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  The poker world seems to be glutted with young bucks turning pro, but is it as easy as it seems? In short - no. To turn pro takes a lot of hard work, a lot of money, and a lot of success. Nothing wrong with those things at all, but for the casual player ready to quit his or her day job after they win a few hundred bucks at an online poker tournament, a closer look at what it takes is a smart move.



  Sure, the money is attractive - seductive, actually. With millions of bucks being paid out in tourney poker every month online, not to mention the fifty plus World Poker Tour players who have become millionaires or the multi-million pots won in the World Series of Poker, it seems like playing tourney poker for a living is the way to go. Tournament buy ins, however, are enough of a deterrent for most people.



  Just staying away from the huge buy in events isn't enough when routine smaller events run for $500 to $1000 a pop. If you bust out of one, you have to try again, and that's another hit to your bankroll. Dial it up a few notches to go for the "real" money prizes and you are paying many thousands of dollars just for a shot at a win.



  Add to this the travel and lodging and food expenses in following a tourney circuit, and you have a job that is costing you a lot of money just for the chance to make a living. Can it be done? Short answer - yes. And it is done, by a lot of people. If you plan on it, however, just make sure you understand what is at stake.