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Message: [QUOTE="Phoenix Wright, post: 5501029, member: 419963"] I'd probably consider my current game closer to a hobby, but really I see it as a challenge. I feel like I've given my "story" on at least one or two other forums, but I'll say a shorter version here. As a personality thing, I've always found something that greatly interests me. I then put a ton of effort and time into improving that craft (I have been told I have a ton of determination, but that is the only way of life I have ever known) and eventually become really good at it as a result. I then, for whatever reason, find something else to challenge myself. I still occasionally return back to the things of past success (to make sure I don't un-learn it), but I usually find that I retain my ability in those things in the same way that others describe as riding a bicycle: I don't forget it once I've learned it. Some of my past "challenges" include golf, magic, billiards, art (especially drawing), chess and a list of many other things. Poker is just my most recent challenge I have for myself because I want to learn this game well and become really good at it. Why poker of all things? I have always had a natural gift for psychology and reading people. I learned the basics of the rules of poker really young (around 5th grade), but the game never interested me. It wasn't until after I was 23 years old that I literally woke up one day and thought something like: "Hey, I bet I would be good at poker." I figure that if I could learn the game and its fundamentals really well, then the psychology ability could be the small thing that enhances my game to the next level. Now that I've began playing a little poker (still just learning the subtle points to become good at poker although the rules and super basics I have known for a long time), I have found that I naturally excel at hand reading and tell spotting in others. My recent joining of this site was primarily for access to the forums because I wanted a community to share, learn and ask questions with. :) [/QUOTE]

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