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Message: [QUOTE="Emily Trott, post: 6848503, member: 447977"] Up until the late 1990s my experience was basically playing with friends and family, and an occasional poker night for one charity or another. The games were always "dealer's choice", where the dealer could choose between five card draw and five or seven card stud. In games with co-workers some different variants were played that featured different wild cards, etc... When I started playing in a casino seven card stud was still the dominant game. It wasn't until online poker showed up and for a few years before it was outlawed in the USA I learned to play hold 'em. That is when I purchased Sklansy's book from The Gambler's Bookstore (or something like that) online. I still played seven card stud when in the casino until 2018 when I started playing poker tournaments, and those were hold 'em. About a month or so after I started I realized that I needed a little more knowledge about the tournament game, so I ordered a book written by one of the pro's. I don't remember who it was but it helped me learn how to bet in a more effective manner that was better suited to tournaments. For cash games I still prefer limit to no-limit, but in the smaller card rooms that isn't always available. Was it mostly books that helped me with the tournaments? They played a part, but mostly it was playing tournaments every Sunday and practicing on Global Poker. The hardest thing for me to learn was how to compute the size of the pot. That required hands on practice and, like most things, it took some time. I tried a lot of different things but getting a close estimate of the pot is the best method for me. :) [/QUOTE]

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