[xniNja]

I might normally post something witty and elaborate, but I'm getting tired and this is going to be one of my last posts for today...

1) Are you a winning hold'em player?

I find it hard to believe- if you're trying to set your friend up playing those limits- you would know there's no point playing those limits for him at all... not for $ or practice.

If you are- I would have thought you'd have him start playing at a limit that is not only beatable, but worthwhile.

2) There is a rule, that goes back many years before anyone alive was born... the gist of it is "What a man does for a living is none of my business."

You should repeat that to yourself 3-4 times until you are convinced that it is true.

3) Mathematics. Selling drugs for him is not only +EV while poker is -EV in the status quo, it's greater by an infinite margin... he only stands to profit.

Sure he could get hauled away by the DEA or whoever else, but that's unlikely... like getting kicked out of a casino for swearing.

My personal, unprofessional, unnofficial, but 100% real and pragmatic analysis:

It's nice you want to teach him poker, that's fine.. keep doing it.
Those limits are a joke.
He should have some other income/money/bankroll... if it's dealing drugs, then it's dealing drugs... or something else.

Finally, I don't like the way you assume he will be a losing player initially, if you are to teach him. This implies either he is stupid, you are a bad teacher, or you don't know what to teach him. If you're going to take it upon yourself to derail his intended course and teach him poker, you better know what you're doing- and he better win.