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Originally Posted by deltaguitar
As a normal UPC kid I would have never gambled or gone to a casino. I was just too cheap. Then the world series of poker got real big and I decided that I could beat the game of poker. Living very close to poker rooms in Mississippi made it to easy. I started sneaking off to play and almost always won. But there were many times I lost and once you go on tilt you can lose big. Though I never lost money in the long term I spent so much time reading and thinking about the game. I even dreamed about poker and lost a lot of sleep over it.
Though it might seem like innocent fun I would recommend folks to stay away as it is highly addictive.
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Thanks for that honest insight, DG. Unfortunately, for most, it starts with a win, then a series of losses, then maybe a win again. When it starts to dominate one's life, they begin the "chase." It then takes years to realize that no one beats the house.