How do I become a professional poker player?

Posted by admin on Monday Jul 21, 2008 Filed under :Poker Questions
Black_19 asked:


If I wanted to become a ‘professional’ poker player, how would I start? Online tournaments? Local tournaments? Is there a place I can go to find more information? Or should I just take my 10k buy in to the main event and hope to make the final table (or at the very least, in the money). I guess I’m just trying to figure out if there is a place where I can gain more information about wanting to take poker seriously rather than just watching it on tv.

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How does a professional poker player file taxes?

Posted by admin on Monday Mar 17, 2008 Filed under :Poker Questions
mazarate21 asked:


I’ve made quite a bit of money last year playing cash game poker on the side and I’m thinking of quitting my day job and going full time. How does a professional poker player file taxes and their annual salary? How does the IRS verify the income reported is true? Must you report every cent of your winnings minus the losses?

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