Isapostola, firstly I'm an idiot, but dont you think wicks poker playing might lead him to playing "midstakes" games or whatever, enough to earn a decent amount of money with? It's not like poker is a dead end job, wickss obviously has a baseline of skills which he's obviously been working on just to get to the level he's at. Also assuming (perhaps optimisticly who is to say?) he currently makes 3k-4k a month, an amount often considered pathetic in twoplustwo land, isn't a bad living for someone without much education/motivation for a career (working for the man). I dont see how this is a waste of life, especially considering wickss probably enjoys grinding sngs more than he would working a job although you perhaps may not.

rakemeplz,
again, not trying to be an ******* but it seems like the answer is no based on:

[$400 being his current bankroll]

Read it again, his roll was $2k and rent $400 a month.

Yes I generally agree, but of course the aim should be higher than on low stakes games. It's then up to the person/results when it's the time to reconsider.

(if you are a high stakes player and go busto, what do you do then? grind low stakes until you are back up again i guess. and change the screenname to avoid mockery on NVG)

unless it's all a level....

Hey all you NVG kids out there, don't be afraid to fail in your quest to become a micro-pro. If you fail you can always collect welfare and have suckers like isapistola pay for your expenses.

Oh sure he'll bitch and moan about having to support your a$$, but secretly on the inside he will be smiling, content in the knowledge that he is better than you at the game of life and perhaps even poker.

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? is this for realz?