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		 I started playing Hold 'em a bit over a year and a half ago, but I grew up kind of a gambler. 
Been playing poker in home games for years.  Mainly 7 card stud, 5 card draw. 
when I was 12 I asked for a calculator that had a black jack game..this was back in '78 so it was a really expensive gift for a 12 year old but my dad got it for me. 
 
I figured out my own blackjack system back then which I found out later on in life it wasn't anything earth shattering, just optimal play.  But I can sit down and play for hours on the same money or leave a winner.  have not left a bj table in years a loser. 
 
My grandfather taught me how to shoot craps the year before that...so yeah I've been a gambler for a good part of my life. 
 
However I know that pit games are overall losing games, so I only play poker now. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
		
		
		
			
		
		
	
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