I learned poker game (probably Hold'em) from my cousing when I was still on elementary (without currency coin, same amount). However, I am still newb as I do not know basic strategy, it's always call all the way and hoping for the best. As of now, I am still learning from many sources.
What year did you start playing poker? How did you learn to play poker?
christmasscorpion said:
I started playing poker in 2004
I was 19 years old and fell in love with it when I saw the wsop on ESPN
I learned from reading every book I could find, poker forums and poker training sites (back then it was cardrunners and pokerxfacter)
My heights have been chopping a $1k WPT tourney for $162k. Winning 5 figures multiple times in sunday majors online, and winning hundreds of thousands playing cash games 🙂
the biggest high was having a piece of Greg Merson in 2012 when he wont the main event. I watched it front row center day 5,6,7,8,9,10 and it's been the highlight of my life.
Poker has given me financial freedom, an education, friendships and great connections in the business world of it as well. I love this game so much and all the people it has connected me with. Thank you Poker Gods and all the wonderful people who love this game too!!!
I had a poker event arranged at my office by a company that were launching an online poker site ...they taught us how to play poker and gave us some freebies...I really picked up the game from there
I think it was 2005 or 2006.
At first I read some articles online and then I tried out some play "to get a feeling". Later I was very active an ps.com
Winning at WSOP-ticket over a satellite in 2007 or 2008 (cashed-out this). Winning a step-6-SNG on Stars. Was playing then a promo for the EPT in Barcelona with Antonius, Raymer and more "stars" from that time.
Late I quit poker and started to play now again 😎
Surprised I hadn't answered this. I began playing in winter of 2003. I was working down in Fl with coworkers who introduced me to the game and we'd play modest 7-12player tourneys together. It was hard for me to get used to numerous overplays of junk hands. Florida guys really just wanted to play every hand for 3times the blind or allin. (maybe helped that two hott older women with a pool and liquor were next door) I lived in South Beach at this time, these fellas were in a house in midbeach 71/72st? It was clearly some interludes had happened numerous times between about 6 of them.
That summer back home in WI we continued playing in a bar league about twice a week. Larger fields with locals typically had 3 full tables/30players. If you were late, you had to be lucky someone busted out without a rebuy in the 1st hour to play. The Florida guys still played the same, so maybe thats just them. No two hotties to blame their play on up here. I made the final table often with my play but generally finished 3rd-5th which about paid for my entry and the half dozen-8 pints I drank of beer while there. The Moneymaker event happened not long after, poker was good for 6years. Then I had my daughter and this now is basically restarting poker play for me. Lasted a month in January, my luck seemed worse bad beats everywhere. Poker evolution in last 10years clearly has better loose players than back then. Or maybe it's just the programs that are readily available to basically ruin a player who isn't playing with these programs.
That summer back home in WI we continued playing in a bar league about twice a week. Larger fields with locals typically had 3 full tables/30players. If you were late, you had to be lucky someone busted out without a rebuy in the 1st hour to play. The Florida guys still played the same, so maybe thats just them. No two hotties to blame their play on up here. I made the final table often with my play but generally finished 3rd-5th which about paid for my entry and the half dozen-8 pints I drank of beer while there. The Moneymaker event happened not long after, poker was good for 6years. Then I had my daughter and this now is basically restarting poker play for me. Lasted a month in January, my luck seemed worse bad beats everywhere. Poker evolution in last 10years clearly has better loose players than back then. Or maybe it's just the programs that are readily available to basically ruin a player who isn't playing with these programs.
I have been playing for 10 years + - I learned to play mobile poker club
For me, it all started with a friend telling me from another friend who's quite good at poker and flies all over the world for live games.
Next day, I saw a poker tutorial Video (pokerstars) and fell in love ever since - created an account at pokerstars, played with Play Money to improve the game, saw interviews and games of all legends, bought masterclass from Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey, followed the history of Tom Dwan,..it is really a fascinating world! 🙂
Next day, I saw a poker tutorial Video (pokerstars) and fell in love ever since - created an account at pokerstars, played with Play Money to improve the game, saw interviews and games of all legends, bought masterclass from Daniel Negreanu and Phil Ivey, followed the history of Tom Dwan,..it is really a fascinating world! 🙂
christmasscorpion said:
I started when i had 18, but then i stopped, and start playing again when i had 30
biggest achievement i had this year when i won 500$ in micro mtt. i watched youtube, then i learn from pokerstarssholl, after that i watched twich, and join cardchat and learn some coll stuff here, and now thx to cardchat i am slowly building mine bankroll
