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To be able to pay a mortgage and bills and feed a family WHILE saving for investments would probably be considered a living in my opinion.

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Yup, and it's important to note that although poker will always be about in some form, the game focus and texture will change, if you can't adapt you'll be made redundant.

I've seen the squeeze placed on low fixed limit players.
Many who were happy with 2k a month and didn't move on are now finding themselves in trouble.

NP making good money from limit providing you adapted.

NL will face different changes. When the TV boom subsides the constant influx of new plankton will dry up. Also weak players will ultimately tend to drift into other games. There has always been an underlying trend from NL to FL. Perhaps a new game will crop up for those who go broke too quick in NL, but the pressure to move is always there.

The games will not remain as soft as they are, so make sure you understand the underlying concepts well. When you do I don't think you'll be playing NL50