kessler definitely has income coming outside of poker or just has a lot saved up

doing what he does gives him notoriety - look, there's a freakin thread that's derailed to him

he's a known entity in the poker world despite being a loser player

he would not get this kind of social recognition if he just spent his days at a golf course

same exact reason why so many people who don't need money are happy to run small businesses which themselves may not even be profitable

so you can introduce yourself at cocktail parties as an art dealer or librarian or photographer (that's a big one) or whatever instead of saying "i don't do anything"

huge reason for angel investing as well - throw 20k to a tech startup once a year and you can introduce yourself as an investor and if any of them take off then you'll look like a genius

Do people still play poker ?
How does crypto, stocks, social media income, and biz side hustle culture
affect attracting the next gen of poker kids in college/20s ?

10 year old article still being rage debated, LOL
Guy probably does not even remember writing it by now

OP, thanks for posting this...

I guess it comes down to LV and/or L.A. Not having the $volume of tournaments necessary day to day... And if they did, you'd probably need a free stay in the city you don't love in.

I would not that even if the $volume tourneys did exist, it would probably require very irregular work schedule. Some 80 hour weeks and quite a few 25 hour weeks

Taxes are unfair and admin headache I'd also add

Sorry.. A ton of terrible auto-correct in previous message