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amemex
Rising Star
Bronze Level
Hell fellow CCians!
The premise of this thread is simple; I want to know why you play poker. I realize that not everyone may have some deep story about how or why they came across poker, but for those with interesting reasons (funny, accidental, unexpected, etc.), now's the time to share! I'll begin.
Some background: I recently turned 21, and have since looked into playing online poker. I started about a year ago when a friend casually taught me and I realized I had a natural intuition for it. I do not have friends that are regular grinders or even friends that are regular recreational players. Most of my experience comes from Play Money cites (888, ACR).
Coincidentally, I began facing some severe mental health issues (depression/anxiety) around the same time I learned to play. It got so bad that I recently withdrew from all of my college courses. The only thing that I have been able to grow at this past year is poker. Anytime I had a rough day, I'd hop on ACR and play PM cash games or their Freeroll MTTs; it is about the only thing that can immediately bring me out of my dark thoughts. I do not plan on returning to uni until winter semester of next year (Jan.) so I have decided that until then (while working a day job, obviously), I am going to invest as much time and studying into poker as I can. I genuinely want to grow into an excellent poker player and see if I can make it into the big leagues. I would like for it to eventually become a side-source of income, and that's the dream.
What about you?
The premise of this thread is simple; I want to know why you play poker. I realize that not everyone may have some deep story about how or why they came across poker, but for those with interesting reasons (funny, accidental, unexpected, etc.), now's the time to share! I'll begin.
Some background: I recently turned 21, and have since looked into playing online poker. I started about a year ago when a friend casually taught me and I realized I had a natural intuition for it. I do not have friends that are regular grinders or even friends that are regular recreational players. Most of my experience comes from Play Money cites (888, ACR).
Coincidentally, I began facing some severe mental health issues (depression/anxiety) around the same time I learned to play. It got so bad that I recently withdrew from all of my college courses. The only thing that I have been able to grow at this past year is poker. Anytime I had a rough day, I'd hop on ACR and play PM cash games or their Freeroll MTTs; it is about the only thing that can immediately bring me out of my dark thoughts. I do not plan on returning to uni until winter semester of next year (Jan.) so I have decided that until then (while working a day job, obviously), I am going to invest as much time and studying into poker as I can. I genuinely want to grow into an excellent poker player and see if I can make it into the big leagues. I would like for it to eventually become a side-source of income, and that's the dream.
What about you?