I dont get why you guys are jumping to this guys defense, when he was never attacked. Sure if his wife is making some good money, thats great. But the problem with lower stakes and going pro is, if you are at lower stakes, its assumed your br is 500-4000. And even on the high end with 4k, if you run dry for a couple weeks and have to cut into the br to pay bills, well that cripples you. So what happens if he quits and has his 4k, then runs bad or plays bad down to 2k or less. Now he has to step down limits, and he is making, less while his wife starts to worry, and he starts to get stressed. What if he busts? Will his wife happily hand over the CC so he can reload? How many times will she do this? This is all hypotheical, but they are all very possible situations that could come up, and they are not complimentary to a good mind set for poker. If on the other hand you have a br of 50k and you are playing higher limits, you can take a hit to the roll to pay bills and not even feel it.

Pretty much the basis of not going pro at lower stakes is that almost anything in this world costs 500$, car accident? your deductable is probalby atleast 500$, medical accident? just ask boondock, its not cheap. Pretty much if anything at all goes wrong and you need to pay for something, youll effectively cripple your br.