Where did you learn to play?

[aerisa]

I think I mainly learned as I was growing up, we had alot of family poker nights. Although we played 5 stud or 7 stud- that's where I learned the basics.

aerisa

 

[fan_diaz]

I started playing 5 card draw, like 6..7 years ago.. and then.. i downloaded one Casino game...which had poker tournaments (Hoyle Casino)...where i started playing Texas ..so everything i know and learn is from bots with very low AI

 

[u4eated]

I grew up playing cards at my grandparents house. We played all kinds of poker games. Then i started playing online and i really started to learn Texas Holdem. I try to read alot about the game , so im always improving.

 

[AlurOne]

nice thread

like many other people, i learned to play poker with my family when i was younger. i was probably about 10 years old. my cousin and i are the same age, and we used to get a real kick out of playing cards for money, even if it was just nickels and dimes. we would usually play at my gram's house with aunts and uncles. it actually brings back a lot of really great memories to think about it and write it down. . .

anyhow, we mostly played 5 card draw and 7 card stud. i had never played hold 'em until about a year ago, and that has been mostly online. hopefully, what i learned as a kid will help me win now. if not, i'll just blame it on my crazy family. . .

 

[Mad_Mike989]

At school where Ive learned all of what I know.

 

[TheDon704]

College

 

[SmokyRiver]

Started out in college. Got horribly hooked online and have never looked back

 

[Bee12o3]

I started playing online poker at party poker. I played about a year just with a play money account there. Since I have branched out to real money and that's about all I will play now, but I don't play real on Party Poker.

 

[bully1337]

playing with friends

i started with play money to.... Later I won 1.10 $. at a Freeroll Tournament ... now I play with more and more and more

 

[xace100]

i first learned from my uncle who visted from the states last year. he tought me the rules and fundermentals, then started playing £20 games down the local and started winning money. then i made the transfer to the net where unlike most i kicked off on $30 sit & gos on poker heaven where i started to build up a bankroll. then i heard about pokerstars which is a much bigger site so more players which means more games then made the transfer to cash games at 50c/$1 level which i find u can make more money quicker. and thats my year long jouney, (oh and i read about 5 books, supersystem being my favourite but soon be startin on harringtons books)

 

[shawley]

I learned from friends playing home games. Then I started playing freerolls online and I loved it so I have deposited money in a few online poker sites. I only play cheap sit n go's or low limit games.

 

[gts3475]

I learned to play by playing with friends. Then I watched a friend play online poker so I started playing with play chips to help me learn and get experience. I have since then played with real money but I online play micro tables, low cost SnG's, and freerolls. Until I get alot more practice, I don't want to play with real money to much. I did do well last week I deposited $25 and decided to take a chance so I played a $5 tourney I think it was anyway I ended up with $119. I thought that was pretty good since it was the first tourney I entered that cost more than $1 or $2. Right now I have decided to play with just play chips and freerolls and see how things go.
Have a Good Day & Good Luck!
-gts3475:hello:

 

[rovinato]

hello again

I learned to play online.
Beginning with the eurobet software, as i had a sportsbook account with them.
Then downloaded a lot of poker clients and play all days.

 

[KingOfAnglia]

I learned in play money on pokerstars, decided to try some real money and quickly realised i knew nothing, eventually found that my best game was sit and go's (I was till pretty rubbish) and found the best improvement has come from watching PNL everynight for 4 hours, and reading Sklansky and Harrington. But i suppose the best education was playing alot and losing time and time again, only now am i finding out from my many mistakes how to actually start winning. (sometimes )

 

[MaximusBets]

I started playing around 2001, we always played poker (started in middle school) but as far as holdem was concerned not untill a couple of years ago, and it was strictly house games , untill I turned 21 of course. LOL

 

[badazzchick]

first poker hookup

was absolute and i still play there and am a vip have won a few time and remain loyal dont agree with the changes they have made but oh well with all things change must come the freerolls got me hooked

 

[woodsy44]

once you get the required number of VIP points are you a VIP for life?

 

[dimon]

I learnt to play online. But now I promout it to my friends. So now I can play & learn offline

 

[lukaszz]

i learned on pacific poker at play money

 

[FireDrop]

My Grandmother showed me how to play when i was a kid! used to play for sweets!! dam i miss her!!

 

[LetsGetItOn]

I actually learned from the same tutorial at holdempoker.com as the first poster. I liked that site a long time ago when I was playing for play money.

 

[don8ions]

I was pretty inspired by Moneymaker my sophomore year in college. ESPN really dragged it out and it caught on eventually...as I hadn't played anything besides draw and stud. There's no looking back now as I'm hooked since then.

 

[LesDoodis]

I picked the game up after...of course, Rounders. But didn't really get into it until after watching parts of the 2002 wsop at a buddies on his PC. We both got hooked and the rest was history. We figured if Varkonyi could do it, who couldn't. I loved seeing him bust out so quickly after getting AA twice in the first hands. It was even better watching him go out before his wife the next year.

 

[quant]

hi there.

I started out by watching late night poker on channel 4.

was fascinated by it and then found absolute 1 day, the rest is history.

Played in freerolls to begin with and once i got a little stack built from there on ring games.

Moved to titan about 3 months ago and built a little nest there

ready to join the $5 league when i have the posts to get the passwords

 

[cybesh]

on TV
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