How did you start playing online poker?

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Just wondering how some of you got into online poker. Personally, I came at it from the "online game" end of it, not the "poker player" end of it. I knew how to play poker, but rarely did. I have been gaming online for many years however, and I've been extremely competitive in several games over the years (Quake, Counter-Strike, Warcraft, etc). I thrive on the competition and interaction with others.

I started taking on online poker as I would any other online game - learn the rules, learn the strategy and practice the hell out of it until I'm better than everyone else I'm playing with. It's working out quite well (been playing for a little over a year now and it's currently my sole source of income). I'm wondering how many others have come from this route, and how many have come from a poker player background.

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