Quote Originally Posted by big dick View Post
If he is a winning poker player it would be a fine trade off.
Depends if he can play lower without getting bored losing the thrill of the game in doing so because from the sound of it in his original post he was winning perhaps on some big scores then ran badly probably making some bad decisions such as buying into the WSOP main event and shooting off a bunch of other money gambling in Vegas while there.

If he played that main event all on his own dime it probably was bad bankroll management. I don't know where Willie was financially but for example I wouldn't be entering the main all on my own dime with with $300k or less to my name and if he wasn't backed at all then I assume he had less then that. Having tens of thousands of dollars in a safe is what he says in his original post but that is a bit vague and sounds like it could be under 100k instead of a few hundred k which then he would likely say I had a few hundred k in my safe.

Some people when they have played that high before (no pun) if they have addictive personalities can't play lower using proper bankroll management. As I said I'm unaware of his past poker experience, use or lack their of with bankroll management,etc...