Re: Going Pro: The Other Side
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It seems that poker wasn't the only reason he got into this trouble. Could he not find a job elsewhere or go back to college?
This is definately a rare case and obviously it was 100% because he was a gambler. It really really sucks though.
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My ex-roomate and I (some of his closest friends) are going to visit him in jail this week and talk to him about this. That is, getting a job (somewhere hopefully) and getting himself back on his feet, maybe applying for financial aid...we'll see. Then again, we don't know how long his next sentence will be.
And you're right. Poker wasn't the only thing that got him in to this situation. His parents disowning him for his decision to play for a living basically cut out the only support group (other than his friends) he had. And when we couldn't "financially" support him any longer he had to find the means to do so himself. Why he never got a crappy minimum wage job, I'm not sure.
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