How did you start to play poker ?

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Hi guys, When(and what for) did you start your poker career?
What things spurred you on to do this ?
 
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Hey. I decided to play poker when he saw a quiz on PokerStrategy . read a little , I passed the quiz , received its first $ 50 .So it all started
 
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I used to go to the casino a fair bit in 2014 to play games like roulette, blackjack and baccarat. Then I started playing poker in January 2015 because I saw it at the casino and I saw some cameras filming the Aussie Millions tournament. I started reading up on the Tight Aggressive strategy and playing Zynga poker in March 2015. In June 2015, I signed up to pokerstars and played mostly SnG's with a push/fold chart. Then I signed up to cardschat a few months later. Then I started beating 2NL in November 2015 and now I'm beating 10NL in March 2016.

So basically, I've been playing a bit over a year and have improved a lot during that time.
 
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He started playing poker after watching the tournament on TV. When viewed from the transfer of open cards on the screen, the game seemed to be very simple
 
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I heard about poker a few years ago, but seriously i play a few month. I started with my friends out of boredom. Also encouraged me big wins <laugh>
 
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I have been playing live poker on casinos for more than 5 years but not very frequently. About a year ago I started playing on line in a more regular basis, mainly freerolls. I made my first deposits in FTP and Pokerstars and keep playing on and off until I meet Cardschat and I became more involved with poker.
Poker still is an entertainment for me so I play for fun. ;)
 
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I watched a few tournys on tv and liked it, so i started playing on zynga,got my playchips BR to 600 000 000 then got hacked, they took all my chips. Got my BR up to 400 000 000 and got hacked again, so i decided to join PS, but still playing for playchips. I found a homegame their called the EPC,played their for a couple of years (playchips). One day i came across a private freeroll for cardschat. I decided to join, after reading a lot of posts, i made my first deposit on PS. Now i play at 10NL on most of sites,but i like tournament poker more.
 
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I saw on TV poker competition from PokerStars. I wanted to try. So I start playing.
 
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I started playing poker for fun, or could play in reality, over time I began to like, and play up to this day, not won fortunes with this game, but I'm in the fight for a day to get there.
 
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I have always loved poker and always did it for fun , but try to dedicate myself to this when I started to read and see all the strategy that has the poker
 
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I started from the game on my phone))))Then it was too easy for me and I want more and install poker stars room)))))
 
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The first game I ever played I was 15 or 16 with my buddies. We were over at my friends house and his parents were gone. One of my friends was able to grow a full beard by the time he was 16 so he got dressed up in a camel coloured suit, a cowboy hat and boots and the 4 of us walked down to the beer store. He bootlegged for all of us then we walked back up to the house, sat around the dinning room table, smoked cigars and drank ice cold labatts blue. Just like real poker players would. Good memories 😀
 
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Played in college in dorms. Now, I go to casinos and play online.
 
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My whole family are sort of gamblers, and my grandpa still loves to play all the time. I started to learn the game from him.
 
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I started to play poker with my friends and family then I begin to play in pokerstars and I hope to win a wsop or a sundaymillion one day
 
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My Dad was the one that got me started. He used to have home games a lot and then I just picked up and have never looked back
 
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I just stumbled across a video of Daniel negreanu and Dan Coleman in the big one for one drop and was fascinated ever since
 
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Hi guys, When(and what for) did you start your poker career?
What things spurred you on to do this ?

Me I just play for fun. I used to play online when I found a couple websites that allowed United state players to play. I don't play has a career. If I am able to play at a live tourney once a month and finish in the top ten and win big money. I still would still play because I enjoy the game and not for a career. I would take my winning to buy a house and other bills. and maybe start my own business.
 
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i heard poker from friends ,there were playing on facebook ...so i played it as facebook game
 
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I started playing regularly less than a year ago and created an account on pokerstars. My brothers play poker all the time and had started playing a few years before me. One of my brothers bet me $5 on pokerstars f I beat him in a game. So I beat him and created the account and took the money. I haven't looked back since.
 
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My fiance played, and I wanted to learn to do anything he did. I fell in love with the game
 
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seen on tv 2008.I was very interested.I decided to try.here and play to this day)))))
 
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When I saw Dan Bilzerian, and saw that he used to play poker, and I was seeing, I downloaded PokerStars and here I am.
 
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I started playing poker for fun on facebook
 
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I got introduced to poker by my best friends big brother when we was 13 years old, and that's how our addiction to poker started :)
 
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