I learned to play by watching poker on T.V. I then decided to give a shot at online poker. I live close to a casino and started playing there. I have grown to love poker.
where did you learn to play
OK in my family poker was a given. My dad was an avid player(my first 5-6 cars were actually his poker winnings as was my 4 brothers and 1 sister and 1 house we lived in) so we all learned at home. My dad switched between cards and HVAC to make a living.😛 I considered myself a decent player (only played backrooms and never casinos) untill i decided to take it online. I now know I suck and have much to learn. So now I am actively trying to relearn my game.
OK in my family poker was a given. My dad was an avid player(my first 5-6 cars were actually his poker winnings as was my 4 brothers and 1 sister and 1 house we lived in) so we all learned at home. My dad switched between cards and HVAC to make a living.😛 I considered myself a decent player (only played backrooms and never casinos) untill i decided to take it online. I now know I suck and have much to learn. So now I am actively trying to relearn my game.
Poker came into my life online at Ultimate Bet when a bowling buddy of mine said "download UB and we'll sit and play at a play table together and just bull shit".....I did that and had no idea of how to win at this game but after about 10 hours a day for about a year or so, I started getting pretty good and built up about 10 million play chips then found out that players were willing to pay for play chips on eBay so after I sold about $400 worth of them I re-invested that money back into the site and have never looked back. I make most of my money to pay for everything playing poker online.
Nick said:
From my Dad, when I was 7 or 8 years old. He was an excellent draw and stud player, but his favorite game was an old one called Pitch that I haven't heard of anybody playing in years.
Honed over the years: first with family (our family reunions always have poker, pinochle and crib games going), then with friends, especially in college; the Army; and finally in poker rooms when they finally legalized it in Montana. A poker room in Great Falls was the first time I ever saw or heard of a wierd game called Hold 'Em.
hipshot55 said:
Pitch is actually a game separate from poker with very different rules. My family has played it for as long as I can remember.. it's also called 'setback' and can be played with partners or 'cutthroat'. I really love this game and have tried to convince my buddies I play poker with to give it a shot but it's kind've tough to learn the strategy at first and a bit hard to teach also. There is a computer version of it called '3D pitch Deluxe' that you can download a shareware version of at random sites.
Hmm, I learned texas hold'em from a cousin. Then I donked $700 bucks at full tilt, where I learned that I have a serious tilt problem. Then I finally learned to play more solid poker when a shark made fun of me at sportsbook poker.
I learned simple 5-card draw from my parents: it was one of those camping card games we played, among Gin and others. I learned Hold'em when I was pretty young, about 12-13. My first true tournament was at a friend's 14th birthday, we played for like 4 hours and whoever had the most chips got $25, 2nd got $20 yadda yadda. I got 2nd in that tourney (behind the birthday boy, figures 😛), and that is where it began. When poker showed up on TV, I began watching it, along with playing with friends more often, mostly not for money. I started sorta playing online with playchips a year ago, and I have been placing higher and higher in freerolls (we are talking the last 2 months or so). I'm not exactly sure where this will lead, but we'll see. I greatly enjoy the game for the sake of playing it, and I will continue to do so until it doesn't. 😀