How I learned to love Gambling

I used to be one of those people who thought gambling was a waste of time. Not necessarily a bad habit or a waste of money like some people seem to look at it, just thought there were better things to do with my time. There was something about casinos that was a real turn-off to me, and friends I knew that played poker seemed to use it more as an excuse to smoke and drink together – and be away from their families – than out of the pleasure of doing it. Not that I didn’t want to spend time with them, I just couldn’t stand the smoke – call me squeamish.

But I’ve always been someone that liked to spend some time in front of the computer, either surfing the Web or playing games. From that to putting the two together and playing online games was just a small step, naturally. The concept of playing something within a community of World players that I could relate to and that were, of course, much tougher opponents than a computer’s AI was an excellent change from what I was used to, and quickly got me hooked.

Then one day I saw a popup for a free online poker tournament and said “why not?” You could play with free chips, it was just for fun – something like a trial period to see if you liked it before putting money into it. And I did like it, especially the chance to be also able to chat with the people playing. Online poker games are now something that I play often and I really enjoy myself.