I started playing poker when I was working for a trophy maker in Hull in the late 1960s. During lunch breaks, my colleagues and I played for a few pence and I found I was quick at calculating the odds. I was only 15 but in the same year, I joined a local casino club – I shouldn’t even have been allowed in. The club was legal, but it had the atmosphere of an old illegal gambling joint. From there, I was invited to private games. People were happy to have me around, because I wasn’t a great player and I lost regularly.
我開始打撲克，是上世紀60年代末在赫爾(Hull)一家獎盃製造廠工作的時候。午休時間，我和同事們就會賭幾個便士，我發覺自己計算賠率很快。當時我只有15歲，但就在那一年，我加入了當地的一家賭場俱樂部——其實本不應該允許我參加的。那個俱樂部是合法的，但裏面充滿了非法老賭場的氣氛。從那裏，人們開始邀請我參加私人牌局。他們喜歡帶我玩，因爲我玩得不是很好，時常會輸。
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