Starting Poker at Different Stages of Life

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My father was a degenrate gambler with many "friends" in the same boat. They would have a 1-3 stud game every friday night (this is in the 70's), and when I turned 13, they invited me to join. Actually, I begged them, cause I had been making a killing with the neighborhood kids playing .25/.50 stud, and figured I could rape the 1-3 game.
Rape it I did and after a few weeks, I was "uninvited" to the game.

I joined the service after high school and made more money playing poker than my base pay every month.

Now I play 80% online and 20% B&M and live very comfortably.