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Message: [QUOTE="Ubercroz, post: 2365585, member: 56929"] Can you be a professional carpenter if all you do is build chairs and sell them to people? Can you be a professional artist if all you do is paint or take pictures that someone may or may not buy? Can you be a professional lawyer if all you do is hope clients come in to your office that need your help? Can you be a professional dentist if all you have is a dentist chair and tools and except various forms of insurance and currency in exchange for services? Yeah, you can be a professional poker player. Getting a salary does not make you a professional. Getting some kind of financial remuneration for the efforts you put forth does. Whether its from salary, from insurance copays, transactions, commission, or just from the winnings you take away and use as living expenses. Its the same as a plumber who has to spend some of what he makes to fix his truck, buy new tools and parts, advertise, and still has to pay for his life. [/QUOTE]