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The simple definition of a pro in poker in my opinion is one who derives his income, and pays his living expenses with poker.

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so Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, and any number of "pros" aren't pros. they don't derive a major portion of their incomes from playing poker.

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I think these guys are the exception to the rule, and the passive income they recieve is probably mostly all related to poker, even if it's not from playing. At one point, the majority of their income came from playing poker. Once poker became popular and they became icons in the poker world, well, they're going to make a lot of money because of it obviously.