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Scott:
How did I start?  Late Night Poker.  The Hendon Mob sucked me into the game.  The whole idea that playing this game was cool and you got to wear flash suits and shades. I watched for a few years, then took the plunge into on-line poker, then venturing, finally, to the casinos to play.

As for APAT, I think it was in PokerPlayer magazine.  Got the chance to play in my first APAT event in Newcastle and fell in love with the concept of getting to see some new places whilst playing a pure form of poker rather than the "loldonkaments" on-line and run by casinos.

Bodddders:
Started playing poker when I was about 7 yrs old. My dad taught me and my brother to play 5 card for matchsticks. We used to go on family camping holidays when I was a youngster and thanks to the good old English weather many an afternoon was spent in a tent playing some form of card game. I have played mostly 7 card stud for the last 25 years, until I came across Late Night Poker on Ch4.
I didn"t like it at first, all that raise, fold with hardly any flops, seemed a bit boring to me. I stuck with it though and soon became hooked. The arrival of the WPT on Sky TV gave the game a sense of razzamatazz and soon a lot of friends and workmates were talking about or playing poker. Started playing on-line (Corals) about two yrs ago, mainly STT and MTT. Play most of my poker on Pokerstars now, I prefer the 1,500 starting stacks in their STT. Have played live a few times at the Fullhouse in Reigate, even managing to cash on a number of occasions.

A friend of mine pointed out the Apat article in Poker Player Mag. and we both joined straight away. He managed to get a seat for Birmingham and I went along to see what it was all about and lend my support. Name on stand-by list and about 9 hours later I went out on the last hand of Day One. Managed to get a seat in Newcastle  and Cardiff and think the Apat Live events are fantastic. Great structure and more importantly great people and atmosphere.
Keep up the good work and see you all in Dublin.

Jon MW:
Me and my siblings were taught a very basic version of draw poker by my dad when we were little, but we only played one session then forgot about it.

So my real poker playing started last year after the first series of Balderdash & Piffle  :) - the process went from Balderdash & Piffle to Google to, "hmm poker, that could be interesting". So, in contrast to a lot of other recent newcomers to the game I didn"t see any poker on TV until quite a long time after I"d started playing it.

Once I decided to learn how to play I learnt the mechanics of the game from The Hendon Mob site, then I spent 5-6 hours trawling the net for "how to..." features for other advice. Followed by another 5-6 hours of play money play before I took the leap to deposit real money. I had a few early cashes but it took about a  month before I"d gathered enough nous to actually win anything.

The intellectual challenge has always been what interests me in poker, this has meant I"ve tried to expand my knowledge of different variants as much as possible (although I still only really know what I"m doing in NLHE, any success in other variants is only because I"m less bad than the other entrants). But the challenge of deepstack live poker was the part of APAt which initially captured my attention.

Since then, of course, the social side of it has really come to the fore - but I refuse to actually say anything nice about any of you so I"ll just stop there.  :D

kinboshi:

--- Quote from: Jon MW on May 31, 2007, 14:21:07 PM ---
Once I decided to learn how to play I learnt the mechanics of the game from The Hendon Mob site...
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Snap.  I liked the interactive thing they had on there (still there probably), tutorials and a quiz I think it was.


--- Quote ---The intellectual challenge has always been what interests me in poker, this has meant I"ve tried to expand my knowledge of different variants as much as possible (although I still only really know what I"m doing in NLHE, any success in other variants is only because I"m less bad than the other entrants).

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You must know what you"re doing to qualify for the WSOP!  I think you"re doing yourself a disservice.  The argument that you"re no good, but just that the others are worse is the same for anyone.  You could be the 10th best player in the world - you don"t want to be at a table with the other 9...

Ericstoner:
I frst learnt about poker at my dads knee,whilst he played with his brothers and wives,when I was five or so. It was slow old draw poker, but it ment i knew the rules.
In my teenage years I used to play in my local, varients like southern cross and other stud games,then on to three card brag, which I played sometimes for biggish stakes untill the kids came along.
By 1991 my work ment i had free time in central london in the afternoons, so I found blackjack among the chinise migerent workers in shaftsbury ave.But although i read the books,and tried all the systems, couldn"t win a bean.
A couple of months later I slipped into the Vic and noticed the poker room I signed up for the £20 plhe r/buy without knowing the rules, and i was hooked.
I open my first paradise account in 1999, as we"d moved out of london, i"ve played online every year since. and continue to play occasionally live.All over the UK, Ireland,Spain (Baralona)and Holland (Ammsterdam)

As for the APAT, i signed up as soon as I could, it suits my stricktly amateur status,and the social side is second to none.

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