What got you into poker?

[oarroyo]

I always liked the game against people and not against machines! one more challenge that I wanted to face!

 

[uri73796]

once my friend was talking about poker and I registered, made a deposit, increased the amount deposited several times and I was drawn ...

 

[machinm19]

After my Mum passed I found a lighter with poker stickers on it in one of her coats, I played shortly after and it has become my main passion in life.

 

[lanelane]

I played all sorts of silly games on my computer as a pastime. My son once asked why don't I play poker? At the very least, you can win if you do well. That's how I started online poker. This has been over ten years. Since then, poker has still been just a pastime.

 

[lezghin]

whom whom, but I was led to poker at first just a desire to play and excitement like everyone else ... well, then the excitement turned out to be stronger than everything else ... unfortunately, it is not always successful

 

[Maxmustdie]

a colleague at work talked about poker and pokerstars

 

[StreetPhd]

What got you into poker?
A player
An event
Mines was Daniel nargranu about 15 years ago now
Prefer cash game at hall or casino to tourney and online

I started to play with college friends.

When I was a stay-at-home Dad for 9 years (worked evenings/weekends opposite hours from
my spouse) I discovered on-line poker.
It was a chance to hang out (virtually) with folks that were toilette trained and it was a great way to maintain some sanity.
Regards,
StreetPhd

 

[edenman1]

I started to play back in the 80's, with friends.. Mostly 5 card draw, pregnant threes, that kind of thing. I got into online play around 2004..

 

[INISHTE]

Television

On television, I saw him on the sports channel, I even remember that I saw him win over Esfandiari.

 

[gonzalo1]

I started to see it and like it (from the age of 10) thanks to my father who liked to watch it on television

 

[dukgen]

Media coverage, and my father was a poker dealer.

 

[Skripka Dmitriy]

gambling disease. Poker is like medicine for me, it calms my nerves.

 

[cdntyler87]

Pretty sure is had something to do with an ordinary unknown man winning a wpt or something like that! The tv coverage after moneymakers win was insane poker was everywhere!

 

[bioman420]

Once a family member asked me to play a cash with friends in person, it was my first time playing poker, that day I managed to get $50 the buy in was $5 smal blind 0.01 and bigblind 0.02 I was fine happy with the profits for being the first time playing, many said it was beginner's luck 😂..

 

[pavel1111111]

in poker I found the joy of playing and the pleasure of the game itself, plus it's a good way to relax with friends, to laugh, it's a complex game and I really like it

 

[zipocool]

competitive moment and the opportunity to win money

 

[TpaEnforcement]

My father and mother , got me into poker. When I was younger they played poker, with my uncle's and aunts. They would come over , to our place and play poker. Every Friday nights and Saturday nights. They had a blast ,with all who played. My brother and my sister, would love watching them play. Money always moving from , one side of the table to the other. Learned a lot from watching then play poker. That's why I got into it at a young age.

 

[Rost]

I started playing about three years ago. I started because I was bored. And now I regret that I didn't start playing 20 years ago, because poker is the best card game in my opinion. I play at home and only online.

 

[ToNy70929]

My friend, coming to visit me, sat down to play on my computer at Pokerstars. I Unwittingly witnessing his poker game became interested and involved in the process

 

[poxerator78]

I have been playing cards since childhood, different games, but poker is the tip of the iceberg

 

[vladikov]

I was watching poker on TV and it got interesting, so I started playing poker stars and it became my hobby, and later I started making good money from there.

 

[budweiser74777]

Hello everybody ! poker showed me my brother! and the younger one))) I did not want to waste time and study for a long time - but once I got caught !!!!!

 

[Nathan Williams]

It was definitely the freedom to potentially play for a living one day. Seemed like a perfect fit, doing something I love, being my own boss.

 

[Claudiunm]

I knew the game of listening. But I didn't even know the rules. A brother-in-law started playing live and introduced me to the basics of the game. So during the pandemic I had idle time and started playing. But it was CardsChat that kept me in the game. After I joined this community I didn't stop playing anymore. I have learned a lot since then.

 

[theStarfish]

A few friends from talked about it and we played 5 Card Draw once but I did not like it. Then one day a Late Night Host hosted a SNG and we watched it at home. I was hooked immediately. At that time some of mine were already on Pokerstars and since then Poker has become part of my life.