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Discerning readers can help by avoiding books that include any kind of sterotyping. One person found this helpful. This is a very sweet reminiscence of the author's immigrant grandma, who embraced life fully. She played poker with Dutch Schultz's gang while her plumber husband fixed their toilets. While she cared for the author as a child she passed along the wisdom she'd accumulated. Advice like "Never, ever go into the woods alone because the gypsies will get you or, should you escape that cruel fate, you'll fall down a hole.

When the author was old enough, she taught her to play poker as well. The author's illustrations of the way she imagined her grandmother's stories are a delight. Loving respect informs every page. The author was lucky to have such a grandma, and we are lucky to share her story.

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So it seems the deprivation makes the reward that much sweeter in the end. Finally, it is no coincidence that the game is played with pieces of candy. As Sharman points out, food is often used in gambling games think of the infamous fruit machine , tying our happy associations and the pleasure we derive from eating into the game.

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King acknowledges that candy's positive associations help make the game more fun and relaxing. Psychology Apps Games blogposts. Order by newest oldest recommendations. Show 25 25 50 All. The smell, the lighting, being able to smoke cigarettes inside, and the whole general atmosphere of people having a good time. My troubled mind soon became cleared, awake, and alert, ready to hit the blackjack table.

I sat down, ordered a beer, opened my fresh pack of smokes, and went to work. I had made a couple friends that were sitting next to me and I was having a great time. If I lost it, hey, just right back to where I started right? Bets were closed, cards were dealt.

I felt like a million bucks!! The place was mine! In the midst of my sorrow this made me happy to have a place to spend time with my kids without being reminded of my old life.

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I went back home and started hatching out a budget and seeing how I needed to manage my finances to make life work. I figured up what I would need to have initially, that way when I moved in I'd already be on track. After tallying it all up, adding and subtracting money in my bank account and the cash I had I, I was a couple hundred short. Now I could have tweaked some numbers, sold some of my collectibles I own, but my mind instantly said, "head down to Hollywood and try and make that dough Same old story walking back in.

It was like a sensory overload, an old friend who was always there to make me happy and leave my troubles at the door. To the electronic blackjack machine I went!

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After a few hours had passed I had found myself up a few hundred again. I had realized I had enough money to cover my budget startup and told myself I should leave. I did, but this time it was a bit harder to force myself to leave. The thought of staying and winning more was stronger. I said to myself "don't get greedy" and walked out the door. The ride home wasn't as fun this time either as the thoughts of winning more money consumed me.

My brain was already developing a good relationship with thoughts of the casino. Days passed, and with my family situation I had more free time on my hands. I was seeing my kids every other day. My days without them all I could think about was heading down to Hollywood.

Eventually they overcame and I started going more frequently. Then it turned into everyday I didn't have my kids, I'd head there straight after work. Every time I went I came out hundred ahead and it seemed like I couldn't lose. That, paired with taking my mind off of my situation, made it easy to keep going back. It excited me to tell my co-workers about my nightly experiences. Then came the trip where I decided to put my money down on the actual tables.

This made me more nervous because I knew there were strict rules to follow when playing at the tables. Hand gestures, etiquette, all that jazz. But other players had told me that's where you make the real money. So I gave it a shot. I was on cloud 9.

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Since that win hundred just wouldn't do. The month of February was up and down. I started making riskier bets, and my bank roll fluctuated between k. I was starting to miss work because I was so comfortable with my financial situation. My mind was totally consumed with blackjack and how soon I could be back to Hollywood. My winning streak was unbelievable and I felt like I could almost make a living at this. Fast forward to March 14th, Pi day, a day I'll never forget. I had 8 thousand dollars in cash on top of my fridge. All from blackjack winnings. It was a Wednesday, not my day to have the kids.

As you can imagine, I was headed for my home away from home.

That day I decided to take every bit of my bankroll in with me. Tonight my luck was exceptional. It was time for the dealer to shuffle which gave me time to lay my chips out and count up my money. Well a little over that to be exact but I tipped the dealer a couple hundred and cashed out my 15k. As I sat out in my car looking at my three rubber banded wads of 5 thousand, I thought about what time it was and how there was no way I was making it to work on time if I went home.