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[QUOTE="dj11, post: 1833148, member: 13851"]
There is risk.  Not so terribly different than running into a small stray dog while out walking.  You startle, and that process invokes some level of flight or fight response which is heavy adrenaline.  OK, maybe not so heavy when it is a small dog.  (Think free roaming Lion).  Your heart races, your breathing gets deeper, the adrenaline heightens your senses and for a moment you are thinking a bit clearer. There is an initial standard fight or flight response which gets tempered pretty fast as your brain does some fast risk analysis.

As you get deeper in an MTT the heights get a little higher.

Thing is, you like those heightened senses, and the feeling you get shortly after that 'rush' of adrenaline (probably several other naturally occurring compounds as well), but several minutes afterwards, the physical part starts coming in.  That is a tired feeling.  Minor vs the small dog, hugely tired if it were a Lion, and somewhere in between for poker.

As for addiction...not all addictions are bad.  I think I am addicted to air....and water..... and people....;)  But yes there is an addictive quality to poker.  About the same with any serious hobby.
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