Playing poker without patience and perseverance will lead you to be the bankrupt. If you want to gamble you must be careful about this and it depends upon your choice whether you will play this game either as professional player or a gambler.
It will seem to you that the poker is a regular employment. This is true that you will get money but the money will be spent for your living cost or for many other bills associated with it. But the main bottleneck is that you will not get exact amount of money like regular jobs and you have the chance to lose. A week may come when you have earned million of dollars and you are enjoying with that money but such week will come when you will search money or you will be homeless or not getting food.
You will be able to pass more time with your family as you can schedule your life as you wish. But most of the woman does not like to marry such type of gambler. You will get mixed with variety of people and you will gain a lot of experience. But you may face problem to be introduced with those person. In poker game you are independent for your working.
You can work as you wish. If you want to work 7 days per week you can work and if you don't want to work for one day you can do it. You will have to pass a lot of time with gambler which may cause harm to you. As in casino you are not allowed to smoke so it may be better option for you to quit smoking. On the other hand several mental or physical diseases may appear in your body. To some extent you may be depressed and there is a chance of heart attack during loses of your money.