Where did you learn to play?

i gambled alot with reatives at early age, but hold em no limit, got my attention by seeing wpt and wsop on tv, and watched it over and over, and started online playing,
with play money for awhile, then real money , but tournaments i really like the most.

First time played on ultimate bet. At that point didn't know if a straight beats a flush or the other way around

All my friend were playing poker and making tons online. So I decided to play with them just for like $5 tournys at my house.


Then I started playing in freerolls, was doing great. Then I deposited online..... and well been addicted every since, LOL

I still learn fromy watching my friends they are 10x better players than I am

Doing exactly what Lavitz described, hitting Freerolls and the using the money earned to try out tournaments. So far earned a little bit on 2 sites and gotten a donation from the house of 10 usd on pacific. Playing it VERY carefull trying to learn every step i go :-)

-caf

Unfornunately, I learned to play online and spent quite a few dollars on my education...hehe. Now, I can hold my own pretty well.

online.
heared about this game, searched the Internet and started making money.
it's actually a simple game, just need to be coooooooool

I learned by playing play money at pokerstars. Read a book or 2. I would advise anyone to play play money at pokerstars or paradise because they have the best players imo. Although play money isn't truely represntative of the skill level of real money. You will get practical experience on what to play and what not too play, you will probably still lose a little when you first put your money on the table. It will not be near as bad as it would be if you went in with no practice whatsoever. Random thoughts hope it helps

I learned playin poker on live games with my friends... Its really the only way to learn because you need to learn how to lose before yu can learn how to win,...

i learned when i was 15 at work we'd play 10 cents poker draw an d stud than it progressed from there.

Hey all,
I started play 5 card draw and then as everyone else I learned how to play strip poker and then for the longest time never played then they started haveing the WPT on tv which i watch religiously now and thats where i learned how to play hold'em on tv I also love to play Omaha Hi-lo and Annie Duke is a really good Hi-lo player

i just watched t.v and said they make alot of money i wanna try it out, and picked up the game and loved it now i wanna do everything i can to become the best

started playing texas holdem with a couple of buddies.did get it at first but then started catching on slowly.Now i know about the game and even won some money from playing with my friends.Great game.

I started playing poker with my friends at my Cigar Club. We actually still all play together. We started playing all sorts of games at the .25/50 level. Then the owner of the club went to Vegas on vacation and we have limited the games to Holdem and Omaha hi or hi/lo for the past 3 years or so. We play once or twice a week at the 2/4 level. We also have a monthly tourny for a $50 buyin no limit Holdem. First pays around $500. I started playing online a couple of years ago doing freerollsonly. started progressing into cash games this month with some very nice early sucesses.

in high school i played all various games

..to play poker by my father..had so much fun when I beat him and tiik all his matches..lol..

Mocca37

I learned by my friends dad who has been playing all sorts of card games like holdem for years

my dad taught me

I learn mainly about poker by watching the WPT on Challenge of a lunchtime (it used to be shown at 12pm) and then started to look at it online. I played the free SnG's and the Play Money for a while then started to play real money.

I first learnt how to play Omaha and 7Card Stud by watching last years WSOP and then leaning by watching the people play online

Started playing with friends in school. It was a better way to learn than TV. However, thank the TV networks for offering the quality education that has spawned all the "New Professionals" out there.

i started playing poker @pokerstars.. and by time i learned rules from game and red some topics in other internet sites.. one really helped me was www.playwinningpoker.com great site..
so i played ... red.. watched some movies who learn how to play and some movies from worldseriesofpoker 2003/2004..
played wiht friends talked with them... we still learn togeather... is much more fun and easier to learn )

I learned to play poker with Lithuania Mafia guy. After that I started playing poker online..

i learned how to play in my friends basement then he started taking me to tourneys out in the bronx and i won 3 of them so i pretty much learned quick

Hi ,

i learned Poker by playing in Internet, Casinos and private Tournaments.

I think the best way is to learn by playing.

See you

i learned just by playing a lot of heads up hands with a friend of mine.

i watched the wsop every year and finally decided to start playing myself. teaching myself basically

I started playing when i was around 12 with my grandfather... he made a living playing poker for about 2 or 3 years so I was around it a good bit... he taught me the game at a young age which gave me plenty of time to develop my skill.... and i'm thanking him now that i can play real money

I learned to play from Tv shows ... and then continued learning by playing with my friends ... Now i play online at ultimatebet.com for free and wery shortly I'm gonna start playing for real money at the lowest blinds possible, just to get me going
I still consider myself a newbie into the game, but I feel like I'm getting better by the day

I learned to play online at Poker Stars. Now I play in some home games about twice a month.

My grandmother teach me five stud draw. Then i saw rounders and everything change for me. I learn texas, omaha, etc from the web. Here in Argentina are no games of omaha for example, but now espn and the travel channel are making a big change in the poker of this country

Hi everyone!! I learned to play from my ex-husband almost 20 years ago when I was living in Atlantic City working as a cashier at a casino. I started with 7 card stud, and just recently learned Texas Holdem and enjoy it very much.

I first played poker as kid on holidays nickel, dimes and quarters. Now it is twenty some years later and still as fun and challenging.

i only learned it online

friends, put 20 in buys 10,000 lol play for along time

I have learned only from playing online for about a year and watching on TV. I love it but need some help... I hope to find that on your site

A friend actually taught me, the spread of poker in the last 2 years is insane.