Do you love poker?

I’m not talking about the kind of love you have for your Aunt. I’m talking about special love. Tingly love. Thought-consuming love. Take over your life love.

There is a widely held belief that the most invigorating route through life is to find something that you love to do, figure out a way to get paid doing it, and – to borrow a Nike slogan – just do it.

In 2009, I quit drinking alcohol. It was ruining my life. Either the booze went or I did. The booze went. Poker saved my life back then. Had I not fallen in love with the game, I could have easily fallen back into alcohol’s clutches.