First hold em

[GeoffM]

I too use to play Magic competitively. Use to love using mono-blue filled with counterspells. My buddies use to get mighty pissed when my 3/3 artifact crature/land would kill them slowly. Come to think of it, I think that is how I got into poker as well.

[BrianSwa]

geee you used a mono-blue control deck......WHO DIDNT have a mono blue deck hehe just kidding damn top decker. I also used to play magic but it got a little to childish for me.

[hackers238]

Haha, yes an old magic player as well. I had a blue counter/merfolk deck, which was my pride and joy. Used to go down to this club, the magic guild, and play for hours. Got a little childish though, and all my friends dropped out so I did too.

As for poker, always played 5-card draw as a kid, with grandparents and friends for pennies. Then I wen't on a christian summer trip to virginia to help repair homes for people, and some kid brought 500 silver and gold poker chips. The trip had said that kids should bring about $100 in spending money, so all of our parents had filled our pockets before we left; in reality, we really didn't need to spend a cent!

So everyone bought in to this kids chips at the beginning of the week, silver were 50 cents, and gold were a dollar. We played every night, and by the end we all cashed out and went home. Ever since then poker has been in the back of my mind as one of the best times I ever had, but not until the beginning of this past summer did I realize you could play online! That and some friendly home games are where I'm at right now.

[stussy2k]

a friend of mine invited me to playin a home game around this summer, and i had no idea to how to play. they took me for easy money until i learned the rules, and been workin on the table ever since.

[jillaj]

I have played poker most of my life with cousins. Started to play hold em a few years ago. Didn't really play all that much at first but have started to play consistently and am getting much better.