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Valiant23 · 09-12-2005, 13:55

A (not so) Brief Background

I found PuntersLounge on the morning of the first Saturday of the football season. I was looking for a little help with my ante-post coupon, and spent a lot of that day reading what was posted on most sections. I was delighted to see this forum had an NFL thread in the USA and Other Sports section, and just below that was The Poker Section.

This interested me as I'd spent a few years watching Late Night Poker on Ch4 (and later on satellite), and so had a rudimentary idea of how to play. Myself and Pocket Lady both enjoyed discussing the program, and being a bit of a gambler I said I'd love to give it a try BUT having seen first-hand how poker/gambling addiction has taken a couple of work colleagues I was extremely cautious - even scared to go and play in a Casino.

So I started looking around the Poker section and expected it to be full of tales of woe, and how people have lost thousand's on the turn of a card. What I found were people from most walks of life taking great enjoyment in playing online poker. I read a lot of the current posts that day, but still wasn't prepare to throw away money on something I knew nothing about (strangely, that hasn't stopped me when it comes to football or NFL).

09-12-2005, 13:55	#2 (permalink)
Valiant23 Vienti Tres Join Date: 06 Aug 2005 Location: On the road Age: 40 Posts: 13,477	A (not so) Brief Background I found PuntersLounge on the morning of the first Saturday of the football season. I was looking for a little help with my ante-post coupon, and spent a lot of that day reading what was posted on most sections. I was delighted to see this forum had an NFL thread in the USA and Other Sports section, and just below that was The Poker Section. This interested me as I'd spent a few years watching Late Night Poker on Ch4 (and later on satellite), and so had a rudimentary idea of how to play. Myself and Pocket Lady both enjoyed discussing the program, and being a bit of a gambler I said I'd love to give it a try BUT having seen first-hand how poker/gambling addiction has taken a couple of work colleagues I was extremely cautious - even scared to go and play in a Casino. So I started looking around the Poker section and expected it to be full of tales of woe, and how people have lost thousand's on the turn of a card. What I found were people from most walks of life taking great enjoyment in playing online poker. I read a lot of the current posts that day, but still wasn't prepare to throw away money on something I knew nothing about (strangely, that hasn't stopped me when it comes to football or NFL). __________________ You can spend your time alone re digesting past regrets, Or you can come to terms and realize you're the only one who can forgive yourself. Makes much more sense to live in the present tense.