my roommate pays for his rent, car, insurance, school tuition, food, etc. from money he wins from online poker. yesterday we won $3.8k
although it's a bit harder than it used to be, you can make steady money over time playing for dime and quarter ante. all you need is an online bank account to deposit money, basic knowledge of poker, and a high school education in mathematics. i used to do it for a little bit and earned almost $4k in six months before i quit
fyi, i played only a modest amount in what's considered "micro stakes", not reading up on poker strategy techniques at all. my roommate reads and studies about poker as much as i read and study about computers nowadays. you win sometimes and you lose sometimes, but i've made something like $22-25/hr on average over six months whenever i did feel like playing. like a side job that i could attend whenever i wanted to