What got you into poker?

[Acechador]

Once I entered a casino and a poker table caught my attention and the amount of money that was on the table, so I started investigating and learned how to play.

 

[romerim]

fun and opportunity to move up in life. Today I think that poker offers a real life-changing opportunity in a few well-played hours, in my case, I'm still waiting for that opportunity, I've had it very close a few times, I think that's sensational and fascinating about poker.

 

[f_lampa]

my close friend taught me how to play, showed me that it is possible to get money in poker for free

 

[john_entony]

In my case, I was at the airport with a friend and we had to wait around 14 hours due to our flight being delayed. Luckily for us, he had a complete poker set with cards and chips, lots of them. We played for a long time and some people even joined our game. It was certainly an experience I won’t forget.

Similar story, but it was at university in my 1st year. A groupmate proposed to everyone to play poker in the dormitory with money. Many of my groupmates agreed to participate, and me too. But I didn't know how to play poker at that time. And yes, I won that tournament among my groupmates and after that I started learning poker. And now I've turned into a poker fox.

 

[odonob]

I started to play when poker Apps first became available on my mobile phone. I played for about a year like that then bought a tablet to make playing easier. I always liked poker as it was in the family from when I was young. My father used to play with friends and relatives at home. I remember those nights being quite lively. So that memory also brought me into the game.

 

[dreamer13]

It all started with the fact that I watched a program where they showed some kind of poker tournament from Barcelona. I didn’t know the rules at all then, but I liked the game, so the next day I found the rules on the Internet, and then it turned out that you can play “for candy wrappers” directly online, i.e. without investing a penny. And I started playing, and a little later I found out that there are also free tournaments with real prizes. I played in these tournaments for about a week, and one day I took second place and won 15 dollars. That's how it all started.

 

[Adam5885]

in the early 2000s we started playing poker with our friends during our college years

 

[Igor G]

I started playing about 8 years ago, in 2016. At that time I was not working and had a lot of free time. Now, unfortunately, I have very little free time, but nevertheless, I try to play at least 3-4 days a week in my favorite tournaments.

 

[jonaselloco]

In my case, I was at the airport with a friend and we had to wait around 14 hours due to our flight being delayed. Luckily for us, he had a complete poker set with cards and chips, lots of them. We played for a long time and some people even joined our game. It was certainly an experience I won’t forget.

I have been playing poker since I was 10 years old, today I am 55.
1 year ago it took me to professionalize or rather regularize myself in poker (I play PLO2 or PLO5 daily) due to the lack of work in my country.
Today I can live with dignity thanks to poker, and I am very grateful to the great coach of your country and friend "Don Fabian Pichara" who, thanks to him, grew as a player in NL and many of his lessons helped me greatly improve my game in PLO.
In addition to being a great person, whenever you need it he answers your emails, teaches you and thanks you. He is a wonderful being who is a big part of my life.
A hug brother
Carlos

 

[Stringy]

was a game on my blackberry when i was young and i used to watch the big game in uni

 

[Pityesz1974]

I like playing cards, and especially logic games.And that you can win money with it.these.

 

[Alex Sentsov]

I just like the game)

 

[cwdignus]

I discovered poker through a TV series the mentalist, I searched on Google I found pokerstars and on pokerstars I discovered cardschat, here I started learning how to play and practicing in freerolls

 

[recerveau]

It's been a long time since I started, I don't remember very well. But that was when online poker started to spread.

 

[olejean]

Probably my hazard. Love to play and win.

 

[IRINA70]

Some time ago I played slot machines - some of them were five-card poker with changing cards.
At some point, these machines were replaced with others and I was no longer interested...
And besides, I wanted to spend money at home, lying on the couch, and not in gambling establishments.

 

[R.Melnyk77]

I started playing 4 years ago and have been playing regularly ever since. I learned to play by myself, I learned thanks to videos on YouTube and on various thematic sites. Unfortunately, when I started, I didn't know about the CardsChat community, so I spent a lot of time learning the basics of the game.

 

[German629]

What got Me into Poker?!. If to say honestly, I always liked to play in the different intellectual Games, including and Poker...
But if to talk concretely about Poker, I became really to play in Poker after different TV Poker Shows, especially after "Poker After Dark"!
My Big respect this TV Poker program!

 

[R.Holynskyi]

In my case, I was at the airport with a friend and we had to wait around 14 hours due to our flight being delayed. Luckily for us, he had a complete poker set with cards and chips, lots of them. We played for a long time and some people even joined our game. It was certainly an experience I won’t forget.

I started playing about 4 years ago, sometime in 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. I spent most of my time at home, it was boring and I started learning poker.

 

[mtmigmike]

A work colleague played poker and made money on it and I decided to try it too.

 

[infonazar]

In my case, I was at the airport with a friend and we had to wait around 14 hours due to our flight being delayed. Luckily for us, he had a complete poker set with cards and chips, lots of them. We played for a long time and some people even joined our game. It was certainly an experience I won’t forget.

I started playing poker about 12 years ago. My friend was always bragging about how he plays, what his results are and so on. After I tried it once, I knew it was what I needed. And that's how I play to this day.

 

[Veralt]

What a curious experience, I see your friend was traveling prepared, with the complete poker set ready to be used hahaha. In my case, some friends invited me to play, and since I didn't know the game, I started looking for information. I ended up watching professionals and playing by myself. From there, I continued playing and consuming poker content.

 

[888NOX888]

In my case, everything is simple, I saw a poker game in many movies, got interested, and after a while I tried to play myself, and I still continue to play.

 

[Ataman911]

I became interested in what kind of game my brother plays, decided to try it himself))

 

[Alex Sentsov]

I just like to play.