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Message: [QUOTE="DetroitJimmy, post: 1261203, member: 29987"] Never to old(unless your dead:)). Just remember this. If you play for fun right now and are not to good, it all changes when you learn proper play. For example, I started playing a few years ago after watching some WSOP final tables. I thought this was how you play. Pick up a hand and shove your chips in the middle, bluff with air, and so on. What i didn't realize is these people had already made it through a huge field playing a solid early game. The end game in tournaments is totally different from how it is played early. I started off playing a cheap ass video game for the Playstation 2. I was killing the game on expert mode, so I thought maybe I was a natural:rolleyes:. Then my friend introduced me to playing for play money online. Again I was doing very well. Finally I made my first deposit at PS. It was $25 and I started playing 2 table $1.80 or so(can't remember buy-in) sit n goes. First one I played I won. I remember thinking to myself "Damn I'm great" (not even kidding!) and I was instantly hooked. It goes without saying I lost my original $25 within a week. From there I searched the web for poker books. I was into tournament play and didn't care for the cash cames. So that led me to read reviews and the one that got the best IMO was "Harrington on Holdem". I started reading and couldn't put it down. Had it read in 2 days. I then proceded to deposit $50 more into my account. To make a long story short, I have never had to pull money out of my pocket to deposit ever again. Anyway I guess the point I'm trying to make is playing poker to gamble is a blast! Once you start learning the proper way to play it starts taking the fun out of a LITTLE. You look at the game in a different way and you become one of the top third of players that make money. It is fun in a different way, but still fun none the less. To continue making money(online at least) you will have to keep learning .Since I started playing the competition online has gotten much better. I just recently discovered I can only concistantly beat the low levels and I want more than that. It truely humbled me and now I am back to devoting a portion of my playing time to learning. So continue to view and participate in this forum, keep reading, and most importantly keep playing. Practice makes perfect. You can go from a beginner to making a slight profit in no time as long as your not afraid of a little reading and math. [/QUOTE]

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