About this episode
Your correspondent outlines his path to becoming a professional poker player and describes the challenges of playing for a living. He also looks back on a wild -- and complicated -- session of $5/$5 NLHE. 0:00 Introduction 0:22 What top pros are (or might be) like 2:35 My start in cash-game poker 7:22 Moving up in stakes 8:54 Struggling and recovering 13:30 Difficulties of playing for a living 15:50 Session review: $5/$5 No-Limit Hold-Em 32:25 What does the pro do?