I'm a big poker player. I played poker professionally for about 5 years,but I needed a break, which is why I am in Oklahoma right now working. Playing poker for a living took all the fun out of the game. I truely think you need to be in Vegas to do this profession. I was everywhere but Vegas for awhile and had a bad run of cards for about a year. The pressure of supporting yourself playing poker is crazy. You are basically playing on scared money unless you have a bankroll that can support you in case you get a bad run. Hell I lived at the Gold Strike in Tunica, Mississippi for about 3 months off of comps. As long as you play in their poker room, they will give you free room and free food. That's all a poker player needs!

I have had a tough couple of years. I'm tired. I just want to sit down at a table and relax and have fun. I have learned so much about life and people. That is one thing poker has taught me that I will never forget. Now if I could just get the opportunity to do something with it, that would be great.

The disadvantage of learning this game is learning how to read people. You start to watch people more closely and it's amazing how you can tell when they are lieing. Just in everyday worklife I can be talking to a person and watching them and then BAM...they made that move when you know they are full of it. You learn that most people are full of bullshit. It makes it hard to trust people.