How many young players out there actually make it???

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How many players out there actually make it starting out with like 200 in their roll and working up to where they can play 1000 NL someday. I put in 200 bucks last week and got it up to 1000 and now am back down at 700 or so playing 25 NL, and with rakeback, should be around 1000 at the end of the month. Without winning a huge tourney (which I've tried to do unsuccessfully) is it possible to build your roll high enough to maybe make a nice second income someday, or is variance just too great??