Re: What do you consider for someone to call themsevles PRO/SEMI-PRO/E
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The people who make $10k-$40k/year I think are also something but I don't know what to call them.
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Considering I could easily live on 40k/year, if I made all my income from poker and it totaled 40k, I would consider myself a professional poker player - and I'm not sure how you could make a reasonable argument that I wasn't.
In any case, I don't think $x is a good way of determining who a professional is. I think anyone whose income comes primarily from playing poker is, by definition, a professional poker player (exception: a profitable player who makes enough to sustain themselves, but makes more from poker-related endorsements, is clearly also a pro). However, if you're not making enough to cover living expenses including things like rent/mortgage, I don't think you qualify. Thus, most college students really don't - besides, while you're a full-time student, you're not a professional anything. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Semi-professional is a trickier question. I consider myself one, because poker pays the rent for me, but I'd have to play more regularly to make it my main/sole source of income (if I could at all). It's a tricky label to apply though, and I can see a lot of debate on what makes someone fit into this category. I'd say anyone who depends on poker income, but doesn't use it as their main source of income, is defined as a semi-pro.
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