My poker experience :P

Hello, this is my forst post and I just wanted to present myself by telling my experience with poker.

I discovered poker watching TV, Celeb Poker or the championship thing (dont remember which came first).

Once upon a time... I was at home, bored, no one to go out with, etc. and remembered about poker championships I saw las night. I googled texas holdem, ran into a site called HoldemPoker.com and downloaded the software. I figured that I would learn the rules of the game by following the buttons in the game...

To start off, I never even thinked of putting money in, I was playing on play money, just to have some fun, and learned the game from there.

Some time later, I decided to invest about 20$ in poker, but due to problems with my card (I own debit card, no credit) I couldn't load money. I figured that pther poker rooms would be able to load money so that I could play, and then I came accross Everest Poker. I quickly fell in love with the software, and started playing right away. Couldn't load money, again...

So there I was, messing around with the software, when I find myself in a STT with free entrance and real money prizes, no bonus, but real money. That was the first time I got into a tournament, and was happy as hell.

Now I am 5 cents away from playing my first real money game, and this is what I learned about SnG, MTT and ring games:

For a ring game, I can stay all day long, play passive, camp for good cards, etc.

For tournaments, on the other side, I had to be much more aggressive, try to play my opponents when I got a slight possibility to win, etc.

Once I read in this site, don't remember which part, that a good poker player is someone that plays with both his cards and his opponents. Well, I'd like to thank whoever wrote that, because I then realised that I had a lot more to win than just my cards. Since then I always win, I am currently waiting for a 30$ freeroll, maybe get in the top 50, and start playin cash, without even investing a nickel.

Hello to everyone! I am new! Welcome me pleaseeee! :P

www.instantbankroll.com

its legit, I played and finished with 115, and cashed out.

i dont live in the US for the no deposit thing but just found out a guy at pokerjunki gives awway $$ for play chips so ill give it a try

i dont have a credit card either, i did a telegraphic transfer from my bank account to my neteller account, thing is they charge you about $20 in fees, but it has been worth it i think.

hey salempc, make an account on pokerroom.com and royalvegaspoker.com and in 24 hours they send you a free 10$ on both sites. You dont need to give any credit card numbers or anything. They have .75 +.25 buy in single table sit n goes or you can just play .05/.10 blinds cash games.

I couldnt deposit with my debit card onto sites either, but I could still deposit from my debit to epassporte and from their to the site. The fee wasnt bad.

nooooooooooo e passeporte is evil
lucky me i have visa, does it work?

Never played at partypoker before, but I just decided to give that instant bankroll thing a try. I figure what the hell?

Waiting now for my email. says 1-5 days. Can't wait.

my debit was a visa, but im curoius why you dislike epassporte? I havent had any problems.

Welcome Salem. Congrats on your bootstrap starter story -- good job!

BTW, EPassporte rocks, for all kinds of reasons.

epassporte I believe has a big fee, I think im gonna check it right now

Hey, gl on making a br through freerolls. I did it, and I'm fairly happy.

Originally Posted by midas06

Hey, gl on making a br through freerolls. I did it, and I'm fairly happy.

how long did that take you? in 3 days i have 13 cents :P

Um, I moneyed a freeroll while sleeping for 0.80, and it was all downhill from there. Almost.

Welcome to the forum, good luck