Dan Bilzerian does not make a living playing online. His dad was a corporate raider and fraudster and owes the government over $100mm which just magically disa

Dan Bilzerian does not make a living playing online. His dad was a corporate raider and fraudster and owes the government over $100mm which just magically disappeared. It isn't a stretch to believe the very public major wins and losses of Dan are simply a front to launder some of that money back. As to your question, if you live in the US, it is nearly impossible to start today and make a living because of the regulations which drove most operators out of the market. If you don't have connections here, you could study your ads off and play small stakes on the American sites (do NOT play on lock, they are not liquid) until you can clearly sustain yourself at ramen profitability and then move abroad to access the big sites with a wider game variety. Poker doesn't require very complex math in order to be successful, it requires discipline and deliberate practice. Pick a game that interests you, find a book that teaches the fundamentals and read that several times and take notes. Start playing and review all of your sessions once you finish. Find what you need to improve and set goals for the next session, then repeat that. When you have a hard time finding places for improvement, sign up to one of the big video training sites and study their videos like a book and follow the same reviewing process. When that seems to run its course, hire a skilled coach that has good reviews and results. Always continue trying to improve. If you only want to do this to become rich, then stop now. I have friends that have achieved a very high level of success and live amazing lives (one is leaving Vegas now to go to Australia for three months and then either to Macau or back to Vegas), but they are essentially outliers. For most, it never amounts to anything. For most of those that put the effort in, it can be a good supplemental income. For a few of those, it can be a job that allows for great freedom. And for a handful of those, it is a way to get rich.