Where did you learn to play?

I >am< learning to play with play money, most i got was 10k (not very good ) and i play Pokerstar, i only know how to play Hold 'em but i don't really know how to play, i know the basicks

I learned to play stud around 8 years old watching my Dad and his friends play. From there I learnt how to play all sorts of different poker games from other family members and from friends. Hold-em I learnt from watching TV two years ago and have been hooked since.

well i only know about 91% on how to play the games.

and ive got a great satnd on betting ( which took me 4ever to figure out)

I was betting on bet365.com when I saw a banner. I clicked and I played some freerolls, without winning too much.

I learned to play poker by jumping right in to a weekly game my friends held, i didnt know what the heck i was doing but i did learn alot from other experienced players.

Can anyone recommend a good Texas Holdem Book to read? Thank you for any advice

Well I learned 5 card draw by teaching myself; I learned to play 7 card stud by playing a Super NES game called Vegas Stakes (The A.I. on that game was on the level of "idiot"); I learned game of choice, Texas Hold 'em, by watching the very idiotic Celebrity Poker Showdown (I hate poker shows with celebrities) and then I watched the World Poker Tour; and I learned triple draw poker by playing online (and I am not good at that one).

I also learned some stategy by reading a little bit of Phil Hellmuth's book Play Poker Like The Pros and Harold Lederer's DVD The Secrets of No Limit Hold 'em. I think I benefitted more from the DVD since Lederer is a better teacher and isn't full of himself like Hellmuth is.

Pat

I learned to play from a buddy of mine, i picked up very quick and it came pretty natural to me to understand the quality of hands, position, pot odds, and implied odds. I'd like to think of myself now as an average player. i've started reading some books and im always looking to improve my game.

i learned from this boy i had a crush on. most important lesson? poker=good, boy=bad.

I learnt the basics when they started showing WPT events on free TV. Went to the casino, played fifteen minutes on there practise table, and have been trying to improve online ever since.

i learned to play poker at paradise it told me my hands so i went by that then eventually learned reads and now im a good poker player

I learned to play from my husband. he found some free n/l tourments that are daily around here and started to play and then I said why dont you teach me so i can having something else to do. and I have been doing good and learning ever since.

early in school , playing with friends on waffles , played first the classical 5 card draw and then moved to hold`em , played first in expekt , if i remember well.

I was reading Kevin Smith's blog (yes, as in Clerks... That Kevin Smith) and he said about UltimateBet. I grew intrigued as to why he was so addicted, so I went and downloaded the client, and read up on basic strategy. Went to Wikipedia, looked up Poker, and that was that

I learned to play at home ... Reading, watching tournaments on TV and playing play money...

Before i even knew how to play my friends would have cash games and i would just drink and hang out with other friends who also werent playing. It took about a year or two of hanging around them before I even was curious to learn the game. But as soon as my friends taught me I began watching poker on t.v all day at work and have played almost everyday since

i learnt to paly by watching the pros on t.v after a while i started playing for fun money at ladbrokes.com then started depositing and now there no end to my obsession with the game.

I have been playing for 4 months now I do pretty good in small tournaments but in big tournaments i just miss the money,. I seem to be on the bubble alot . Any suggestions on breaking the bubble?

I'm pretty much new to online poker, and I am yet to deposit anywhere. I really like tournament play, and I was wondering what you thought were the best sites for me to consider making my first deposit at.

my mother taught me how to play 5 card draw when i was 5,, and ive been playing different versions of rummy, poker, and other cards games ever since.

Saw a add for pokerstars and started there, but now i basically play those hourly free rolls because i love the huge tournaments.

My father taught me - WELL!

My hubby got me interested. I read some books he had and then started playing on-line. Poof, I am addicted.

From my dad back in the day when I was a little boy. He would have poker night every saturday night. It was cool to sit around wiht men a learn all types of poker games.

Late nights over at the golf course were all the training I ever needed. Real life experience beats a book any day.

Started when I was 12 working as a caddy at the golf course, we would play all kinda games. Always a .25 cent ante, Also played with my buddies at every hockey tournement. We would always get a roll of quarters from our parents and play till we won a bunch or lost it all. Didn't really get any good til lately.

Actually I first satrted to learn how to play on the old Nintendo. Casino Kid. Once I started playing that game years ago I starting picking up the hand held poker games and then started playing online for play money and learned the basics. Never really knew how much strategy was involved in the game until I started seeing the WSOP on TV. I am hooked.

I learned on TV. I saw an WSOP final, liked very much andsaid why not try. I gone to the PC and started downloded software and so on. Now I'm happy for my choice.

Me too high school with friends. Its holiday for me so we play 2-3-4 times a week texas hold'em with my friends. I think its funnier then on the internet.

But whatever freerolls are the best

Me too high school with friends. Its holiday for me so we play 2-3-4 times a week texas hold'em with my friends. I think its funnier then on the internet.

But whatever freerolls are the best

wares a good place to play poker

I started to take an interest in poker by watching it on late night tv. The stakes involved made it exciting and to see someone win a pot with no hand at all just amazed me. Only recently started playing at different online sites and hopefully improving all the time. Forums like this are a great help to give tips and also advice on how to play hands and moves to make. Thanks to all in the community who post and pass on their wisdom to the younger generation
Hoping to try and set up a small game with some friends, experience the live action first hand! Just have to be sure not to make a of myself! lol

PARADISE POKER IT WAS A $1500.00 CLASS
I FINALLY WON IT ALL BACK
BUT I GOT PRETTY ADDICTED.

Well I learned alot by playing at partypoker.NET not .com. Bc .NET is like a poker school. It teaches the basics and then I just started playing.

I learned to play on partypoker playing the play money tables. I built myself up to hundres of millions of play chips (lol) and finally decided I was ready to play forreal. From there I deposited 50 bucks went to a ring game and am still building on that 50! I thought that the play money tables at partypoker were a great place to learn.