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Originally Posted by STJEAN81
This isn't 'sacrificing his social life' , its complete isolation under immense stress, pressure and frustration. For a full calendar year. It's not like he just has to hang out inside all day and not socialize. Even that would be extremely unhealthy. This is going to drastically affect him longterm mentally, it is a terrible idea and should obv just be done on a smaller scale for less money while still having some free time and to socialize. I am also forgetting that he said he has zero friends though, tough to imagine why.
This. It's not like his options are to make 500k doing this or 0k having a life. He could go with a much more balanced approach, make 200-300k, while also trying to improve his life. It seems to me he's just going way overboard with this and hoping this will be some magical formula to making him happy when he's finished despite his other problems?
Also, I don't think you can compare 60-80 hour work weeks playing poker vs other jobs like lawyer/banker/doctor because those don't require the continuous mental strain that poker does. In those jobs, you can take breaks, talk to your co workers, you have meetings with other people... you can just sit at your desk and stare into space for 5-10 minutes when you need to. Poker obviously allows for none of that. 60 hours in a week of poker is exactly 60 hours of work, of your brain working as hard as it can. And I don't know how others feel, but after 4-5 hours of poker, even after I stop playing, my brain can't think of anything else for at least the next hour. It's still in poker mode and needs time to "decompress". It's not like you just flip a switch when you finish playing and can now go enjoy the rest of your day. You have to think about how much of your life you want poker to consume and what amount will still allow you to enjoy happiness in other areas, otherwise whatever money you've made from poker is pointless.