Never to old(unless your dead
).
Just remember this. If you play for fun right now and are not to good, it all changes when you learn proper play.
For example, I started playing a few years ago after watching some
wsop final tables. I thought this was how you play. Pick up a hand and shove your chips in the middle, bluff with air, and so on. What i didn't realize is these people had already made it through a huge field playing a solid early game. The end game in tournaments is totally different from how it is played early.
I started off playing a cheap ass video game for the Playstation 2. I was killing the game on expert mode, so I thought maybe I was a natural
. Then my friend introduced me to playing for play money online. Again I was doing very well. Finally I made my first deposit at PS. It was $25 and I started playing 2 table $1.80 or so(can't remember buy-in) sit n goes. First one I played I won. I remember thinking to myself "Damn I'm great" (not even kidding!) and I was instantly hooked. It goes without saying I lost my original $25 within a week.
From there I searched the web for
poker books. I was into tournament play and didn't care for the cash cames. So that led me to read reviews and the one that got the best IMO was "Harrington on Holdem". I started reading and couldn't put it down. Had it read in 2 days. I then proceded to deposit $50 more into my account. To make a long story short, I have never had to pull money out of my pocket to deposit ever again.
Anyway I guess the point I'm trying to make is playing poker to gamble is a blast! Once you start learning the proper way to play it starts taking the fun out of a LITTLE. You look at the game in a different way and you become one of the top third of players that make money. It is fun in a different way, but still fun none the less. To continue making money(online at least) you will have to keep learning .Since I started playing the competition online has gotten much better. I just recently discovered I can only concistantly beat the low levels and I want more than that. It truely humbled me and now I am back to devoting a portion of my playing time to learning.
So continue to view and participate in this forum, keep reading, and most importantly keep playing. Practice makes perfect. You can go from a beginner to making a slight profit in no time as long as your not afraid of a little reading and math.