A really good poker rate in a casino is like $40 a night (most are more) figure you earn comps and can pay for a few nights a month with those, add back in the holiday nights and peak weekend nights you can't get a poker rate and you might be able to average at best $40 a night but probably closer to $60. So for around $1200 to $1800 per month you could do this, I'm pretty sure you can rent a decent place in AC or Vegas for much less than this.

Replace your Christmas morning rolling out of bed with some nice mind clearing, game face prepping, coffee induced driving to the casino and you have a better plan.