While a few people are full-time professional poker players, most have to balance a day job and evening outings to play poker matches. You may spend many of your breaks at work reading up poker books or browsing websites to watch game strategies.
If you play poker professionally, you are your own boss, so only you decide when to take a day off. Secondly, the most successful professional poker players live extraordinary life. Quite often, they can travel all around the world and work from almost any place on earth.