my honest advice? you guys (i assume) are already winning at blackjack... stick with that.
poker is a very different beast. the learning curve (especially today) is VERY steep, and i would honestly not recommend it as a way to generate income. this is coming from someone who earns >80% of his income from poker.
live poker can be lots of fun (unless you're me, every time i play live i want to take a drill press to my skull). if you really want to get better at the game, go for it! it's a helluva lot of fun and can definitely be profitable. i've played live for years, it's how i got my start in gambling after i realized i sucked at pool (no money pool hustling everyone's solid*). it took me a long long time of brutal breakeven stretches, horrible downswings, and talented players shouting at me and telling me how ****ing horrible at poker i was before i became a solid winner.
i play almost exclusively online now, and in all my (winning) career i have yet to see a 2/5 live game that i can't absolutely crush. the money's there, but it's not easy to figure out how to grip on all dem pretty little chips.
if you REALLY want to learn poker, you'd better be ready to buckle the **** down and accept the fact that (sorry, but it's probably true) you suck at poker right now. but hey, that's okay. it's a very hard game to master. i mean VERY hard.
truth be told, i only realized how tough it is to have a proper logical framework for approaching the game after i started (kinda) coaching lonesome gambler at poker. he's got a sick good mindset and he's definitely able to beat the games that he's playing now. no doubt he could have easily done that without my help, but honestly -- and i'm not trying to be a dick or anything -- without a leg-up from someone who has already established themselves as a solid +EV poker player, the learning curve is astonishing.
now with all that said, i've come to this forum because i want to expand my horizons. i need the whole "yelling at me and telling me how much of a retard" thing with AP that i was lucky enough to have as a fledgling poker player.
if there's anyone who wants help with their poker game, by all means ask me. i'm not the best player in the world by any stretch of the imagination, but i do well for myself, and i'd like to think that i'm able to help others.
so please, if anyone really wants help with poker, PM me or start a thread or something.
would be nice if people opened up a bit to me in terms of AP that goes a bit, dare i say, "beyond" in exchange... a man can dream, right?
*pretty sure only one person here will get that reference