I met poker through a TV show that was playing every Sunday. And you? How was your first contact with poker?

My younger brother invited me to play a .25/.25 home game with his friends. I was nervous that I would just lose all my money, so I tried to study a few YouTube videos, but they were mostly the SUPER introductory stuff. I also played on the Facebook app.

I really enjoyed playing live, and there was a single particular hand that got me hooked.

I was in position, and I turned the nut straight with the backdoor nut flush draw. We ended up getting it all in, and I failed to hit the nut flush (which I needed). I lost the hand, but I was excited to have correctly known where I stood in the hand.

Following that, I studied and started playing freerolls on BetOnLine. About 3 months later I played my first $40 live tournament at a local charity room, and I took 1st for a prize of ~$535. I've been grinding ever since.

I was 12 years old and was watching a WSOP on ESPN

I was at a friend's home, and they showed me how to play holdem, because i already knew how to play poker. I remember the thrill, amazing experience!

it was blog on youtube, someone said his friend earns money playing poker, he showed him playing in casino

About a year ago, I played my first poker tournament. Since then, I play poker almost every day. I really love this game and I can play it around the clock.

Originally Posted by BOTAFOGOES1

I met poker through a TV show that was playing every Sunday. And you? How was your first contact with poker?

14 years of age at a pool hall, I saw the players giving money to the guy passing the cards out and asked why they were giving him money, they said to deal so I asked to deal a game.

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He first became acquainted with poker by books as a child. And for the first time he played in a casino, when he studied at the academy, he was a student.

First contact don't even remember, probably with someone of the film. But the second after which seriously interested in poker is a television program. I confess I was already tempted by gambling. Poker was the next step in evolution)))

My first acquaintance with poker was the same as yours. I watched the game of professionals on TV and became interested in poker. Since then, I play.

My first contact was on ESPN over 15 years ago

I first started playing as a freshman in college in 1965

I watched Sven Reichardt while he was playing at his Twitch Channel (Nili_Aoe). I thought it is a pretty cool game and then I headed into it. Started with play chips.

it's thanks to friends that I learned to play poker. I remember to have made big gains from the beginning even if I did not master the game at the time. I was young and a little alcoholic suddenly he always had a good atmosphere.

Hello.
I play poker for only 8 months. My colleague taught me to play. I really liked this game right away. Now poker is my hobby.

My first contact with poker was a bad beat and I took it hard. and have been playing poker ever since lol

Eight years ago I started playing poker. Much has changed since then. Now, I have enough experience and I get regular profit from the game.

I was taught to play poker by my friend 2 years ago.

first contact was10 years ago on zynga poker facebook

I saw a long time ago how people play poker in a casino and I really liked this game, I learned all the rules of poker and now I play and if everything is fine and my card plays well then I get a profit and for me it is very good!

In the advertisement, Ronaldo saw, downloaded the application, did not know the rules, did not understand anything and deleted.

A friend advised me to play poker. I haven't played in over a year. Then I tried everything-it's the best game in the world!!!

I played a lot of Facebook videogames, I found Zynga Poker and I liked the sound of chips when you win, but I didn't learn the rules and start playing until WSOP 2015 looking the Main Event.

I was 19 years old my best mate invite me to go with him to the casino in Valencia spain in that time I didn’t know nothing about poker so I’ve been watching him play one the tables of cash games it was a fantastic night. He did explain to me the rules about the game and from that day I knew poker will be one of my passion in my life.

Many years ago when I was student, we played 5-card poker with change like in the movie "Maverick". About online Holdem I heard from my friend 15 years ago, try to play and love it till now.

Hi there.My 1st contact with poker was when i was 17 and some friends were playing a game with cards ,i asked what was that and they answered POKER....since there i am addicted .During years i gained xp and i would like to reach the highest level of skill .Good luck friends.

I first met poker when my son started playing a lot ... He showed what it was. I tried a year ago - it's interesting!

First contact I agree it was maybe movies , maybe some TV series when we are kids (or this doesn't count ????) You get used with people getting excited with the cards , the game , etc .

Ofcourse later when I was teen followed Friends and family members , .some good memories and some fun during my first novice games with cards .

The full , real seduction from poker came later watching all these idols playing on TV shows that I didn't want to miss any of them and I was a fanatic watcher and then I really loved poker . Later it was internet where I learned so much , all the info for the online poker rooms so I got way a lot more interested

I started to play poker thanks to one of my friend. He told me about it and we started to play for fun and we used to play almost every day then I saw on espn some poker tournaments and some cash game on espn and every day I liked poker more and more. Now I play cash and I would like to play some tournaments. I would like to improve my game and maybe one day I could play agains the best players in the world

Have enjoyed playing card games before the bell rings to start our school day. It was gambling but not actually a form of poker. I was introduced to actual poker through television and when it was very popular on the internet years ago.

Without a doubt, the first contacts in poker come through the TV programs, this occurs in most cases where poker is not popular with friends and family.
In Brazil the card game is popular, but poker is not a popular game in Brazil, even in this country casinos are forbidden by law and many have learned to play online poker and have sympathized through the tv.
With the passing of time poker has been gaining popularity in Brazil, more is still new.

my first contact with poker .... it was several years ago ... I was watching on ESPN a soccer match ... and when that game ended I immediately started a transmission of a poker tournament ... the truth is that I called attention and began to see it and little by little I started to understand it ... From that moment I started to investigate more about the rules of the game and about the online gambling sites ...!

I was 40, and my hubby downloaded pokerstars. I learned from playchips. Which is a bad thing. I still have so bad habits from those days.

through pokerstars on the internet some 9 years ago.

Mine was with a virtual money site, I was rich on this site

Playing with friends poker with 5 cards and antes were beans .... this is more than 10 years ago ... I knew the holdem on TV and I fell in love with this game mode

I got a cousin from poker and I ordered a quiz on pokerstrategy, after which I was given $ 50. As you can easily guess I lost everything in 2 days In retrospect, I judge it as a funny experience, but everyone used to start somehow

I learned to play with friends several years ago, that after the poker burst in my town began to practice often. It is an addictive game, and to this day we meet to play, as well as follow through other channels such as TV and internet.

I've been familiar with poker since I was 10 years old. I thank my friends for that. At first we watched poker on TV, then we started playing ourselves.

A friend winning money from freerolls.

in my family almost every member played or still play poker. is a family tradition. i remember i saw my father, my mom and my uncle played poker late night in the house i was like 7 years didnt understand why they so focused, they played small stakes but still so much focus haha! second day i asked them what was all about so after that day they got theirself with another poker buddie xd

I started playing for play money in social networks.

My entry into poker was through a group of friends. today we are still playing every Friday. there are 17 friends, we always make 2 tables.

I used to watch my parents play friends for change when I was a little kid. They played crazy games like 7 card no peek and baseball with 3 and 9s wild. Nowadays I can't get my local home game to play pineapple. Seems to be strictly hold em and plo now.

My cousins always played when i was young, then i have no age to play. Once i grew up, start to read and see some videos about poker until i start to play

I like strategy and card games, that's why I found it

Watched the World Poker Tour then caught on to poker.

Watching the WSOP on ESPN every year as a kid was a fun time for me, always loved it, though I certainly didn't understand it. Many years later in high school my parents would go out of town most weekends and leave us kids at home, and we ended up arranging a weekly $10 winner takes all poker game. We'd usually get 10-15 neighbor kids and their friends to come play, and since we hosted, we got a free buy in.

Man those were the days.

I got to know poker through a local TV show here in Brazil that played on Sundays.

Originally Posted by BOTAFOGOES1

I met poker through a TV show that was playing every Sunday. And you? How was your first contact with poker?

I wasnt really interested in it until after I began to deal poker. Spent alot of years dealing NLH and PLO.