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Written by: Jared Reed<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It just all happened so fast. No, like literally so fast. It started Friday night and by Monday I was back in class. I was at home searching the web and came across some online poker. I had nothing better to do so I decided to put some money on the table. Next thing I know I\u2019m up $3. That’s three free McChickens (before tax of course). I decided to test my luck.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I knew it, I had racked up quite a debt with TommysTexasTable.com. I blame Tommy for that though. I had a 6 in my hand and I saw another 6 in the center of the table, so I went all-in on a strong pair. Only to find out that it was a nine \u201callegedly.\u201d Regardless of their<\/em> mistake, I had to make the money back somehow. But since those punks said I was past my borrowing limit I had to win it back somewhere else. I was in quite a pickle, but if I\u2019m being honest, I was loving the rush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don\u2019t live near any casinos, so I decided to go outside my apartment and start betting people on current events. Simple things like \u201cwhat do you think the weather is going to be like tomorrow?\u201d one guy just thought I was making small talk. Next thing I know I\u2019m following him to his car, thinking he\u2019s gonna give me my money for betting it\u2019s gonna rain, and all the sudden I\u2019m the bad guy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I bet another guy $100 that Trump would get reelected. To be fair that loss was on me given this was a week after Biden\u2019s inauguration. I should really pay more attention to what\u2019s going on in the news. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was running out of places to gamble. I got so desperate for any kind of risk I bought stocks. I had heard people were winning big with gamestop so why not? It\u2019s not as much of a thrill but Microsoft is up 3% so I can\u2019t complain. And it actually helped my 401K so that was the one good decision of the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was all getting out of hand. I took a deep breath and had to think long and hard about how to dig myself out of this hole. Thankfully I knew just the solution, and while I do have my life somewhat back together now, I still have some loose ends to tie up, or at least my dad does with his credit card company.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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