Where did you learn to play?

Both of my parents had a habit of playing cards when they were younger. I learned early, don't remember when exactly, but I do remember losing $30 to my father 1-on-1 when I was 9-10 and crying about it (lol). As well as playing cards with my parents and their friends (my first 10-person table), and winning over $80 that night.

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Started just playing some Friday nights with friends.Then my sister got me a job dealing cards at a private club. Being a dealer I learned to watch the players. And have become a much better player since. Because being a dealer you can sit back and watch while not being involved, you pick up on their habbits, which now helps me not get caught up in just my cards.

me and a few friends decided to play poker after we all watch the same programme on tv after we all separatly went home and we have never stopped since.its been great to watch how each others game has changed since the beginning. The people who used to win when we first started by bullying are the worst players now.

I learned to play through trial and error on royalvegas. I strted playing about 2 years ago and at first it was to pass time. I slowly learned to enjoy the game. On dec 30 of 2004 my dad told me he had 6 onths and because of this i took a couple weeks off work. He pssed away only 9 days later. During this time i did not ply was not into anything really. when i finlly got back to it i entered a limit holdem MTT on RV. I didnt know it was limit till it started.i was pissed. Somehoe someway i won that tourney and i am sure there was some intervention by my dad cause i just could not lose pulling out miracles all over the place. since that day i hve played nt tourneys winning one about every 2 weeks and having final table apperance t least once a week. i have read books and mny posts and articles but what happen that day taught me alot. So i think i learned most of my ply there.

Ma77

I learned my first poker game (7 card stud) by playing the Vegas Stakes video game for the Super Nintendo, and then later discovered Hold'em by watching TV

no pain no gain...after getting owned countless times by my brother in his ring games...i decided to wise up
i decided to read the book supersystem by DB..GREAT BOOK!
go out and buy it if you ahvent read it already
anyway since then i have been making money here and there but occassionaly getting busted up by the feared AA bad beat
big slick is not that great i have learned...i suggest ppl to play in real life befor ethey play online...online adds a certain bit of luck to the game and you wil think you are good when are really not as god as you think you are...but if online poker is the way you feel then enjoy...
i dont know why i went into this lesson lol
anyway...
lesson of the day DO NOT PLAY LIMITS YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE LOSING AT...ty gL hF

online can be the best or worst teacher you can ever have....just depends on the site or literature you are using. could be some bozo...or a pro that wrote it....never know

hey there..

i learnt watching poker on T.V and from there to a huge interest in it and started reading alot of poker books on techniques etc etc then i sorta hit it hard started playing at the casino on small limit tables and the regular tourney from there i progressed to online and now im a regular of both..

way better player offline then on.

cheeeers

One of my msn mates who played poker alot before i started playing it taught me how to poker, he doesn't really play anymore but i play all the time! lol

i started with playmoney on pokerstars
after that i lost 100$ on party poker and continued to play on titan and cd poker
i never won a tournament
only sittngo and few times i was on final table
i cant be patience after 2-3 hours of playing

My wife and I played with friends regularly for about 3-4yrs. Then I started to play online now for about 3yrs. We still play with friends locally.

I started to learn online at Ladbrokes, playing for fun, the first time i played for money, i deposited $10 and Im glad to say built it up to $300.

I am part of the Moneymaker effect. Got hooked on the game after the 2003 WSOP. Playing real money for the second time. First time went bust and decided I needed to learn more before trying again. This forum has given me a little confidence, growing everyday!!!

I have always enjoyed playing poker with friends. Throughout highschool, I used to frequently play holdum at school with chips during freetime and breaks whenever we were bored.

I then started watching Texas Holdum on television, and that got me interested in playing online.

Thats basically how I started playing poker.

i learn to play from TV and i have a friend who is in online pokers before me
so i try to make money here too
but till now only left money on their banks

i learned from palying with friends and then one day i downloaded pacific poker played in my first tourney ($10 buy in) won 800 bucks and ahve been playing since

I learned to play the old '5 card draw' back in my teen years, then as an adult I found quite a few guys into texas holdem, so I learned that from them. I still prefer live games, though. I think I prefer holdem now, but I am nostalgic about 5 card draw....

LMAO for play money too. about 3 years ago I was invited to play a t a live game by a pool buddy of mine so I decided I'd 'learn' how to play first on an online site. All I learned is that is is easy to turn $2000 in playchips into $2,000,000 by just going all in till you lose and then getting another $2000 when you lose. So what did I really Learn? what terms like LMAO mean... and I guess at least the betting structure. There is no learning until actually money is at stake.

I was a self learning person. I never played till about 3 years ago and I played at tiger gaming that was my first and only play money site I did that for about 1 year and then moved to freerolls. So I've been growing and learnig through my mistakes.

I know for a fact I learned from Cardchat..... I do really well from 1$-2$ tables ....
But... I f I make it for the last 20 for a freeroll I am doing, Allright...

Now is the question? Who wants to be my Partner?

I didn't learn how to play poker yet. I only know the very basics and now I am expanding my knowledge by reading information here

TV introduced me, then my friends and I started playing.

Online is where Ive grown most though.

Starting to play long years ago for fun with family.
Then once in university, well .... when you're 5 or 6 mates and nothing to do in particular, cards games take shortly the front of the scene.
Never really stop playing and, maybe 6 months ago, watching WPT on TV, have heard about poker on the internet and give me a chance to come into this wonderful land

I learned to play in about 1998 at Ladbrokes.com used to get stitched a lot there but I think I was calling all sorts of rubbish back then, Im a little better now although I would say Im still very under disciplined when it comes to certain decisions....

Thats mine..

Loki

Hi!
I learned poker in school 15 years old, but texas holdem only 6 months ago, my friends teach me in Hungary. Since that i fanatically play everywhere possible
This is the best cardgame i recommend for everyone!

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I learned to play poker from watching some of my friends play at my apartment. Then I began playing with them and then some online.
I really started to "learn" how to play poker from reading up on articles online and playing in online games.

I learned offline over 15 years ago. No money involved just chips, drinks, and smoke. That lasted about 7-8 months before taking off to EU where I played there again a lot and this time for dinheiro... with chips, drinks, and smoke.

Then in 2000 online poker got my attention, I started at some now very famous places. Today I play in smaller, less exposed room where the offers, bonus, league games, and freeroll are nice and juicy.

Less people the better = quicker games, no waiting time, better service.

See you at the tables!

I learnt just buy playing for fun on Pokerstars.net

jsut kinda learnt the game by trial and error

learned playing at the casinos in southern california. Morongo, Pechanga, commerce, and san manuel.

I learned by gettin my ass handed to me by my friends aslo, but I leard very slowly

I learned the basics from watching the tournaments on tv. then played with friends at home and for fun online before trying to put any money on it.

friendly little home game, can't beat playing live....

It's tha same with me. I have learned to play poker online. Lately I also play life tournaments. You learn so much more by playing life. Sometimes I got the feeling that online poker isn't fear at all, but by life poker it's all up to your self.

I played at home until I realized you could play online.