Go watch the 1000/2000 blind tables on Full tilt. Some 23 year old Swedish kid sat down with over $1 million on 2 different tables one day. Patrick Antonius probably makes 100-300k a month on internet poker. I've seen him win a few 100-200k pots alone. The guy is a beast. Personally, I got fucked too many times by the bullshit that is those sites to play it anymore. I'm a pretty good player, though. Just too much bullshit with AA, KK, A-k and what not getting cracked on the internet by hands like 9-3 off.
What's your SN on FullTilt BF? I play the 3/6-10/20 NL games pretty regularly.
Antonius is a beast. In addition to crushing the online games he's apparently become a regular at the big 4000/8000 mixed games in Vegas. 300K a month is a conservative estimate for him IMO.
The swedish kid you refer to is TexasLimitKing. The rumor is that he has been nabbed for cheating, although nobody seems to be able to verify this.
Gossip aside, telling some kid to "get good at poker" is assanine. Anyone with any experience knows that the variance involved will crush most kids spirit, and numb them to the value of money. Only a few are mentally prepared, disciplined and intelligent enough, not to mention lucky, to win consistently. It IS a fun game to learn and play, but I wouldn't call it a job unless my wins far surpassed my regular salary for 3-5 years consistently.