Re: One year as a \"pro\"
In comparison to many jobs today, I'm not sure what's unique about online poker that would induce an unhealthy lifestyle. E.g many office jobs require a person to sit on their asses in front of a computer for 8-12 hours straight. If you get fat playing online poker you'd probably get fat working an office job.
The social interaction is another factor, but I think that's easily remedied as well, especially since pro poker players have a lot more flexibility to spend time with friends, family.
The one thing that struck me re: the downside of pro poker is one 2+2er who said that playing for a living is tough emotionally (apart from all the expected emotionally tough aspects of poker) becuase you spend every working day of your life in direct conflict with those around you. That's kind of a brutal existence.
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