How long ago did they play poker, and by whom or how did they start playing?
Ruslan L
Visionary
Platinum Level
I have been playing poker for about 6 years now. I always liked card games and poker was something new for me, so thanks to the recommendations of my friends I started playing. Currently, poker is my favorite hobby and a great entertainment in the evenings.
takinitSLEAZEE
Legend
Loyaler
Gee, let me think. The first time I ever played for money was almost 30 yrs ago. It was 5 card-draw. I didn't start playing hold'em until the mid 2000's. I saw a WPT on the Travel channel and started to salivate like much of you did, I'm sure. I wanted to go and play so bad but I wanted to be sure about betting and all the little rules that go w/hold'em so I found a couple of games on XBOX and played the hell out of them until I figured out the basics. I began reading Bluff and Poker Pro magazines and would hang out in Hastings and read as many poker books as I could. Then I scouted out some games and found one I could afford at the time. It was a $10 bi at one of the local billiard establishments every Friday evening. They had 3 tables of 9 or 10 depending on attendance, so 1st was usually around $110-140. Not too bad for ten bux. I think I won on my fifth attempt. They held 2 trny's each Friday.
Then I purchased a computer and the world of online poker was almost overwhelming. It was that kid in the candy store moment... Every day. 😋
And I haven't looked back.
Then I purchased a computer and the world of online poker was almost overwhelming. It was that kid in the candy store moment... Every day. 😋
And I haven't looked back.
dreamer13
Legend
Platinum Level
I have been playing poker for 25 years, thanks to the advent of the Internet, and I started playing on the full-tilt poker room, then still among American players, they played a lot at that time for large bets, I did not play, but I watched when the players won or lost 100K in 10 minutes.
