My gambling began in home poker games in High School.

My casino gambling began with Blackjack. I rarely got to a casino, but on one trip to Atlantic City I made a point of buying a deck of cards from each casino I went to. Then I asked my family to do the same.

In 1999 I made my first trip to Las Vegas. I bought many cards and a couple of chips came home as souveniors. I remember seeing ads for a Chip Show at Arizona Charlies (It was Superbowl weekend) and I thought maybe I should go, but I never found the time.

On that trip I played mostly Blackjack, but i also played casino poker for the first time at Harrah's.

After returning from Las Vegas I found Ebay and began buying cards from various casinos, I ultimately stopped collecting cards and began collecting chips.

Coinciding with that I began to gamble much more than before and learned more games. Now I know that I should stick to poker, but you will often find me at a craps table and I've been playing Pai Gow poker as of late.