When I started playing poker in 2012, I began with PokerStars. I remember the first time I played, I had 2, 3, 5 hours on the flop and I had King of the Kings, 4 Diamonds. I thought I had a flush and a straight, so I folded all my chips! And I lost!
Then, a year later, we set up a table with friends at my house. We started by buying in with $1. There were nine of us, and the pot easily reached $50 or $80 in a single night. We set a cut-off time, and whoever was still playing would leave with whatever chips they had. That was every day until we raised the stakes at the end of the night, and then two or three players would leave with a winning chip! Later, we raised the buy-in to $2 to start, and eventually, you could buy in with $4 or the equivalent of whatever you were losing! The pots reached $200 every night with nine people. This lasted for about three years; I lived off table poker! It was a great time because it was from 10 pm until 5 or 6 am. I learned a lot about live poker, even though I've only been to a casino once in all these years!
Then, a year later, we set up a table with friends at my house. We started by buying in with $1. There were nine of us, and the pot easily reached $50 or $80 in a single night. We set a cut-off time, and whoever was still playing would leave with whatever chips they had. That was every day until we raised the stakes at the end of the night, and then two or three players would leave with a winning chip! Later, we raised the buy-in to $2 to start, and eventually, you could buy in with $4 or the equivalent of whatever you were losing! The pots reached $200 every night with nine people. This lasted for about three years; I lived off table poker! It was a great time because it was from 10 pm until 5 or 6 am. I learned a lot about live poker, even though I've only been to a casino once in all these years!
