How old were you when you started playing poker?

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I always remember when I met poker in a Facebook ad, and out of curiosity I clicked on it, and that was all for me to never stop, I love playing poker, feeling the adrenaline in your body when you play expensive tickets, I started to play when I was 21 years old, I have only been in poker for a year, and I have to do very well. I have a good bench. I hope I continue like this to go far.
 
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at 20 started playing online, at 22 played my first live tournament for real money
 
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Esti pasionat de poker online?
Pentru compania Sparkware (locatia – Grozavesti/ Bucuresti) suntem in cautarea unui coleg pentru pozitia Poker Room Manager. In Ro este o pozitie nou creata, iar in Israel mai sunt 3 colegi.
Daca este de interes astept cu interes cv-ul dumneavoastra pe adresa [email protected]
 
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First learnt the rules at 13yrs

This takes me back a bit, I first learnt to play Poker at 13yrs, playing for matchsticks, then at 15 started playing with pennys, all good memories and reminding me of how long my love of poker has been.
 
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I can appreciate this 100%

When I would go to my dads house to visit on weekends he would dump out his pickle jar full of change. He taught me how to play regular 5 card stud first and eventually 7 card. I was maybe 10 or 11 I think? If we won he would let us keep whatever change so I was jacked to learn the game.

Picked up NLHE at around 16 and never really stopped for more than a couple months at a time here and there.

31 now so definitely have some times and memories with the game. Love it. Cool post.
 
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horseshoebhole said:
I can appreciate this 100%

When I would go to my dads house to visit on weekends he would dump out his pickle jar full of change. He taught me how to play regular 5 card stud first and eventually 7 card. I was maybe 10 or 11 I think? If we won he would let us keep whatever change so I was jacked to learn the game.

Picked up NLHE at around 16 and never really stopped for more than a couple months at a time here and there.

31 now so definitely have some times and memories with the game. Love it. Cool post.

That's great. I have a similar upbringing with poker, except I was playing against my sisters. I remember playing as a 7-8 year old thinking, "If I just keep betting more than they can call, I'll win every hand." Sometimes I realize this habit has stuck with me, lol. :D
 
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I saw poker on TV when I was 11 or 12 and I played with my brother and friends. We played a bit with play money online and when we couldn't play anymore I stopped. When I turned 18 I started again.
 
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Lots of great stories here! :rolleyes: Love to hear all the family connections to poker! I have a unremarkable poker entry story; I started late last year at age 33.
 
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I started to watch TV shows about poker from the age 21 and a few years after I started play online poker, I was around 25
 
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Since I can remember, family games, mixed.. long before Texas HOLDEM,
Can’t remember, but jacks or better, 3 card, is and little one.. 7 card, straight 5 card
 
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Online with 22 Years but I was already play for fun since the 19 years with friends.
 
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Anyone ever play 1, 2, or 3 card guts?

Everyone antes, then the dealer chooses to deal out his choice of 1, 2, or 3 cards. Everyone looks at their hand, holds in above the table and then the dealer counts down, "3, 2, 1, GUTS!"

If you drop your hand you are out (fold), if you hold on to your hand you are in. If multiple players are in, they showdown and the best hand wins the pot while the losing hands have to pay the amount of the pot for the next hand (i.e. If 3 players are in, the pot will double for the next hand). If only one player wants to play, they have to go against the deck.

It's a fun game which can get out of hand as the pot starts to grow.
 
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I started playing when I was 16 or 17, I played with my friends, small bets.
 
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hi

hi i dont remember but i think i was 19 or 20 years old and still im playign 33 now
 
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I started playing at the age of 20 .. now I'm 24 years old I'm in rhythm as always in ups and downs
 
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It seems that I started playing poker when I was 19.
 
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first I played in facebook for free and after who I became 18 online you play
 
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I started playing in 2011, I don't play often, and on small byn, the largest that played 33USD, the largest win is 840 USD
 
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I tried to play at 13, played for candy wrappers)) and at 23 I started to play for money.
 
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I think I was about 16 when my Mum would ask me to play for her on Pacific Poker.

I started playing at 18 when we would go to live games for about a €50-60 BI. In my 3rd game I came second getting a free ticket into the Irish Open and almost enough to pay for her too. At this point she was affiliated to the now 888 poker so we got to eat and drink in their private area and she finished on the first day and I made it to the last 35. However we made many mistakes as we were only new to a live scene like not eating correctly and sleeping right.

Not to mention my lack of knowledge as to why I did things!
 
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I play table games all my life.....not particular poker.....although i think i was5 or 6 years old playing my first card game which was Black jack.
All my life I played card games and board games with family, friends, at school.....everywhere.....
Actually, about my age of 5 or 6 my granddad teached me how to shuffle a deck and how to play Black Jack.
Around the same time I learned to play Canasta, Besique and many other card games.....
Playing poker for money though, besides some penny games at High school, just from 2009.
 
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I believe it was around 25 years old. It all started with my mom. She loves playing poker and she used to see the wsop and the big pros back in the day.
 
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I was 29so still a rookie learning the hard way thou and loving every minute of it
 
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i Always played poker with my friends since my yougst...however, i strated play poker online with 35 years old
 
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20 at the college. After about 3 months i finished 3rd in the college tourney, just beginner luck i think, but great experience for the newbie.
 
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