Where did you learn to play?

[Irongirl01]

I wanted to see how good a player Ben Affleck was during that whole Bennifer saga lol....I flicked on Celebrity Poker Showdown and said to myself these people are horrible. THen I caught the 2003 wsop reruns and said to myself. I can do that. Mind you I knew nothing about poker really except for having played strip poker in college while drinking!! I used to play a bit of pinochle in my twenties with and old boyfriends family and was pretty good at that. Hadnt played any card games in years though.

Bought some books, dealt myself out a bunch of hands, studied the game from WPT and WSOP reruns.. Started play money play last August, real money play in September on party poker (cashing in first tourney).. Since then I have won 5 tournies including a leg of the online poker Tour and a Ladies Night on Poker Host and lots of final tables and cashes largely in freerolls or $5.50 MTT's. Slowly building a bankroll with minimum investment...

Yesterday was my 6th month anniversary as a CardPlayer.. I love the competition and the game...

 

[JesssRabbit]

LOL would you believe from a teacher in high school?

I guess the world was a different place *mumble mumble* years ago..

I learned to play at a weekly nickle/dime/quarter 3 raise limit game held at my fencing coach's house during high school. My parents wanted me to get out of the house more and would stake me $25 and buy me a six pack of beer and send me off to learn the ways of cards LOL yeah, I had interesting parents.

Anyways, that was oh... a long long time ago, and poker's been a part of my life ever since.

J. Rabbit :turtle:

 

[jde_07]

I learned how to play at the gold dust in deadwood, sd. I had a hundred dollars and sat down and decided to play in a 4-8 game. I won over a six hundred that night off of blind luck because I didn't really know what I was doing and the rest is kinda history on it but Ive done lots of reading and playing since that night.

 

[S1lverShot]

i started by playing with close friends, but then i started to play the free games at ultimate bet, and that was where i really learned and honed my skills

 

[ffbigfoot]

Learned to play

I think I learned to play after watching the 2002 Wsop on tv. I was not even aware of texas holdem before then. Of course I knew of the other basic poker games such as 5 card stud/draw and 7 card stud as I played them with my family.

 

[augie6289]

i never played poker untill they started showing it on Espn. then i just played with my buds and got better and started playing it online

 

[G_man10]

I learnt to play poker at a young age, with family. I then learnt to understand the game much better online. Online poker is great for just starting out. I also learnt many different varieties of poker online. Such as & card stud, omaha, 3 draw. I wouldn't have learnt these varieties without the online poker.

I think the best way to get started on poker is to learn the basics of the game with friends or family, then understand and expand your mind of the game in online poker rooms. You can learn really quick, it's easy, and a lot of fun.

 

[officerhoyt]

I learned to play from TV and then playing games with my family. I also played freerolls

 

[buckster436]

t v poker

i watch a lot of the pros on tv and the more i watched the more i learned,but when i play for play money they go all in or call with anything,i guess they do it cause its only play money and they beat u with junk cause they catch cards, but thats not the rite way to play.
buckster436

 

[augie6289]

yea when its play money they just go all in with anything and try to win. i think that putting poker on tv started a lot of people playing cuz thats when it got big.

 

[Bucksfreak]

I learned to play in live poker rooms in of all places Columbus, Ohio. I didn't know they existed, but when I found then I thought I had died and went to poker heaven

 

[Sorn]

I am still learning. I cant rember where I first played but I learned Taxes holdem at the casino about two miles form my house

 

[mysticanime]

Friends, Books, Online and practice, practice, practice.

 

[todayilose]

the first time i ever played poker was with some friends at a keggar . it probably wasn't the best environment to start, but as an introduction it wasn't bad i guess since i won. i am sure it was a beautiful combination of luck and drunkeness (of others). lol

 

[Holdempimp]

I taught myself how to play

Through home games i developed a winning style, it seems to work online and in live games at casinos.

 

[mattlandry1000]

Learn to play

I learned to play at pokerstars. It was an okay learning enviroment I guess... Lots of really lose players though

 

[MalYZ]

Played with friends until I discovered online pokerrooms on yahoo. There I found link on PokerStars ... and then read some forums and books bout playing.
Playing is the best way to learn

 

[kensteven]

Funnily enough, I learnt to play online, using a tutorial I found on holdempoker.com quite a while ago... since then I've progressed from playing with play money chips onto real money.... also playing some games for some decent money with friends. How about you? Where did you learn?

i learn to play by watching the big boys play on tv and c what they do with what they got... and i teach my self by playing in the big freerole torny at poker stars the 6000person one and every time i make it furthur i know iam doing well...best finsh 33rd

 

[Smeagol]

playing with friends

 

[Sunnyfox]

on the internet

i learnt too play on absolute poker

 

[Sammyv1]

Private Home Tournement

I played (Holdem) the first time in a private home tournement. I only remember Two hands from that night. One I had 4 sixes, I slow played it and the guy I took out had a full house. He was a little bumbed to say the least. Then I remember the last hand, the hand I won the tourney on. I had The big slick and the flop was A K 8. I checked and he went all in. Of course I called, He showed A 2 and the turn and river were no help to either of us. I took down the money. It was very fun and I am hooked on this game now. I just want to learn and play bettter all the time.

 

[DaShizNit33]

By My self!

I learned to play hold-em about 3 1/2 yrs ago. My mom deals at a cardroom in town, and told me to start playing. I was intimidated to play live at first, so the first year I was self-taught online. I then started 2-4 cash games, and entered my 1st live tourney....the regions $45-ultd rebuys limit event, and placed 4th to cash $750...not a bad 1st experiance. Now I'm still self taught, and very well versed in limit/no-limit hold-em; omaha Hi; Stud; and Razz. Not to bad for a guy who didn't even know how to play Rummy, or Solitare. LOL!!!:icon_thum

 

[Martinez760]

I learned to play the hard way. My friend invited me over n we decided to play some poker. I sort of knew how to play but not well enough for money. 2 hours and years of peer pressure later i saw myself in a 20 dollar torueny. Well by the end of the night I had lost 60 bux and learned how to play. Tough price to pay? U decide

 

[MIH202]

My mom tought me how to play when i was 5. She tought me 5 card draw. After that i loved it so much that i just picked up on other games such as stud, holdem, omaha, and so on.

 

[Paynetothemax]

I first learned in a cash game. I lost 10$ then I just decided to learn the game more and more so the next time it wouldn't happen.:thrasher: