Im pretty sure the only way to "make money" online is to play big field tournaments like you did and cash a couple times a year (ie get lucky, doesnt mean the people that do this are not skilled players, but they got lucky a fair share to win one of those things) or people who can like 12 table and average a few bucks profit on each table...

a lot of the stories about nothing to something Pros is just that stories...

I read a thing by Alan Boston, I quote "Pros are amateurs that got lucky in a tournament" I entirely agree w that... I would add people that have a significant amount of income from somewhere else and just recycle their money over and over, If you notice top players are listed by winnings, not by profit... (a slight % gain im sure is attainable, which is making money at a hobby, but not a main income source)

Noone can tell me the cards are "random" online, first technically a "random" draw by a computer is impossible... it doesnt mean it is "rigged" but online poker to me seems to be more like playing a WSOP game on PS3 for real money... which is an entirely different game then "live B&M poker"

The real skill in poker is the reading of body language and situations, and ya, I guess reading situations online can be done, however when I been playing on fulltilt lately, it just seems to me more often then not, I am playing a "got you game" w fulltilt rather than the other players at the table.

I have a no trusting nature, Im done putting money on any other site than Bodog or intertops, and really thats just cuz I can combine it w the sportbook... where I know Im not getting screwed for sure...

I dont know why I have been trying online anyways, Im a +Money player live, and ya their are swings, but thats poker... online isnt, its a video game

I could be wrong w this, but Im certian im not... I have common sense...

so many people get defensive when you bring stuff up like this, people with gambling problems or people that make a lil bit of profit and embellish... all I can say is... the argument that "they make money off the rake y would they risk their reputation" is the dumbest argument in the world... if you had any knowledge of past wall street frauds, corporate scams, etc... you would see that...

just remember greed and money rule the world... and the rule is, cash in while you can, for as much as you can, because things dont last forever.