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I Quit Poker

I decided to give up playing poker. I was in Leeds with a couple of friends for a PKR community meetup. There had been a lot of drinking on the Friday night, which led to me being pretty tired and hungover from the previous night's reveling, but I forced myself to the casino in order to play a rare omaha tournament which was starting at lunchtime. I enjoyed the tournament for the most part, it had been a lot tougher than I had hoped but I made it to the final table nonetheless. Unfortunately, I lost a flip and bubbled.   There was just enough time to grab something to eat before the casinos' big monthly tournament started. I don't recall the numbers exactly but it was something like a £30 buy-in, plus rebuys and while there were only enough seats for 150 players, there was literally a queue to the door with players waiting for spots when someone bust. I got sat down at a pretty chatty and friendly table, lots of players seemed to know each other and play regu...