Where did you learn to play?

I started playing poker about three years ago on paradise poker. I learned the basics there but wanted to play more freerolls. Now i play on fulltilt and pokerstars and every now and then on bodog. I love the setup that fulltilt has as far as freerolls and and free qualifing tourneys go. I seem to do better for real money on pokerstars. Gl and see you at thetables

My grandmother use to play poker with us when I was little. We would play 5 or 7 card stud. Or draw. She was very mean about it, never would let us win. So we would lose our antes and the pots all the time. Eventually though we caught on. I hadn't played texas hold-em at all until about 5 years ago. I downloaded Bugsy's Club software and have been hooked ever since. I've been getting better, have come in second in a tourney and won $250.00. Haven't won since. I realize there is a lot of things I still need to learn about the game. But since it is such a great game, I still want to continue to learn!

I learned playing with friends and watching it on ESPN... Symptom of the Chris Moneymaker effect haha

I became aware of poker by watching a television show on German TV where some celebrities were playing a tourney. It looked like fun, so I started to learn the rules by reading some pages on the web. Soon later I discovered about online poker, downloaded a client (the first one was Everest poker) and soon became sort of addicted.

I learned to play original five card poker a couple of years ago from a book and from a friend. then I found texas hold'em in a computer game, and I started to love it, so played it with friends, and now online.

I learnt to play with my family. Every time there was a family get together we'd have a night of poker - only small money though. But from then on i have loved it and played it ever since.

I learned to play online , 1st at play money tables , then noticed the sites held freerolls to win actuall cash and i was hooked lol

My father was a long time poker player as well as a chess player, so he taught me both games.

I learned to play online. I basically got killed for the first year or so before it started to "click." I slowly picked up on wagering and tried to read as much as I could. I may still get killed at the tables on occasion, but when my chips are all in, I am very seldomly behind in the hand...

my friend told me about a fascinating game called poker...so i downloaded pkr.com client and started playing...for play money(lol). Then i started to play freerolls, read books, watch videos...now im better than all of my friends in NLHE.

I learned to play when I was a kid. My mother's cousin used to come over on Saturdays and he would let us win money so we would have spending money.

i started playing at a home game group, but only learned how to get drunk and broke real fast . i got into the online and been at it for years, i am no pro by far, but am improving to become better than the average nub

hi, i started playing at pokerstars for play chips but now want to play for real money, most of the freerolls are even worse than play chips for idiots going all in. Were is the best place to go and play for real with low stakes?? or where are the best freerolls, HELP ME!! lol

I learned watching at family parties. My dad and all my uncles as well as older cousins played all the time. I am of Italian heritage so there was always a lot of family at the get togethers. And the men would play.

i learnt to play texas holdem watching people through a window at the turningstone casino in verona new york.

like the most people here i guess,viva poker online!
from donkey to how i like to think of myself a little shark.
i did that in a few years
from play money to ring games,tournaments... i did them all
gl at the tables everybody

learned to play with my pops and grandpops

i was 4, my grand parents always played card games in the evenings. they took care of me and i always insisted on staying up. i learned the game real quick (they played stud and 5 card draw though)
got into online play only about a year ago.
brag: ive done the chris fergusson challenge... twice! :-D
only bad thing is, i cashed out and started from zero again. its just for fun on my free time though so its all good:-)

I learned the basics of the game a year ago watching the WSOP on tv, i really enjoied watching the game so i started playing in my home against my brothers, but it didn't last long because they get tired of playing. In my country poker is not a very played game like in U.S.

About a month ago i downloaded everest poker and started playing the free sitngos with a very little knowledge of the game, i've managed to make $0,45.Then i swich to ring games and make that into $7 (was very lucky).
You can imagine that i was getting very excited, my first experience in online poker and i make $7 out of nothing!!
So i went to play more ring games, putting more cash on the tables and finally i end up loosing it all.
Now i'm still learning the game, that's why i joined this forum.

I've learned playing at tropical poker.
They had nice freeroll all day long, unfortunatly they had suddenly closed down. Never found out why.
After that moved on to dawghouse poker and Partypoker.
Still learning the game!

Goodluck for all

I learned how to play poker about 3 years ago from a guy I worked with and I have been hooked ever since.

a friend told me about that he plays poker online and i tried as well and know after a few years i would like to brag that a am pretty good at it

Used to watch WSOP and tv shows. Then decided to buy one of the semi decent clay-metal feeling chip sets and from then have started a big poker tourney trend in my area. Worked out for the good : D. Only like 5-10 dollar buy in but those tourneys can go for hours.

with my father.. and friends of course..

First time I saw poker was on tv.. I was looking in the night and saw some programs on tv.. On Internet I was playing sportsbetting and they had also poker.. I was looking for it and try some games to get some experience In the begin I lose alot of money but now I am a winning player !

When I moved to Vegas.... Lol.. but before that had no idea in poker

I lerned poker 10 month ago, i am beginner.

I learned to play at my grandmas

online freerolls for five years now. and a homegame every Friday night for past 4yrs. goodluck on the tables everybody

I learned to play for money in college, in the cafeteria, many winters ago. Never graduated, only went to one class, but kicked some ass in stud hi lo and Guts!

LMAO i was going through divorce and staying home every night and my best friend dragged me out of the house to play with a free league and that night was the first time i learned how to play and i won that night and now i am there top player lol

i learned by watching poker on tv

Late night poker on tv got me into nl holdem, but had played five card and chinese poker with friends since a young age

When i was a kid, and even before i was born, my family played poker (and other card games) every single friday and saturday night, and my uncle was actually a semi professional, i dont remember his name other than uncle freddie, but i used to sit on his lap when i was maybe 4 or 5 and watch him play, and he started teaching me during that time. He unfortunately passed away when i was 8 though, and then when i turned maybe 10 or 11 i started playing 5 card stud with my family and friends, even betting money. I had won so much money from my family during one summer that i was able to purchase a PSONE the day it came out, with a game as well lol. But i never played holdem until i went to poker dealing school back in 2001, after about 2 weeks of poker dealing school i was playing holdem online and at my local indian reservation casino, where i later started dealing at. So yeah, thats pretty much how i started playing =)

I first learned how to play 5 card draw poker as a teenager in the 80's in Los Angeles, CA. with my high school buddies. I never really got hooked into poker though until the Rounders & Chris Moneymaker era.
That's when I first learned about Texas Hold'Em and Doyle Brunson and the like. I quickly got hooked into learning how to play NLHE and my first poker website to learn the basics on was PartyPoker.
I soon realized that Full Tilt and Pokerstars had better layouts that suited my tastes and I am now (5 years later) on Full Tilt poker almost exclusively.
My first time at the Commerce Casino was exciting and profitable. I did very well for my first real live $100.00 cash game. I ended up walking out with almost $500.00. I even shook hands with Dan Harrington!
The only real reason that I miss Los Angeles is for the Commerce casino, GREAT POKER CASINO i.m.h.o. If you are ever in Los Angeles and love poker, you must visit the Commerce casino.