Who taught you how to play?

[jgdesabato]

I taught myself. Must be why very bad game. LOL

 

[freestocks]

I learned from TV.

 

[ribbybruno]

I learned how to play poker in high school. My friends and I would get together once in a while a to play various poker games. I was introduced to 5-Card Draw, 7-Card Draw, 7-Card No Peek, 9-Card Baseball( 3's and 9's Wild - 4's you get an extra card face down), 7-Stud(One-Eyed Jacks and the Suicide King Wild) and sometimes 9-Card No Look Anaconda( players pass cards to the left or right). My friends and I also played a lot of Acie-Ducey(Hi/Lo Split or In Between). We had a blast learning and playing these games.

 

[chikoAA]

My brother, and rounders 😂

 

[Mantones]

I learn from videos or from hand reviews and also from poker forums,that helps me alot

 

[Space Ghost]

Grandfather taught me a variation of poker when I was a little kid, and we played quite frequently.

I taught myself Hold Em when I bought a Texas Hold Em game on the original Xbox. Used to play it online w/ friends.

 

[CallmeFloppy]

Started for me watching the family play. Eventually I was allowed to join in and started winning having watched everyone for years.

 

[laceypearls]

I learned from watching the wsop on television then I started playing on full tilt poker and poker stars won my first online tournament within 3 months of learning to play on Poker Stars. Came in 1st on a $3.30 buy in.

 

[laceypearls]

I stopped playing but my old rankings is still on the site check it out. I stopped from being sick and family but I hope to get my rankings up again. I would cash out monthly back in the day. I only left 100 of my winnings online and the rest cash it out once upon a time.

http://www.officialpokerrankings.co...lts/5B0D4FED0E5040578FD0C5A43D2D838E.html?t=2

 

[Mug]

I taught myself. I was too stubborn and bullheaded to do any research, watch any instructional videos or even pick up a book. I started playing on partypoker and Pokerroom and lets just say it was a pricey yet important lesson. I wish I had someone to tell me how big of a fish I was at the time. I played a lot, reloaded over and over again until I figured out what worked, and what did not work. I never cashed out even once in the early days.

Once I started playing on Full tilt, something finally clicked for me and found my niche playing STTs. The more I played, the more I learned by first hand experience. I was away from the game since Black Friday until recently, and now that I am a little older and a little wiser, I realized that I still have a lot more to learn. I picked up every notable book written on the subject, and realized how many basic and advanced concepts I had learned on my own but never really truly understood the ins and outs of.

 

[BuvA7]

I think in now days i would say my mistakes - made me a better poker player. But when it all started - i think regular video poker gave me the knowlege of strongest cards and TV broadcasting gave me better introduction into Texas Holdem, thats when i desided to open some web accounts and start to play. And yea i was standing near my uncle while playing poker for the first time so i think he takes the credit 50% rest is my own will to watch and learn.

 

[brno22]

I learned to play poker with my coworker, then leei some books and so I improved my game

 

[mainstream13]

http://spele.nl/governor-of-poker-spel/ dont know if im allowed to post links but hey this game learned me how to do basic poker and i grow on it and now im playing in pokerstars real games xD

 

[therealslomo]

I had a friend that taught me the very basics. Obviously I thought I knew all I needed to at that point. Most everything I've learned via trial and error, forums, books or videos.

 

[OzExorcist]

For everything other than the very basics (which I think I learned from watching old World Poker Tour TV shows) it was this forum that taught me how to play poker.

 

[art595]

I watched my dad play.And playing with my friends