Hey mlagoo
This is somewhat of a tough call for u. I finished my first year of law school last spring, and played poker and traveled all summer. It is true that u can get away with not working your 1L summer but every overachiever I know at least did an unpaid internship at a prosecutors office or something.

You may not be giving up a lot by not working, but there most assuredly is at least a little lost opportunity cost(resume, connections, etc)

I think you should get better at poker during the rest of this school year, and if u can beat the 55's for at least 10 percent and have at least a 5k bankroll then go for it.