What is the best part of playing poker for a living?

David "Viffer" Peat  

"I'll be hoest with you, Iused to love the lifestyle, but I have realized that it is not fulfilling. The money keeps me playing, though. Let me tell ou a story. About a year ago, I was playing in a $100-200 game and ended up talking to this kid who told me that he was one year away from finsishing law school, but he was going to give it all up to play poker. I told him that I would trade my lifestyle, and all of the money I have, to be one year away from graduating from law school and owing a bunch of money, but having a chance at a real life. Poker leads to a lonely life, and you don't ever get a sense of accomplishment. The only fulfillment for a poker player is winning money, that's it."