Poker vs. Chess which game is more complex? - Page 25 - Poker Theory

I'm pretty sure the average professional chess Grand Master (and many GMs don't make their living from chess) makes more money from chess than the average poker "pro" makes from poker. Of course in poker due to variance there are more people who make millions, but it also means there are people who are net losers. If you average it out among all players who attempt to play professionally, I doubt the poker players would come out ahead.

HAHA! I wish this were true. Look we may argue about many things in Chess vs. Poker but the one topic which there is no arguing is that THERE IS NO MONEY IN CHESS. NONE. WHATSOEVER. If you are one of the strongest players int he country you can expect to make < 100K a year.

If you are even slightly under that you are simply unemployed and sleeping underneath a bridge. that's it, nothing follows.

Even the weakest poker player who manages to score a couple of hundred $ a week at a low level cash game because it's full of donks is doing better than most title players in the US.