Quote Originally Posted by smitts187
what size br do u suggest to start with to make an income?
i read quite a long time ago that you shouldn't go pro until you'd made your first $10k playing poker. At the time I thought that was ludicrous, but I now agree.

If you are withdrawing from poker to live, then you won't be building your bankroll much while you're playing the micros. Which means you may end up stuck micro-grinding a long time - and when a downswing hits you're in trouble.

A few questions:
What income do you want/need?
What experience do you have to date, at what stakes, and with what results?
How easily/quickly could you find a job that would cover your costs of living? how much time would that leave you to play poker (assuming working minimum hrs to generate essential life $ only - not trying to save etc) ?
How many tables are you proficient in multi-tabling?
How long can your savings support you if it all goes pear shaped?

also - what stax said is all good.
a crappy player who can barely beat $100nl but can grind and gets ok rakeback can clear $2k a month fairly easily - but, huge but, they need to be playing off at least a $4k roll while doing so.