Where did you learn to play?

[Macrorabbit]

I started playing poker at local free tournaments as a way of spending time with my friends. I quickly got hooked on the people as ell as the fun and challenge, especially after my first tournament win. I started playing online to learn more. I look forward to learning even more from you !

Mac !

 

[shreg]

its kinda funny my hubby taought me to play but not that well then he let me play with his real money account that started at $450 when iw as done it was down to noting. I told him maybe if he would have helped me i wouldnt have lost it all. he wasent to mad but now its been about 6 months and i know how to play good!

 

[pirates66]

I learned how to play on my friend's computer about 3 1/2 years ago.

 

[MrGoodFlop]

I started playing at pacific poker during the last Christmas holidays

 

[Durbanburn]

ESPN all the way...

 

[Afterlife000]

I started playing poker in the 6th grade and learned from my dad. He used too have tournaments at our house all the time with a bunch of people. And i was tired of sitting there and watching them and not knowing how too play. So he taught me how to play, and now im in love with it!

 

[Fighting Mike]

I'm learning it with the book Dan Harrington Hold'em Volume I.

 

[muddawgg]

i have been playing cards most of my life..I was in a friends bail bond office 2 years ago and they were playing on line texas holdem. Looked like fun so i started on ps. I'm still learning

 

[RetributionXX]

I began with partypoker playmoney, at present play only holdem.
The other Poker is not for me.

 

[Myar]

Played many many years ago when introduced to it by some friends and we played home games. Then I started watching it on tv. After that I got online and played alot with free money while reading every site on the internet I could find about it.

After I got ok at it I started in freerolls just for large tourney experience. that was actually a mistake for a while, I started playing alot looser/risker etc... like so many others do in them. Finally realized when I wasn't even making the top 50% consistently that had to change. Thankfully before I started playing with real money.

 

[Menda]

I'm still learning

but I started year ago - and learned it from my husband.

Now I'm playing better than he does

 

[Passion_play]

I learnt online, new some of the basics but did not know that a full house or straight beat three of a kind etc.
I am still not sure about how some ties are split when one has a higher card but I've learnt alot in three years now.
Having fun!

 

[tandoorimovie]

learned to play poker online mostly playing freerolls,Quite a shock when starting to play for real money as i didnt realise the difference in play, I now play a reasonable game, mostly on titan

 

[txtech]

i played on my laptop i believe it was pc game called
Hoyle Card Games 2004 ,then once i got better, played @ party pok.
now i play @ home with friends and family and online @ FullTilt.

 

[Nexar]

i learned to play most card games by a silly casino game i had for computer thoght most time i wouldnt know what the hell was going on in razz i saw cp folding king and aces and thinking what??

 

[Vision]

WSOP

Watching the wsop every year at Binion's.
We hit Vegas/Reno every year so added this to the itinerary.
This was however when they ran earlier in the year... april/May
then May/June and it didn't run for 6 weeks.
Completely different feel standing in that room vs RIO now. Glad I got to experience it.
Of course this was when you could stand 5' away from the tables and see action. Wawtched Fergusen's final table in 2000.
To get playing time I too went online and thru casino and cardplayer mags learned of the online sites opening up so joined those immediately.
We also play at weekly turneys at local casinos.

 

[thomcr]

Poker leagues

I learned to play in poker leagues at local bars. In my area a lot of bar owners are having tournaments. Some as many as four nights a week. I just decided to sit down and try it. I have been hooked ever since. I think it is a good way to learn because its free. However people don't play near as loose as online play tables. Anybody else play live cards in tournaments?

 

[bhasin]

my cousin introduced me to the game in december 06. since then i've been playin only play money, but i realised that the people playing these tournaments arn't very good so i could never really try and make plays at a pot because they would call with anything and go allin with like KJ

 

[Ih8theriver]

Started watching the WSOP in 04 and got hooked on it, that's pretty much how I "learned" to play the game!

 

[lckydvls13]

i wacthed it on tv then downloaded it from internet then started playing... then moved onto my friends and now i kick there but

 

[jacktotheAce]

Why did the US do it??

I learned on the pokerstars site before it stopped U.S. play!

 

[cobes320]

sportsbook.com, actually made profit gave it all back on a horrible football weekend

 

[MakMan]

after getting harrington on holdem as a gift from a poker-playing friend. enjoyed the book, decided to enjoy the game as well.

 

[GammaRay]

With my Fam

I learned to play poker through my fanily. We always had games on the weekends and I enjoyed cleaning up. Made good cash for a teenager winning almost every other weekend at over $100 a game.

 

[High*Roller7]

playing with my uncle and his buddies... took a while to learn but eventually i got the hang of it...