I started playing when my drinking buddies started doing a weekly Friday night game. It was just a way to have some beers and laughs but I really enjoyed it.
Then, I took a trip up to Minnesota to visit family and they have
casinos and poker rooms open to 18+. I sat down at 2-4 limit and I was hooked!
It's been an epic adventure since then, losing, winning, but also tons of memories. The strangest thing is when I hung up the cleats, after Black Friday when live games died and got harder, I didn't think I would miss it. Grinding live was a chore and the travel was annoying at times. Yet now, man, those mid 20s were the time of my life.