What age did you start playing poker?

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I learned about Poker from my parents in this life. As it is, I have played Poker in previous incarnations. Here I started playing poker after a friend showed me Poker Stars. I personally was fond of Full tilt poker, I liked It. This was at the age of 28. Approximately.
 
I would say I learn poker from my father, he had always poker games , on Fridays and Saturdays with relatives. But I didnt learn Texas hold'em until 15, watching my brother play that. Ever since I have liked holdem over other card games.
 
I started playing when i was like 17..

I discovered when Raymer won the wsop.. i wanted to do the same
 
I started playing when I was 17. It was with friends and we used change as our chips. We started with Texas holdem and soon learned other games like 5-card draw, stud, Omaha, and pineapple playing dealers choice. I miss those home games. It seemed like a $50 or $100 buy-in was such a huge amount at the time but everyone was a good sport if they lost and it was always fun.
 
I have been playing poker for a long time. I don’t even remember when it first happened. Prefer Texas Hold'em.
 
I started around 14 or 15, then when Black Friday took place I quit playing/watching poker. Recently read The Biggest bluff (I'm 30 now) and it peaked my interest again so I'm back to studying and plan on playing uNL MTTs.
 
Hey . Good question.
I started as a student. I first met poker in a casino, it was a 5-card raffle, I was 21-22 years old.
 
I knew poker (5 cards stud) since I was a kid. But we didn't play it a lot, without money it was boring, we preffered other games including bridge. I started to play more seriously at age of 28.
 
The first time was around 14 years old. I played electronic poker where I bet on red or black 🙂 .. I had no chance to win against a machine
 
Like you, I started playing 5 card poker, but I started playing at the age of 15-16.
 
I started playing 5 card draw when i was a kid too. For money since 18 years old.
 
I started playing poker about 10 years ago .... and from that comment I loved poker .... the first 5 years I played on the weekends as a hobby .... then I started playing at night after from work .... and a couple of years ago and I started studying and watching videos with the intention of improving my game ... and taking it more seriously ...!
 
My grandad taught me five card poker when I was about 6. I then started playing NLHE at weekends when i was about 14, and haven't stopped.
 
It was game called "Tikki" what we play most with friends when we were something under 18. My brother was that who introduce me to nl holdem few years later.
 
My first try was when I was 22. It was the usual no limit hold'em.
I had no clue what I did at the tables back then 🙂
 
i started at age 18 as soon as i was old enough in my country to play poker. been playing online since 2002 played on dial up internet.
 
I started playing online in my last semester of high school. When I moved away for college and didn't know anyone in the new city was when I tried my 1st live tournament. Came across a flyer about free holdem poker that was played weekly at a restaurant/bar. Only restriction was that you had to order something to either eat or drink to be able to play. This is where I actually learned more, since we had to deal with the cards and chips ourselves, picked up some chip tricks and learned I'm still excellent at reading people. I ate out once a week all through college haha.
 
5 yrs old?
Lol, did you understand the game,
I started around 23 with texas holdem
 
I started at 21 and never have been playing before in any card game. Felt complete idiot while learning but now it's my main passion besides cooking)))
 
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