UIGEA [1]. It basically killed the entire U.S. online poker market. And what little that remained was destroyed by Black Friday [2]. It certainly was possible

UIGEA [1]. It basically killed the entire U.S. online poker market. And what little that remained was destroyed by Black Friday [2]. It certainly was possible (with a little bit of study) to make $85k/year playing online poker back then, but those days are long gone. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlawful_Internet_Gambling_Enforcement_Act_of_2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unlawful_Internet_Gambling_Enfo... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Scheinberg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Scheinberg