Where did you learn to play?

[goffman73]

I learned by watching my parents little weekend nickel dime games.I grew up seeing this every weekend during the winters.I can remember shuffling the cards for them when I was really young.But once I was old enough to play I played.Eventually wondered online and began playing and am now hooked.I still play small local games also.

 

[jtberrym]

My little brother

introduced me to the game two and half years ago. I have since read lots of full titl pros advice via email on how to play and also just tried to get as much experience as I could from watching and playing low limit games. These forums are helpful too because they give you some new ways of thinking and also insight into the mainstream way of playing certain hands. Always have to try and stay ahead of the curve.

 

[playsuji6]

When i surf for a good game i found spintopgames.com and i saw pokersuperstars 3 and i download it, its only a trial pack of 1 hour. I also love to see poker in tv but it is not understandable right now. learnt something from the poker i downloaded i just know a pair and two pairs clearly then i downloaded ultimatebet and started my poker styles in fashion and moved upon

 

[kloe728]

My poker inspiration is Gus Hansen. When I saw him on TV playing very aggressively in a very pro way, I thought that I want to play like him. I figured out the rules by watching a lot of WPT programs and surfing the net to verify my understanding. I started playing with my friends and family members. Now, I am looking forward for the completion of my click2pay registration so I can play online for real money.

 

[Fliptrip]

I learned trough the help of Triplejack and wikipedia.

 

[Reducto]

A friend of mine tricked me into it. I'm not a gambler - I've never even bought a lottery ticket or donated any money to a casino other than a bit of loose change while passing through. I think he saw Texas Holdem on TV and talked me and a few other people into a friendly $10 home tournament. We figured things out together. I read a few articles online and such but didn't get into it too deeply.

Later he talked me into entering a $10 tournament at a local casino. I was making good money at the time and had no money worries, but I was seriously freaked out about losing that $10!! I'd just never even considered gambling before. After I was in the tournament I found out it was actually a $20 rebuy tournament where you could do a half buyin for $10. If I had known that before I bought in I would have never gone. Somehow I stumbled into the money with the initial $10 plus an add-on later on. I got into the money again the following week and became hooked. I did a little reading but mostly I watched what other players did at the table. The last few weeks I've been doing some serious reading and lots of $.05/$.10 online ring games trying to tighten up my game.

 

[PHENGTHIRATH]

online: bodog

after about a week of playing i finally deposit 20 dollar and won 600 dollars
might of been beginner luck

 

[spunka]

Learned to play draw / stud in home games, switched to online in 2007 read a book or two, played and lost a bit, the won a bit, then had the usually downswing and ......

Basically I did start NL HE at unibet and they still owe me a few bucks, so someday I will go there and take back what is/was mine ...

 

[rubberduck30]

alot of my friend were playing a home game ,I bought world series of poker for playstation 2. The next weekend played he home game and didnt cash, Its more of a sit n go wh rebuys 20$ , the next week I took 2nd place ,still didnt really know the game and learnd much more from All the experts at every table at full tilt,

 

[thesoxwin]

Watched alot of tv play, then headed out to local cash games at the bars.

 

[1fernandez1]

i watched t.v. then read a book ..then lost a lot of money!

 

[hipshot55]

Pitch is actually a game separate from poker with very different rules.

Don't believe I said it was a poker game. And yes, I learned to play it, too. Haven't played it in years. Tried to teach it to my kids, but they just didn't "get" it.

 

[LPFAN4LIF1]

I first go into poker by stumbling across it in 03...the year of Moneymaker. started watching, and started playing on Partypoker with just about the restof the world lol. but i never really watched a tutorial, i just basically taught myself how to play. At first ill admit i sucked and would play just about ATC, not really raising much, but i'd draw to the bitter end. it was pretty bad lol, but over time i basically taught myself the bad hands and when to and not to draw. when to fold, howmuch time to take, how to bluff, when to bluff, how much to raise, when to call an all in. and now ive got most of it down. just a few more things im working on lately and i will be set, is how to play position, calling with pot odds, and disecting my opponents. with all that, i know ill be a much better player than i am now. and thts my story of learning poker lol

--- watching the WSOP more also helped a lot, sorry thought i mentioned that before

 

[orchidra]

Learnt the basics by watching Hold’em on TV. Started playing on-line about nine months ago. Read a few books and checked out online strategy articles as well. Still learning, but improving.

I like Stud Hi-Lo, Razz, Omaha Hi and Omaha Hi-Lo best. All games I did not know existed, until I stated playing online

 

[superjj]

learned in the air force won enjough to buy what i wanted while overseas

 

[ryaned]

Lived with a guy who made a living(high 5 figures) playing LHE in the 70's and 80's...ghost wrote the LHE chapter in Super System 1st ed...but I didn't start playing until early 2000's on pacific poker and party poker...now on Full Tilt strictly recreational player...try to get to Vegas twice a year...will be going in last week in Jan

Regards, Ned

 

[goldschlager]

I started playing the summer before senior year of high school. I was soooo bad, I didn't understand why my friends kept folding pre-flop when I wanted to play every hand I was dealt :icon_scra

i never really learned how to play until a year later when I started to play online at Pokerroom.com, and now FullTilt and pokerstars

 

[rissaspop]

poker training

I learned to play poker when i was young playing games with my father but strted to get real interested in texas holdem and online poker when moneymaker won the world series.. He made anything seem possible for the average joe..

 

[redknightt]

I became interested in poker after watching it on TV, like many folks, I'm sure. I got a couple of books on the subject and the next time my buddies and I went to Vegas to play craps, I played some 3/6 LHE at the Sahara (we were staying there. I played for about 3 hours, won a whopping $80, and was hooked.

I lived in Tucson at the time and started going to the local Indian casinos for about a year and a half, then moved to NoVa, where I play in a local game with occasional day trips to Atlantic City. I've messed with online some, but it is really not my bag right now.

 

[bosoxboy29]

i first seen texas hold em at a local bar in my new hometown . Whitefish Montana!