Advice on how to do it? Don't. It's a great dream and ambition but one of the key things you need for poker is experience. If you do want to try and do it, just get a part time job to go alongside so that you're guaranteed an income. The worst that can then happen is you break even for a few months if the poker dream doesn't work out and move on. The last thing you want to do is dedicate money and time to poker and have nothing to show from it apart from being totally broke and having a big gap on your CV.

You'll quickly find freerolls are very different to real money. Do you want to play cash games or tournaments?