A bit to add. I agree with Frank that (condensed) playing vp for a living is not the optimal way to live a life as a career. That's exactly why I decided when I started that I would retire as soon as I hit 60. How people who say they are professionals play beyond that age is a mystery to me. I'm in far better shape than most of them, and my body started saying NO! to sitting in casinos for hours at around 57.

On the flip side, even though I'm now around Nevada casinos throughout the winter months, I still play, but it's maybe once every 10 days and for 90 minutes tops. In other words, recreationally and without goals or any real meaning--and nothing over $2. The days of sweating it out at the $10, $25 & $100 machines are over for me.