Where did you learn to play?

Genso Hikki · Oct 16, 2007

Well, I've been playing stud and draw since I was a kid, but I'm ashamed to admit that I learned how to play hold 'em watching Celebrity Poker Show Down on Bravo.

*hides in shame*

xxkodjoxx · Oct 19, 2007

well i just learned on full tilt

GreekFish · Oct 21, 2007

Learned to play?

Well when I was incarcerated. Im sick so when I got out I played on the net, Live play is really where its at though. But the value of the net is that u can play several games at once....

NetterMann · Oct 22, 2007

I learned to play poker by playing with friends about one year ago. We meet once a week and usually play 4 to 5 hours.

lkport · Oct 22, 2007

I hope to learn to play. Can anyone teach me?

actually, like Genso said "Well, I've been playing stud and draw since I was a kid" same here. I learned holdem on party poker when it first came out, because hardly anyone was playing the stud I wanted to play. I don't watch poker on TV, and I read 1 book, Doyle's super system. Its ok, taught me what hands had power, but his aggressive style isn't really well suited to online play. I seldom play live, once in a while with friends, who I dominate, so I guess online play does tranfer to live play.

blac6465 · Oct 26, 2007

ChosenOne · Oct 26, 2007

Poker Stars is where i learned to play hold'em

NevRcall · Oct 27, 2007

ask a friend to learn poker if you have one, that is the better way to learn poker (i mean to learn not only the rules, but the tips)

knapping · Oct 28, 2007

My dad showed me how to play ohh somewhere around 35 yrs ago he used to have poker partys like 2 times a month and I was his gool luck ( so he told me )since then I play all the time eather with school friends back then and in the casinos or online now I enjoy playing ..even when I lose

Unique2Read · Oct 28, 2007

Believe it or not, Phil Hellmuth's cell phone game.

Semicolonkid · Oct 28, 2007

My Dad taught me how. He's the one who introduced me to it.

Falloooooon · Oct 30, 2007

A little while after Moneymaker won and I heard about the poker boom, it dawned on me that there were probably a lot of really bad players out there that I could win money from. I was right about that (pat on back), but thought that I had picked up enough from watching ESPN for three weeks to be able to beat these clowns, and I started off by playing FL ring 0.25/0.50. And out of pure luck like all players will have from time to time, I started out on a roll and thought I knew it all. Then it finally stopped and I realized that my K7o wasn't holding up very much when I made a pair.

So I bought Sklansky and Miller's Small Stakes Hold 'Em and got good at it and started winning. I've since read a pretty good selection of poker books, and also picked up loads of knowledge from online sources.

eclibrise · Oct 31, 2007

internet and frends

zanmann · Nov 1, 2007

I learned Hold em by watching the WPT and wsop on TV and then started to give it a shot online this past year (with play money). Lately I've entered some freerolls and finally cashed in a couple - my bankroll is almost a whole dollar

Anyway, it became very apparent very quickly that there is a lot more to this game than meets the eye or is presented through good TV editing.

slowplaya01 · Nov 3, 2007

I learned to play on absolute poker playing those $50 freerolls where 2000 people get in. I played those for about a year won some cash and started playing for real on pokerstars. Won a few mtt's there.

Walkmanx · Nov 3, 2007

Iv been playing since i was like 6 LoL, but that has been 5 Card Draw, that like the poker game every1 knows, and if u mention to Holdem to some of my friends they are like wdf is that? LoL...

But yah holdem i learned watching TV

and then the other games came playing online

nick1usmc · Nov 4, 2007

I learned to play by watching, then I decided to get on-line and try a few of the free games. I went out and played in a free offline tourney at the local bowling alley last week and finished 9th of 60 people, so I'm doing ok, but I'd like to get better. I play online at Full Til and PokerStars, but mostly just in the freeroll tourneys.

SPARKY70 · Nov 7, 2007

STARTED PLAYING FOR real money FIRST, WITH CO-WORKERS. THEN TRIED ONLINE TO SHARPEN MY SKILLS. HAVE ONLY BEEN PLAYING WITH PLAY MONEY. NOW IM ONTO THE NEXT STEP. IM TRYING TO WIN REAL MONEY IN FREEROLLS. WHICH LED ME TO A SEARCH ON GOOGLE, THEN HERE. LOOKING FORWARD TO MEETING NEW PEOPLE, AND WINNING REAL MONEY.....SPARKY. SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS, I JUST NOTICED. OOPS!

rmolony · Nov 9, 2007

I was taught the very basics round at a mates house about 2 years ago and after playing what can only be described as "super-loose" for 2 or 3 games I realised I'd have to actually learn how to play

I started on pokerroom.com but their server went down one day so I tried out FullTilt and have been there ever since. I have basically been teaching myself with help from poker player magazine and sites like this.

I have mostly been playing for play chips. I have found the shift to real money to be hard as it's a whole different game.

lyndze24 · Nov 10, 2007

I am self taught, but I have to admit, watching the WSOP on espn... helped alot!!

Figuresforher · Nov 10, 2007

My father actually taught back in the days.
and since then i've been playing steadily online.
havent made any notable prizes yet =/.

Oh and nice to meet you all im new here!

dokpango · Nov 10, 2007

kitchen table

That's right, the good old kitchen table when I was waist-high...

Mostly draw and stud; hold-em came just recently, last 4 years. The fad took off like wildfire with Moneypenny, or Moneymaker, whatever his name was.

Those penny-ante family pots were fun.

Peace.....dok

Steveg1976 · Nov 10, 2007

Poker in general I learned how to play years ago by playing with friends for small stakes. Then the WSOP started being televised by ESPN and that is all anyone wanted to play so I figured I had better learn how to play so I don't just give my money away. I finally played in a tournament a few months ago and realized how much I still had to learn and that is how I ended up finding this site.

high flyin · Nov 10, 2007

learned from my grandparents. never thought it would be so popular.

BabyDoc · Nov 11, 2007

Mostly online. Read super system 2, but have learned the most from online experience.

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