My opinions are certainly biased, as I prefer to live outside the US anyway.
However, in my opinion any professional that passes up the ability to play at pinnacle is losing lots of money. --- obviously that's pretty obvious.
However, moving to another country isn't a real option for most people (especially those with families).
For lots of people it'd be a vast lifestyle chage with many formalities. For me it's not nearly as much.
Nevertheless, if I was a professional player, I would live somewhere where I could play at pinnacle.
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