Where did you learn to play?

[Insomniac_1006]

Celebrity Poker Showdown...

...is where I learned the basics. Then a friend sent me a link to the MBL wsop site. Played there for a while and worked out some of the kinks. Started reading books and watching the WPT. Moved to bodog to learn ring games. Joined a play for points poker league so I get lots of table time with out risking any money.

 

[GreekFish]

learned

Well I learned in jail but they have alot of wild cards, sometimes holdem though, guys all in with a8 and so on, kinda like the freerolls(lol)..... now online of course the rake is lower....

 

[jame7231]

I learned how to play on thanksgiving in 2005. I went to a local bar with my Dad, and just loved the game ever since!!!

 

[kimberz89]

My Boyfriend i is OBSESSED with poker. It's like a sickness really. So I decided instead of sitting there listening to him talk about poker all day any nothing else, it would be something fun we could do together. I've only been playing about 7 or 8 months and my records better than his lol

 

[SPANKYSN]

I learned how to play in my aunts kitchen when i was 10

 

[katymaty]

i learned to play on the Ladbrokes play tables playing sit n go's for a couple of months, then started real money on bet365 $2 tournaments and the $5000 K freeroll they used to have with around 700 people in them - thats how i built up my poker bankroll

 

[gottabuyit]

OMG! learned it online and watching TV hehehe! then learned the hard way by getting beat online hand after hand...

 

[chilebeeny]

I never learned to play

I started playing freerolls and play money at poker stars (still do)
Then started freerolls at other sites (FTP, Bodog, Carbon)
By the way, if you haven't tried carbon - I would definitely recommend.
Then small cash games and tourneys at local indian casinos.
Then Vegas baby, turneys at Caesars, Mirage, wherever ....
But I haven't sat at any larger cash games in Vegas yet becuase, I do know my present limitations, and I say I've never "learned" to play because that implies a complete task, and you never stop LEARNING in this game. It ain't checkers, man .....

 

[ratmantoo]

i started off watching the pros on tv.... wsop, aussie millions and our local 1million . then on to playing with friends(limit). now online

 

[9944]

I first learned playing STUD with my family. Then I found online poker.... Omaha... and liked that better than Stud. I'm not a great player. I just love the game of Poker. cguru:

 

[kpacn]

Play online

Hello I am playing poker mostly online in few poker sites. I prefer to learn how to play poker in tournaments than cash games because I am losing lots of money there

 

[Erdin Ibram]

I've learned the game by watching videos on youtube and also playin on fulltilt. I always love watchin poker show like High Stakes Poker or Poker After Dark and many more.

 

[Quote]

i learned playin poker with a few friends from work and got hooked on it since, i remember i didnt even know the winnin the hands and what order lol came a long way since then...been playin card rooms and online eversince....playin with play money doesnt hurt ur game if u play the freeroll tourneys....sit out a couple hands and u can identify the donk players , the aggressive players and the conservative players...if u dont know what a donk is UR PROBABLY ONE OF THEM>..LMAO

 

[sry4badbeat]

where i got my skills

it all started when i got a free lab top
enter in free email/free pitbullpoker/freeroll/free money
so i won aleast 2 freerolls and alot of sit n gos
but i still have a hard time with my bank roll
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[HungryBear]

I learnt the basics of poker from Free Texas Holdem Poker Online at HoldemPoker.com (now part of Online Poker - Play Free Poker Games (Texas Hold'em etc) at PokerRoom.com i think) then i went on to buy Harrington on Hold'em expert strategy for No-Limit Tournaments volume 1 and 2. Not a easy read however very good and i would definatly reccommend it. I personally had to read each book 4 -5 times before i understood it all but its well worth the time. My game dramatically improved after reading his books.

 

[neenzy]

I obversed poker playing since i was 5 and understood the concept of poker at the age of 8. I always played poker with my family and friends. I developed my game by watching WSOP and other poker shows and reading books.

 

[scspook]

I started off playing cards with my Grandmother...Crazy 8's, Hearts, Go Fish....and Checkers and Parcheesi... my grandmother was an incredible mathematician and card player - there were actually games I wasn't allowed to play with her at all... She was red-listed from the Casinos in Vegas for counting cards in blackjack in 1975 on her 75th birthday.

Later on, I got a game for Christmas by Mattel called a "Merlin" it played simple games and one of them was Blackjack, I also played a ton of pinball in the 70's and that was my first taste of playing a game for money. I learned poker later on, it fascinated me because of the hands and the bluffing involved. I played a little against friends for cookies...

I started online a few months ago and had a taste of success, but I failed almost equal to how often I won, so I searched out more information, Gus Hansen's video series gave me some aid and some encouraging thoughts from Chris Ferguson - all of which I found online and I have been growing in consistency ever since... I was naturally a good 'reader' since all the time playing with my Grandma (she was my toughest competitors), but it just would get so complex because I wouldn't understand kickers and would get riled up and just tilt easily at times when if I pulled back I could have made the money or even Final Tables... I play Full Tilt constantly, it's the perfect site in my eyes, though I like Absolute as well...

 

[smokinbandito12]

started playing live with with friends in high school and then got introduced to online play in college

 

[Lipe110]

I saw Poker on TV and in some film and learnt the rules on the internet. Then I started playing online and with friends until I understood the basics fully.

 

[plshrk]

I learned to play at home. But really started to play online at absolute. Been playing about 3 years.

 

[cloudstrife21]

I learned to play poker from my dad when I was 6. I was a natural at the game and he put $50 on a site and i tripled him up

 

[unlucky79]

I myself started playing live games but since the spawn of online I rarely play home games anymore with friends. For god sake they cant offer the prize pools that online play can. The movie rounders believe it or not really got me into playing NL Holdem that movie is a true classic!!! Jimmy McCabe

 

[VandyBelle]

I read Wikipedia...lol. I started playing on MSN games. But online games were boring to me so I joined a local poker league, and my game has gotten a lot better.

 

[vanilla sky]

I learnt to play with one of my friends teaching me a year ago.. Then i went home that night downloaded full tilt and every thing began.

 

[slowplay4ces]

I began playing with friends. We'd play on weekends, for real money, it would get really competitive and it was awesome. In the beginning, though, none of us really knew how to play, only one of my friends actually knew, so he'd crook us every game haha. As we progressed though, we've all gotten a lot better. Anyway, then I moved on to online poker to REALLY practice my game when I couldn't get one going with friends, and here I am now lol.