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I started playing in about 2002 when my high school friend introduced me to pokerstars. Man, I sure do miss playing for huge guarantees on Pokerstars. When the heck will PA start adding more legal websites?
 
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Started playing live in Phoenix Arizona in 2002 I think it was. Friend of mine at the time got me interested. Came home and bought some books. Started playing online shortly after. I've won and made final tables live as well as online. No more than about $1K other than my bad beat jackpot win of $75K at party poker a few years back. That was just amazing luck. :) Recently in last 6 months Ive won OTR $15 ticket to $50K free roll twice...haven't been able to cash though. :-(
 
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How did I start playing poker

I saw it on ESPN when Scotty Nguyen won and it made me and a couple buddis start playing home games. After that my buddy who played online poker showed me how to play on Pokerstaes. Been playing on and off since black Friday.
 
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Where I live (B.C. canada) there were many tv commercials for Fulltilt Poker, Pokerstars, Ultimate Bet, Absolute Poker & partypoker. Televised poker was also popular with the introduction of the 'holecard cam'.

2007 I decided to deposit on Fulltilt & Pokerstars.... and then many other sites as well.

If I knew then what I know now, I would've played even more than I did back then.
 
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How did you guys get into playing online Poker?

I got into it by watching some famous Poker players stream on twitch. :cool:



Thatwas12+ years ago,even I played forfun before that, and live when i had time. My workplace horde were f*cking around me, I could work just 1-2 days per week / turned out they sold the ontracts for the 'choosen drroids', 'legal rats'... lovely labor soc.... that is an other story...
So I had plenty time,no money to waste, spend, so it was cheap to stay at 'home' and play poker,started in small rooms, networks, - the smalll was like acr nowadays - whose already disappeared, one of my favorite was the FullDeckPoker, I won there lot of micros with 1K+ regs, the other one I do not even remeber, that had similar platform like ACR, probably that is why like a bit ACR... after went through to pokerstars, later on I stopped as it was just out of mind, unreal what was going on there.... End of last year, before pandemic,I decided to get out of the modern slavery forever, and the ring of psycho hordes, so I started to play again the micros in few rooms, goes enough good, even sometimes it drives mecrazy, but i amprofitable, again....

Oh plus I knew few guys whose made living off from poker,even one ofmy cousin,so that was good motivation,too.... yes, it ispossible!
 
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Online backgammon collapsed largely due to bots and something had to fill the void.
 
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I moved to Virginia and was told I could not work because of my medical issues. I was bored and wanted to play something I enjoyed. I started out on NLOP and have made a little money. I then decided, after watching streamers and researching, to start building a small amount on ACR. I would play live again, but VA has no place to do that legally. Even the casinos that are getting started will not have poker.
 
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So I stumbled across an online advertisement for Full Tilt over 13 years ago. Years before he passed, my father once gave me a crash course in 5 Card Stud so I wasn't completely new to the game of poker but Full Tilt introduced me to Texas Hold'em. Researched the greats like Daniel Negreanu who was the face of Full Tilt at that time. Phil Ivey who introduced me to the diverseness of the game. I played for real money online. Lost a lot, won a lot. It was fun but never took it serious. Introduced my older brother to it and it became this other avenue by which me and him could connect and discuss strategies. Depositing and withdrawing was easy. It was a blast.


I played for three months. Coincidently within a week, after cashing out everything, I realized something was wrong. I could no longer log on. The next day I found the news article about federal investigations!:eek: :(

I don't know if it was months or years later but I found PokerStars and spent years loosing money and making money on that.

Then I starting getting into live play. First it was an underground spot at this apartment in Newark New Jersey. That was a long long ago. Then Atlantic City playing the house. The wife wanted Vegas for our honey moon so I played the house there. Then Sugar House Casino in Philadelphia. Sugar House was when I realized I could make a name for myself. It was the first time I played cash games and tournaments. I started to become a regular until Covid-19 hit shortly after.



Then me and PokerStars had a falling out like so many other players whether famous or not so. It was through Cardchat.com that I found out about ACR. Been a ACR fan ever since.

I was in my early 20's when I discovered Full Tilt. I'm 38 now.


Daniel Negreanu was never associated with Fulltilt Poker. He was the 'face' of Pokerstars & began working for them in 2007. He stayed with them til' 2019.

April 15, 2011 - 'Black Friday'
U.S.A citizens were no longer able to play on Fulltilt, Pokerstars & Cereus (AP/UB) while residing in the United States but could continue to play from abroad if they chose to.

I still feel that Fulltilt was the best site ever & miss it to this day :(
I haven't played much on ACR but am always telling myself that one day I will. (maybe this week?)
 
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Never played on AP / UB and kind of regret it, sounds strange I know.
I miss bodog and Winamax, they don't let Europeans/Germans play anymore.

Also miss FullTilt, but always preferred PokerStars, but FTP was somehow cool.
Stars always was 100% reliable but FTP a little bit shady (maybe 15%).

@PokerOrifice: I also didn't play much on ACR, but since I use this year the Caribic table theme, I like it way more!
 
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I learned from some friends in late 2003. I got lucky and won, looked up online poker the next day.

This was also when the poker boom was just beginning. The movie "Rounders", Chris Moneymaker winning the wsop and sites like Partypoker and Stars exploding in popularity.
 
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How did you guys get into playing online Poker?

I got into it by watching some famous Poker players stream on twitch. :cool:

A friend taught me how to play poker. At first I sat, just watched his game, she began to interest me. I started asking him about combinations, what bets to make, and so on. Later I decided to register for pokerstars myself. I played a little with play chips to understand the specifics of poker. Then came the freerolls, played in a tight style,
no bluff. So from freerolls I managed to raise my initial bankroll.:smile:
 
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For me it’s not a business, it’s fun, and I love to play any card games. I started on Facebook with play money, and after that I played freerolls
 
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I played personally with friends during the summer, with the end of summer and everyone returning to normal life after the holidays, we started playing at pokerstars a few nights a week.
 
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We played poker with my brother and he told me that he was registered on Pokerstars. At that time, I only played flash games and did not know that you can play online for money. So I decided to try it out at Pokerstars, and I've been there ever since.
 
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I started playing poker at school. then I played at the institute on weekends. then with the staff. and moved to online poker in 2020.
 
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Hello. That's an interesting question. I first started playing online after I watched a WSOP final table on cable.. I bought the CD set, watched it and began to play on Pokerstars. Once I started, it became a serious adventure in my life and still is today. My biggest wish is that one day soon, Americans can play once again on Pokerstars.
 
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Out of boredom I was looking for card games and I liked holdem and omaha poker.
 
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So I stumbled across an online advertisement for Full Tilt over 13 years ago. Years before he passed, my father once gave me a crash course in 5 Card Stud so I wasn't completely new to the game of poker but Full Tilt introduced me to Texas Hold'em. Researched the greats like Daniel Negreanu who was the face of Full Tilt at that time. Phil Ivey who introduced me to the diverseness of the game. I played for real money online. Lost a lot, won a lot. It was fun but never took it serious. Introduced my older brother to it and it became this other avenue by which me and him could connect and discuss strategies. Depositing and withdrawing was easy. It was a blast.


I played for three months. Coincidently within a week, after cashing out everything, I realized something was wrong. I could no longer log on. The next day I found the news article about federal investigations!:eek: :(

I don't know if it was months or years later but I found PokerStars and spent years loosing money and making money on that.

Then I starting getting into live play. First it was an underground spot at this apartment in Newark New Jersey. That was a long long ago. Then Atlantic City playing the house. The wife wanted Vegas for our honey moon so I played the house there. Then Sugar House Casino in Philadelphia. Sugar House was when I realized I could make a name for myself. It was the first time I played cash games and tournaments. I started to become a regular until Covid-19 hit shortly after.



Then me and PokerStars had a falling out like so many other players whether famous or not so. It was through Cardchat.com that I found out about ACR. Been a ACR fan ever since.

I was in my early 20's when I discovered Full Tilt. I'm 38 now.


Excellent your brother, really, I really like to read your facet and your message, I hope you can go far in this world of poker either online or live, many successes and blessings God take care of you and many greetings from Venezuela ... friend
 
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I entered poker from the age of 16, with my friends from the neighborhood, we set up games and played with different rules, until little by little we learned the true rules, of Texas Hoden, we played at that time for a lot of money, I remember that They were super expensive games, at that time, and after the years went by, I started playing at pokerstars and at full tilt poker that I was a sister to pokerstars, I remember that when I barked or got tired of playing at tables I transferred myself account for full tilt and I got to play cash tables, and so I started in the world of online poker, then At 23 years old as a consequence of the economic, social and political situation in Venezuela, I started playing online and saw many benefits that have taught me to be a better person, and a better player in all aspects. , a university professor makes about $ 3 a month, I currently do not exercise because of the situation and poker has served me for everything from food to amenities, I can never complain. .. I don't currently have dollars in my account, but I fight every day to get them, I know that sooner or later they will arrive or I will get a good sponsor where it generates good income for both parties.


poker is like the earth, you have to know how to cultivate ...
 
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I was searching for another game more realistic, more exciting and generally more interesting. I searched and I found poker!
 
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exactly 4 years ago in a circle of cachaça friends we started playing the other day I started playing and studying
 
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My location is far from the city where live games are being held regularly, so i just play online.
 
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I was curious to see what it looked like
 
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I saw how one of the popular streamers plays poker, it became interesting to me and I began to study and try poker, first there was virtual money and then real and freerolls
 
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