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?