When I learned how to play poker and enjoyed every moment while playing it. I'd think about poker every day and night and that was amazing.
this ^ ... pretty much the same for me.
And along with that... my very first night playing
online poker I registered for a $1 tournament... not knowing how many would be playing in it or how long it might take.
I actually thought it was a 'winner take all' tournament.
It had 970 entrants on Fulltilt ($1 'The Ferguson').
It started at 10:30pm PT (and it had taken me ~10hrs. to finally be able to make my deposit) and it played til' ~5am.
I was a bit sad when I went out in 2nd place (even though I'd had fun) thinking I was winning nothing... but then a small window popped up on my computer screen, letting me know I'd just won $114. I was pretty excited about that.... & I was 'hooked', lol