Where did you learn to play?

I was familiarize by poker game by using the actual cards with the old guys back home but I really knew how to play poker online with the tutorials and tips. And oh...for beginners I recommend tops-poker


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I learnt to play at home with my parents and have been playing since, but I have only just learnt about online poker and it is different.
I agree with Pat just playing is better then reading in theroy there tips/hints work sometimes but then it depends on who you are playing.

I learned to play with my family. My mom still takes my money. However we still have a great time when we all get together to play.

started playing fake chips on full tilt.

I have no idea when I first learned a thing or two about poker... was a kid and saw my father play a lot of different card games. Didn't really find a love for it until I played a few times with my drunken friends somewhere in my 20's... of course there were no strict rules at those tables. I got bored one night and wanted to play some poker and joined up with BetZip been sorta addicted to poker ever since.

I first learned the game @ school.

Then the tube really helped me improve my game

I played at home and neighborhood games for years when i was young but didnt really learn till the last year. Online!

my dad gave me my intro to poker but its a game i will spend entire my life being a student of thats what makes it such a great game i love this game

the great invention of tv - WPT

Played poker with my dad as a child. Five card draw, didn't play for years until the holdem boom. Addicted now though!

Started watching my kids (Well they were 19 and up by that time) who were playing on line and with their friends at our place -- looked like fun -- i was used to playing solitare and it was getting pretty lonely -- when kids were young once played a video game and because i liked it too much -- swore off them -- refused to play because with young ones time was needed other places -- kids older now so when started on-line play money had great fun ... sent in some money ... of course lost it ... now trying to build a bank roll with freerolls .. learn alot reading articles on this site

Thanks for being here !!! Goal one day to be knowledgeable enough to enter a casino tourney

Watched Poker superstars II when i was ill off work and ever since have been hooked.
Started with the play money 45 man tourneys on pokerstars and then started freerolls and free no deposit money play.

I learned to play on Full tilt poker...for some reason i download the just play money site...not sure if its .net or .com....anyways...i decided to download again i saw a real money section
ive started to play some freerolls....lemme tell ya ...lot of fun playing for 4.5 hours to finish with 2 bucks! lol

at school when i was 13

As with many I suspect, my first exposure to NL Hold'em was on ESPN (WSOP) , then I saw the TV ads by PokerStars , signed up on play money , progressed to real money ....the rest is too painful to tell ....

When I was 6 I played 7 card no peekie with my grampa a few times then oh and he took my pennies, showed no mercy. And then I got ino it from watching holdem on tv. I learned playing with play chips.

...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.

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....

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!!!

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

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

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

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

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 .....

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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.