I started playing card games in my teens and learned a lot of different types of games, Cribbage, Don, 3 Card Brag and of course 5 Card draw and Stud Poker, But never even heard of Holdem until it was televised in the late ninety's.
Watching the pros play on TV, I became interested and decided to learn more about the game, I took to the internet and discovered a lot more than I expected. Playing on some sites like Pogo and Facebook for points and soon discovered
pokerstars where I played the free-rolls.
It took a while to get into the money but once I did I thought if I can do it on-line why not play for real in one of the local pubs, A close friend had heard of a local game and the buy-in was only £12.00 so decided to give it a go. I never did make the money in those tourney's.
But I did pretty good in the side games, I remember one night getting busted out early holding a full house, beaten by 4 of a kind. and my friend went on to make 4th place and won £20.00.
He asked me how I had done and said I got busted early, and he said Yes but what about the side games? I just replied oh them! yes I am up £120.00 and his face dropped.
Here I am playing in the tourney all night, finished in 4th place for £20 and you take home over a hundred from the side games, he yelled!
That's Poker! was my only answer to him.
When the fun Stops, STOP!
