Where did you learn to play?

[MR TOYMAKER]

were did i learn to play

I first learned to play in family gathering games at 11 years old. In high school I used to play my biker uncle at lunchtime (my house was a block from school) winning some extra cash from him. I played in jail and prison. Dangerous place to gamble and be a big winner. I learned to shear sheep not skin them, to skin them is to place your life on the line. So I would stick to small stakes never over a hundred dollars in cash,trade or canteen. When i was beating someone bad I would soft play and dump some back to the guy if he was somebody. I would never do that now. Only in that situation.
I played in small cash games with friends or when i was invited. I would always be a consistant winner. I played loball in California card clubs but I never really liked to play that game all the time. When the laws changed I played holdem and stud 2-4 dollar range every once in awhile.
I've been playing online seriously for about 4 mos and for the first time that I can remember I'm down about a $1000 over that time. It sucks for me because I'm not used to losing in poker. But online is a different beast and I feel the last few months my game has vastly improved. Ive been learning the math and odds. My play is starting bear fruit ( winning or placing big field tourneys)Keeping a small bankroll on microlimit cash games. I watch TV and see these young players that win or at least make final tables in major events and I feel that their play is at or close to my skill. I'm giving myself this year and another grand to see if I can get back even and maybe play for a small profit.

 

[rdr910]

Started playing poker in college every Tuesday night with all the friends. Have not stopped since.

 

[shocknawe88]

hard work

ive spent hours upon hours putting out rounds of hands and assessing the percentages and decisions associated with each player

 

[RIVERHANDS]

learned alot from world poker tour played 3 finale tables at same time at absolute an learnd alot that day. but really learn most of real play at poker.com playing in freerolls building bank then playing 25$ nl tables an 3000$ freerolls everyday an 20,000 freeroll.

 

[CrackaNACtion]

I Learned To Play At School In My English Class. And i Wondered Why I Hold School Record Gettin A negative 2 Percent in His Class And Had To Go To Summer School.. Lol

 

[ianleel]

Where I learn to play poker

i a bar with my friend play on video poker

I learn from my father who pass away 15 years ago

 

[vickidd]

i started to learn how to play limit in a casino the upgraded to 4 / 8 pl d/c aka dealers choice witch means hm om pineapple or crazey pine but it was mostly omaha those pot odds are hard to calculat then i whent on to learn bacarraatt omg amazing hahah but i prefere tourneys or 1/2 nlhm or 4/8 omaha hi i hate h/l i think it is so stupid its like lotto but i hate most freerolls online cause its just allin allin allin in the begining which blows but i think the most warm friendly site is eaither tiger gaming first choice then poker stars ub is wayyyyy to loose with there chips

kai

 

[Tanatloc]

Learned it from TV then read a book and practice loads

 

[IamBP]

I guess I should finally post on this thread. I learned to play hold'em by watching it on ESPN back when I was a freshman in college. I then began playing play money games online. From there, I went to playing small buy-in tournaments with people in my dorm.

I learned to play all other poker games by playing them for play money online and watching wsop coverage. I also read up on the rules for the games online.

 

[jctm1988]

Brings back memories

Yo to all cardschat people

The place where i learned to play poker:
It was at my brothers house when i turned 18, about a few months after i saw a television show where they played poker at the world series event, and i saw people playing i thought hey, why dont i start playing poker and see how good i am, as it turned out im a very good poker player , then i started to get involved in poker allot, i love poker so much , i had to see it everyday , haha, and then :

after seen the movie ROUNDERS, i started playing it . So im playing for about 1 and a half year now :smile:



One day Hall of poker fame.

 

[confuzd67]

A long time ago LOL

My poker started in the family kitchen, HEHEHE.

I really started to learn though, in the pool hall and then the charity casino events in my city. Finally they opened real casinos here in canada and that was the best and worst time of my life LOL.
There was no internet when I started so the learning took a lot longer than it does today, and you had to worry about some of the people that you beat on a good day(bad day). There were a lot of beatings that took place after the games back in those days.

 

[Uygar89]

i learned it on europoker. then i began to play home games with my friend and as i got 18 i started to play at pokerstars for real cash.

 

[tarrantino]

i learned to play from a girl
she played sometimes with her brother and teached me
never stopped since then

 

[zedmaster84]

as this is my first post on the forum ill have to say:

I never really had a teacher in poker stuff or sumthing, been watching bit of televised poker and started playing online, now also more live poker and had a good success last year with 2 live money finishes

playin 3 years now and learned all by my own and by the lot of hands that i am playing, guess it was not too bad that way

 

[KidUngar]

well i learned playing poker at a site called stayonpoker,but like this forum wery much to.

 

[dumpy620_84]

My father in law taught me the hand rankings and then watching the world series of poker on tv helped. But i really started getting in depth with poker when i started playing the freerolls at ultimate bet. Now i have been playing for 4 years and it is my favorite pasttime.

 

[Melkor]

Watched loads of it on tv when it first came on skysports, poker million and stuff. I was about 15 and really enjoyed it, and tried to convince friends how good it was but they ignored me until they actually gave it a chance and realised how exciting it could be. Couple of months later we had our first few games and they started getting bigger stakes as we got jobs and could afford it, lol, and they got more regular.

Wasn't until a half year into playing with my mates, just after I turned 17, I discovered online poker but obviously it was tricky finding sites that you could get round age restrictions. pacific poker play money was the first place, played there for a few months until I went on pokerroom. Funnily enough, now I have turned 18 and have got an account at pokerstars I have played very little as the mates I played with got spread about at uni and neteller won't take my card just now.

 

[DuaneK]

I learned to play poker in the army. Not holdem 5 & 7 card stud & 5 card draw. 1955- 1958

Duane

 

[dripnose]

I learned to play in 2001 on a trip to las vegas. I was staying at the palms hotel and I started my career playing 2/4 and 4/8 limit. Pacific Poker was the first online poker website that played with. I lost quite a bit of money on that site when I played there.

 

[pErFeCt_ReaL]

@Pokerstars ;-)

 

[JblackII]

I learned a hard way, drunk afterhours bar turned poker room. My very first game ever was No Limit Texas Holdem, ten man, $25.00 buy in, winner take all. Got my ass handed to me real quick the first time. But eventually did win.

The good ol days

 

[the_diamant]

I started playing with my grandfather and grandmother. My grandfather tought me how and then I just liked it and kept on playing. I sometimes play with friends but most online now a day. I'm not really good but i manage. I'm trying to lern my friends to play and who knows, maybe I learn something in the process.

 

[ABorges]

Downloaded pokerstars a few years ago, and was very happy to find that I could play for play money. Man, I was so excited about my first double up there I immediately left the table like a fish. I won regularly at those aquariums and decided to deposit 50 bucks to see how I'd do. Won my first real money SnG and took it from there. Thank God for play money...

 

[nutsmansd]

Where I learned to play

I don't know if there is any players from western South Dakota here but I learned at the Black Hills Poker Tour. BLACK HILLS POKER TOUR I showed up one night just for fun, even though I was there for 15 minutes before getting taken out, those 15 minutes were enough to make want to go back again and again. I've been playing for less than a year but I learn more and more about the game everyday. I play online at ultimate bet I've tried a little real money but am not real comfortable playing with real money so I do free rolls and the play money tournaments until I get more into the game and learn as many aspects of the game as I can.

 

[Lopos]

Funnily enough, I learnt to play online, using a tutorial I found on holdempoker.com quite a while ago... since then I've progressed from playing with play money chips onto real money.... also playing some games for some decent money with friends. How about you? Where did you learn?

I learned to play when i was about 14. I played all the time with neighborhood friends. And on the weekends when we had no school we held 10 - 20 man tournaments. I have basically been playing since then and only have gotten serious about poker since last year. A buddy of mine turned 18 and told me about the local casino that he was able to play at. Been playing at that casino and online ever since. I am not as good as i would like to be, however I'm working on getting better and hope to actually turn a profit playing poker, however mediocre it might be.