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A few important considerations:

-How will you handle a major downswing?
-How much do you REALLY know about the game?
-Are you capable of REALLY judging a table, and how your abilities compare to your opponents?
-Do you have enough self awareness to know when to leave a game?

If you want to go pro, realize that big money is an exception, not a rule, even for great players. Most succesful pros are actually happy to pay the monthly nut, and perhaps have a few bucks left over for fun.

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Thanks Yawk. I can confidently answer the above questions the right way. I handle bad beats and variance well now. In live games, my reads, and my perceived image are definitely strong suits..Online, I'm still tweaking multi-tabling analysis. I feel I lose a little edge when I go to 6 tables, but 5 I handle well. I feel with 6, my reads are off a bit...Leaving the game at the right time is just something that you should know..

Big money is all relative. I truly enjoy the lifestyle, so if I'm doing marginally better on the income, its worth it for me.