How did you start playing poker?

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I used to play poker with friends years ago, it was like omaha, but not exactly the same.

About 3-4 months ago I found a good poker game called governor of poker. I played a lot with that game and later I searched online games and rooms cos I wanted to play with real opponents. Later I started playin with real money and the game became much more exciting. Thats how I started playing again. :)
 
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started years ago, i knew how to play but friends actually got me into the whole online scene and stuff.
 
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i started playing 4/5 years ago with my family mainly my uncles we would play holdem and some other tyrpes of games and put like 20 quid in a pot and who ever won get the pot was a blast.

but havent reli played live poker for a while now i only play online atm but im thinking o going vegas next year give it ago aon the strip :):):):)
 
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I used to play with my friends in kansas Trey, Keven, and Matt all the time. We wouldn't even know strategy but just play for fun and throw the chips in the middle :) It was the good ol days.... lol
 
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Started playing home games about 5 years ago, would play $5 SnGs of Hold Em winner take all. Started playing a couple times a week and then we turned it into an almost everyday occurrence after getting out of work. Didn't do to bad in those, one semester in college I was so broke I lived off those games. Would try to have $5 left to go get in a game on the weekend, would usually have the $50-60 I needed to get thru the week when I left.
 
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I started six months ago, yet no specific achievements, but still ahead!
 
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I learned poker when I was like 5 from my parents. We played 5 card draw back then. I got into holdem after the 2003 wsop along with 763573783572345 other people. Started online in 2004 with a $25 deposit and never looked back :)
 
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I learned how to play poker when i was very very young. I started playing for big money when poker was played on TV because everyone thought they knew how to play. Now that I look back I wish ESPN never showed WSOP.
 
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I started playing 7-card stud play money sit and goes on party poker back in the day.
 
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I started with play money and made millions on stars, then sold the play money to sites who buy it from you for like 10-12 $ a million.
 
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I had the best and worst of both worlds. Ages ago, b4 I knew about any poker sites I learned to play 5 card draw at Pogo.com. I still think 5 card draw's probably the best way to learn and one of the funnest variations of the game. It can also be even trickier than NLHE provided you have a good opponent or two.
 
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Started playing at a very young age. Started playing on the internet roughly 5 years ago slow and steadying progress but showing positive signs now. FINALLY LOL.
 
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My grandfather taught me how to play 5 draw when I was maybe 8 and that was all I knew... then a friend of mine showed me how to play texas holdem about 5-6 years back and we played $5 games about 4 times a week with 9 people... didnt know anything about strategy but we kept stats and had 'seasons' that consisted of 85 games... I ended up winning the 3rd season with something like 18/7/60 ... which is roughly like a 30% itm rate
 
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For me it started when I watched the Raymer WSOP championship. Looked like some fun and I downloaded my first .com (poker stars) software and played for play money for most of the first year.
 
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