Originally posted on 02/09/2014:

Not every poker pro plays tournaments. A pro just means you play for a living...it doesn't necessarily mean you're living particularly well. Several pros live "off the grid" and if they do file taxes, they're filing for the bare minimum they possibly can file. A few are students and can say they're going to school to dodge paying taxes. Some will just say they live with their parents still. There's a decent percentage of poker "pros" who don't know a whole lot about taxes.