Where did you learn to play?

i never played poker untill they started showing it on Espn. then i just played with my buds and got better and started playing it online

I learnt to play poker at a young age, with family. I then learnt to understand the game much better online. Online poker is great for just starting out. I also learnt many different varieties of poker online. Such as & card stud, omaha, 3 draw. I wouldn't have learnt these varieties without the online poker.

I think the best way to get started on poker is to learn the basics of the game with friends or family, then understand and expand your mind of the game in online poker rooms. You can learn really quick, it's easy, and a lot of fun.

I learned to play from TV and then playing games with my family. I also played freerolls

i watch a lot of the pros on tv and the more i watched the more i learned,but when i play for play money they go all in or call with anything,i guess they do it cause its only play money and they beat u with junk cause they catch cards, but thats not the rite way to play.
buckster436

yea when its play money they just go all in with anything and try to win. i think that putting poker on tv started a lot of people playing cuz thats when it got big.

I learned to play in live poker rooms in of all places Columbus, Ohio. I didn't know they existed, but when I found then I thought I had died and went to poker heaven

I am still learning. I cant rember where I first played but I learned Taxes holdem at the casino about two miles form my house

Friends, Books, Online and practice, practice, practice.

the first time i ever played poker was with some friends at a keggar . it probably wasn't the best environment to start, but as an introduction it wasn't bad i guess since i won. i am sure it was a beautiful combination of luck and drunkeness (of others). lol

Through home games i developed a winning style, it seems to work online and in live games at casinos.

I learned to play at pokerstars. It was an okay learning enviroment I guess... Lots of really lose players though

Played with friends until I discovered online pokerrooms on yahoo. There I found link on PokerStars ... and then read some forums and books bout playing.
Playing is the best way to learn

i learn to play by watching the big boys play on tv and c what they do with what they got... and i teach my self by playing in the big freerole torny at pokerstars the 6000person one and every time i make it furthur i know iam doing well...best finsh 33rd

playing with friends

i learnt too play on absolute poker

I played (Holdem) the first time in a private home tournement. I only remember Two hands from that night. One I had 4 sixes, I slow played it and the guy I took out had a full house. He was a little bumbed to say the least. Then I remember the last hand, the hand I won the tourney on. I had The big slick and the flop was A K 8. I checked and he went all in. Of course I called, He showed A 2 and the turn and river were no help to either of us. I took down the money. It was very fun and I am hooked on this game now. I just want to learn and play bettter all the time.

I learned to play hold-em about 3 1/2 yrs ago. My mom deals at a cardroom in town, and told me to start playing. I was intimidated to play live at first, so the first year I was self-taught online. I then started 2-4 cash games, and entered my 1st live tourney....the regions $45-ultd rebuys limit event, and placed 4th to cash $750...not a bad 1st experiance. Now I'm still self taught, and very well versed in limit/no-limit hold-em; omaha Hi; Stud; and Razz. Not to bad for a guy who didn't even know how to play Rummy, or Solitare. LOL!!!

I learned to play the hard way. My friend invited me over n we decided to play some poker. I sort of knew how to play but not well enough for money. 2 hours and years of peer pressure later i saw myself in a 20 dollar torueny. Well by the end of the night I had lost 60 bux and learned how to play. Tough price to pay? U decide

My mom tought me how to play when i was 5. She tought me 5 card draw. After that i loved it so much that i just picked up on other games such as stud, holdem, omaha, and so on.

I first learned in a cash game. I lost 10$ then I just decided to learn the game more and more so the next time it wouldn't happen.

playing with friends for ten dollar buyins. then moved on to higher stakes online

I only started playing poker (Hold 'Em) seriously about a year ago, and really really seriously probably 6 months ago. When I first started I would watch it on TV and my older brother taught me a lot too. I've never read a book on poker either, but regardless of this I do pretty well currently on PokerStars
at the money tables and at their SnG's. I think I just picked it up slowly by watching other people play and playing for real money and losing. I think this helped get me started cause I didn't want to lose money!!! That's a pretty good incentive for a poor college kid. Basically every time I sit down at a table, every hand I play -- I look for something to learn. Win/Lose/Draw I take some little inkling of knowledge from each hand and eventually I got pretty damn good (I think). Maybe one day i'll make a living doin' it.

playing on pokerstars.net, with play money.

PokerRoom.com, only because I could buy in for $10. All the other sites were $50 and I didn't want to spend that much. That was almost a year ago. After having a little success, I realized I needed to study more if I wanted to get better.

My first poker experiences I was very young. My dad would come home from work and sit and teach how to play poker his way. Later in life I learned his way cost me money. Now I use my own techniques along with his basics of the game.

Ohio

My son taught me to play on line, who knew it would be so much fun....

i learnt to play by watching Late Night Poker on channel 4 and then playing for fun with friends. i've been playing online for a few weeks and i've played in a couple of tournaments which i've done ok in. i feel i'm getting better with every hand i play. i've read a couple of books as well that have helped my game quite a bit.

I learned the basic of the game by watching pokermillion on television, then i went to the book store and bought "winning poker for serious poker" the only book they had that seemed interesting about the game. Then i bought the Super system of course and then Play poker like the pros (yes i'm an Hellmuth fan) From that i played online and a few home games !anyone heard comments about the new hellmuth book btw ?

I found myself watching the WSOP on espn last year. And yes the $$$ caught my attention also! Watched how the game was played, played online, bought some books, bought a really nice table-chips-cards-etc...., have people over every friday. From 5-6 people to around 20-30 come over now. Even got some places to host some big tourneys(around 75 people). Plus Moneymaker is from around here, so everyone knows about the WSOP!!!

I'm playing poker (live) for about 4 years now, but just for half a year online. I llove to play it live because it's a beter feeling, but also online is OK.
I learned it from a friend who was very intrested in it and bought some books about it, after that I read some of them and started to love it.

I learned poker via the internet. You can find so many different articles about poker. Unfortunately I haven't played live in a casino yet.
Here in Austria it is hard to find a casino, that offers hold'em tables.

I started playing at my fraternity house, and to get an idea of how situations played out, I watched online games a lot when I began. I didn't start playing online until about 9 months after I had been playing, but I think it's definitely a good tool to use for the beginner to get an idea of common hands that win, etc.

When I wanted to expand my game to stud and triple draw I did that too. Played in free tournaments, etc. first to get an idea of the action.

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I learn to play 5 card draw poker as a kid...

Learnt 7 card stud poker on the Super Nintendo game "Vegas Stakes" as a teenager...

And I started to learn Hold 'Em from the UK show Late Night Poker..

Been to Crown Casino in Melbourne a couple of times to play their "Learn to Play" tables... The dealers are great for strategy ideas, unbelievable...

I've just got back into poker because of the WPT, they showed an event sponsored by Ultimatebet.com and the rest is history...!

I first learnt the game of poker by watching the World Series of Poker on television. I had watched the shows for about a year because of the excitement and intrigue, but never played a hand of poker. Until a family gathering arrived one day and a big poker game took place. Everyone underestimated me because it was my first real poker game, but I already understood all the rules and concepts and the rythym seemed to flow naturally. I even imitated some of the playing styles that the pros used on tv. I won big that day and have enjoyed poker ever since!