Poker
OK my interest is poker. Not gambling - just poker. Can't get through the day with out downtiming with it.
I have found the SI's last between 1-4 years and never completely go away. In the past I have been into (in reverse order). I often have more than one running at a time. e.g at the moment I am also interest in U.S. law
- autism (research)
- horse whispering
- science fiction novels/shows
- books
- horses
- the colour purple
Gosh they sound so boring. I tend to get super obsessed, talk about nothing else, research subject depth and width of subject, need to be 'doing it' for 2-8 hours per day.
I am lost without it and get super stressed and emotional.
I struggle in the transition from one SI to the next.
My sons (in reverse order) are
- bakhugan
- warhammer
- gaming
- lego
- buzz lightyear
- rocks
My daughters are
- writing
- egyptian mummification methods
- 542 buses (timetables, look and feel, route etc)
- singing
- stuffed toys
- that french girl in the cartoon arg can't remember the name
My dad is a semi-pro poker player. He went on the Party Poker Millions cruise to Mexico he won his way into a few years ago and met Howard Lederer (spelling?) as well as other pros. He has a cool picture signed by a bunch of them. He studies very intently many books on poker and usually plays omaha hi-lo on Full Tilt.
My favorite pro is Annie Duke.
Omaha hold'em is one of my favorite poker games.
IamTorken: How did you get into poker it in the first place? I always like to ask that question, because I am always amazed at the colorful stories I hear!
I went through an obsession for several years as a pre-teen (into my teen years) with a consuming focus on solitaire. (every imaginable way to play solitaire, I probably know!)