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28% |
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23% |
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| About 6 months |
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4% |
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42% |
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Ryzan
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Joined: 29 Feb 2004
Posts: 9
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How long have you guys been playing poker or balckjack or any other game? I have only been play Texas Hold'em for about 3-4 months.
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| Tue Mar 02, 2004 1:54 pm |
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tokkaloshman
Flush
Joined: 13 Mar 2004
Posts: 48
Location: Scotland |
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Nobody knew the rules of poker, we played it anyway though. It wasn't until I got a card with the rank of poker hands with a deck of Tally Ho's, that we could actually play knowing who's won. It didn't occur to me until much later that poker is pretty pointless unless you bet. Same with blackjack I suppose. It's still fun but without betting, it eliminates the skill of the game - more of a game of luck.
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| Sat Mar 13, 2004 1:20 pm |
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Ryzan
Pair
Joined: 29 Feb 2004
Posts: 9
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To me the luck part is what cards u get in your hand and what community cards come out. But I think the skill part is when u have to bet knowing how much to bet without your making opponents fold.
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| Sat Mar 13, 2004 5:47 pm |
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Eric
Site Admin
Joined: 01 Dec 2003
Posts: 2482
Location: California |
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Betting is definitely one of the areas where skill is crucial. When to bet your cards? When to semi-bluff? When to stone cold bluff?
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| Sat Mar 13, 2004 11:06 pm |
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bryan
2 Pairs
Joined: 13 Apr 2004
Posts: 12
Location: Toronto Ontario |
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only a few months, but hey, im 16, so i guess im getting an early start
working on the chip tricks aswell
got the knuckle roll and twirl nearly down but the shuffle is boggling my mind
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| Tue Apr 13, 2004 5:04 pm |
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BLaZE
Chip Tricks Contest II Champ
Joined: 25 Mar 2004
Posts: 554
Location: WI, USA |
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My friends back home dont play cards at all. So I went to college and cards wre introduced, along with gambling. I was quickly drawn in due to my highly competetive nature.
That was last semester. So its been 6-7 months sence i FIRST started. My skill has inclined dramatically and I have a decent gameplay. It is always changing and improving as i gain experiance.
I feel i can be one of those guys that wins more then he loses consistantly if i keep up the playing and researching.
Thats my story. I can still be considered a beginner i guess. But im getting there.
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| Tue Apr 13, 2004 6:04 pm |
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mike4066
3 Of A Kind
Joined: 02 Apr 2004
Posts: 24
Location: Akron, Ohio |
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I've been in and out of Blackjack for about 5-6 years.. Holdem for the last year or so..
I'm still learning
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| Wed Apr 14, 2004 6:51 am |
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dingo
3 Of A Kind
Joined: 14 Apr 2004
Posts: 25
Location: show-me |
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Been gambling since about 15-16 with dice, & pool, when old enough to hit the casino started in with alot of roulette, moved on to blackjack, & now holding steady with poker for about 5 mos. now. WSOP really got me hooked & I have to say MoneyMaker , Ivey, & Farha are really the ones that got me hooked from the get go, now I have about 15-20 favs! Love the game, love the site, gl all.
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| Wed Apr 14, 2004 12:11 pm |
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stom
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ive been playin for a few months now..and have won $500 since
also have a nice set of Paulson chips..and i highly reccomend these chips to anyone out there
and oh yeah..im 14
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| Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:52 pm |
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DanesInsaneIX
2 Pairs
Joined: 23 Jun 2004
Posts: 15
Location: Seattle, WA |
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>I've been playing since I was five and have loved it ever since. I got back into cards obsessivly two years ago after going back and forth being an escape artist and card magician as my hobbies over the years. But now I'm a vegas man. And my card routines consist of playing poker/black jack with manipulations to entertain my guest.
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| Sun Jun 27, 2004 12:32 pm |
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pokerfanatic
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Joined: 21 Jun 2004
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Location: Dayton, Ohio |
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I've been playing since I was five and have loved it ever since. |
That’s about how I am but I think I started playing cards around 8 or so. I’m not sure, I know a lot of different games, I just enjoy the complexness of Hold’em more then any other games I know. Don't get me wrong I’ll sit down at really any type card game and play it. Even the old school game war 
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| Wed Jul 14, 2004 11:43 pm |
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Pokerkidd
Pair
Joined: 29 Jun 2004
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I have been playing poker for about 8-9 years now 
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| Sat Jul 17, 2004 8:17 pm |
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azureus
4 Of A Kind
Joined: 01 Jun 2004
Posts: 99
Location: new england |
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maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe 6 months. i remember that it was still snowin' round these parts...
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| Sat Jul 17, 2004 8:30 pm |
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SM373
Full House
Joined: 15 Jul 2004
Posts: 56
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Been playing cards since I've was young. Only started betting about 6 or so months ago. And as mentioned above, the real skill in poker is when to bet. So I'm still a beginner 
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| Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:33 pm |
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Keebs
Straight Flush
Joined: 24 Jul 2004
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blackjack for 9 years
poker about 6 months
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| Sat Jul 24, 2004 9:48 pm |
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dutchfan
Royal Flush
Joined: 19 Jul 2004
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only a few months, but hey, im 16, so i guess im getting an early start
working on the chip tricks aswell
got the knuckle roll and twirl nearly down but the shuffle is boggling my mind |
Dont know why, im the total opposite, ERg, Shuffle is sooo easy, but the twirl and knuckle roll boggle me, lol, geesh, i must be off because everyone is unlike me
Anyways, dont know hwo you could ever play without betting, like eric said, it is so crucial,
also, ive been playing about a year, most people here have been playing less than 6 months which seems right, after all these poker shows starting going on the air, tons of people learned the game, kind of funny how it just sparked all of the sudden
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| Sun Jul 25, 2004 10:55 pm |
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