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[QUOTE="Poker Orifice, post: 5403255, member: 33113"]
I began playing poker over 50yrs. ago.  My mother was my main inspiration for playing & she was always my biggest fan.  As soon as I was old enough to fan 5 cards in my 2 hands, I was playing at least a couple times per week.
As a youth we played in games regularly... never at my own house.  At the time we were playing for fairly large sums of money (our entire net worth's, lol... but it wasn't unheard of to come home with up to $200 in my pockets by the age of 10 or 11.... or completely broke after pawning off my bicycle & skateboard).
By the age of 12 til' 15 we used to play in games at one of our friend's father's home.  His father went to Vegas to play poker regularly.  These were mostly losing times :(   They had a pawnshop built into one of their garages :( 
In my early 20's I was playing in games at underground clubs in Toronto & some homegames.  These were (& still are) the biggest games I have ever played in.  Fortunately it wasn't my source of income as I incurred some pretty big losses.  One of those big losses (on a NewYear's Eve on my kitchen table) prompted me to never play again! EVER!!!
I stuck with that for 20yrs....  
Then ~10yrs. ago, with poker seemingly on every station on the TV,  I was talking with a friend who told me he was withdrawing ~$150/week playing on Pokerstars.... from mostly playing $1 45man Sng's & some $3 tourneys.

I deposited on a couple sites..... and then it happened.  On the very first night I placed 2nd out of 943 players in the $1 'Ferguson' on Fulltilt and won $114.00   I WAS HOOKED!!!!

(I later found out that my buddy... the one winning $150/week on Stars.. was completely F.O.S. and was a net loser).
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