I once averaged 70 dollars an hour playing about 20-30 hours a week. I enjoyed doing it I ate like a king for free, I had tons of friends, I had tons of money saved up, I worked when I wanted, I had time to go to the gym if I was having a ****ty day I could walk out anytime. I beat the game constantly for about a year. Even though I never had a month where I didn't make at least 2000 dollars I played a soft 5/10NL game that I always felt super super comfortable with and rarely played scared. I played 10/20 NL only 20 times max and probably won 70% but also got lucky a couple sessions I never felt comfortable playing even thought I'm up in that game. Maybe after a year or two of beating 5/10 I can move back up. So what happened you ask? I met this girl.... and she almost broke me... I had a terrible relationship and I got super depressed and started drinking a lot. I cut back on the drinking got down to 8% BF so I could have fun with some ladies. I've had my fun but now it's back to business. I will be back and playing FULL TIME by July, I have started to put my studying in and i'm ready for the poker life style once more. As I'm sure many of you know there is nothing better then going to Vegas during the world series of poker sitting at the soft soft cash games and having a good session and partying like a rockstar that night because you had a good day. That is what I miss most about playing poker. I also always hated introducing a myself to a girl and her saying "What do you do for a living" and I say "You won't believe me but I play poker professionally" "Do you win?" "Well god didn't buy that Mercedes I just rolled up in or a view of the beach from my window." Anyway I'm not sure why I'm rambling on but I want to know what you guys think and what your favorite part of playing poker is?