Poker is a negative sum game, since the house takes a rake. However, since there is more skill involved, you can take advantage of less skilled opponents. Tha

Poker is a negative sum game, since the house takes a rake. However, since there is more skill involved, you can take advantage of less skilled opponents. That being said, attempting to gamble to cover living costs is a horrible idea. Statistically it would not be low of probability to go on a losing streak of a week or more straight, even if you were playing quite well.