I can never see myself giving up poker .. it has been a part of my life for too long ....I was a soldier for many years, and although I never realized it before I became a soldier .. poker is in many ways for me, the same, and poker was a part of life in the army for me, and I always carried at least one deck in my gear ....more than a few times while locked down and waiting for imminent deployment, those cards brought peace and order into my mind ... and passed the time while locked in a common room somewhere lol .... poker and war share many similarities as well including the main thought ... the theory of calculated risk .... I am grateful to have had it over the years, and like my motorcycle and fishing gear they are old friends, it would make me sad to part ways with any of those things....