Poker Software Tools

I live in Maryland, and one of my friends is a professional poker player. There is also a state lottery. But if gambling is illegal, how do the above facts fit without violating that law?

Before college and during college I had some odd jobs but I never had a long term job.
After I graduated from college (UW-Madison) with a bachelors degree in computer science, I got a job as a software developer. I worked for 4 months and than I quit. I lived off the [...]

I’m trying to take the jump from a career in the corporate world to professional poker player? Has anybody done it already? Any good paths to follow? I’m placing in local games/tournaments but don’t know the first thing about going national/international. Help!

I’ve made quite a bit of money last year playing cash game poker on the side and I’m thinking of quitting my day job and going full time. How does a professional poker player file taxes and their annual salary? How does the IRS verify the income reported is true? Must you report every [...]

I was talking with a new co-worker and she told me that her boyfriend is a professional poker player. I’ve never heard that before. Everyone that I know who plays poker does it once a week or once a month for fun. I asked her if he plays every day and she said yes. He’s [...]

If I wanted to become a ‘professional’ poker player, how would I start? Online tournaments? Local tournaments? Is there a place I can go to find more information? Or should I just take my 10k buy in to the main event and hope to make the final table (or at the very least, in the [...]