Well... I kinda watched people at it for a while. [He hung out with those unsavory types as a street rat orphan, but he wouldn't really go into detail on that.] But, I can't say that I was really good enough at it for a few years, at least. I'd drop the cards, or couldn't move my hands right to cover which side I was dealing from. Stuff like that. Gettin' called on it was a pretty good motivator, though.