition, it just means you have posted a certain number of posts. If we defined regular as happening often, then someone with 10k posts who doesn't visit the forum anymore wouldn't be a regular.
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