An adventure of going Pro or Broke

I never really thought about real goals poker related in the past. As I have an solid income through my datime job, I was never really addicted to money I make (or could make) by playing poker. To beat the game I’m currently playing and build a bigger bankroll somehow, was more or less my only challenge.

But in December 09 everything changed a little. I lost one of my bigger clients and was thinking about, what if I lose another two or three of them?

I was wondering, how much I would have to improve my game, if I wanna put poker into consideration as an alternative income source.
After playing around a lot with the calculator, I came to the result that I need to make at least $ 40,— per hour, if I wanna play for a living. But as Austria is not the cheapest place to live on the planet and due to exchange rate variance I set my goal at $ 60,— per hour.

Is a winrate of $ 60,— per hour a huge goal for a guy who is breaking even at 4tabeling the 6.50 turbos on Pokerstars? Definitely yes, but isn’t it worth working for?