Higher winrate = steadier income.

Internet gambling = gambling of the future.

Personally, I can make and am making more money from online poker than pretty much anything else. I'm not academically inclined like most of you, and I don't handle time consuming/stressful work well at all.

Online poker is pretty much perfect for me. I find it to be very low stress since I try to no longer play in games where I do not have a high winrate. I enjoy the practice, not like a hobby, but like a job. If I didn't want money I would never play another hand of online poker and possibly live poker again in my life. I got into it solely for the purpose of money even though I had miniscule experience playing it, and I actually did not find it enjoyable. Now that I am not completely lost theoretically, I do enjoy playing the game casually.

To each his own. I consider myself very lucky that I found online poker. Very lucky indeed. I am not yet pro, but might as well be since I set aside more for taxes now than I make from my part time restaurant job.

And if it ever gets banned in the US, I'm coming to live with one of youse overseas or in Canuckia or Mehico.