How I Started Playing Poker

I started playing poker in the summer of 2004. It was right around the time I broke it off with my ex.  I was back home just chill-in on my bed flicking some channels when I saw the World Series of poker on ESPN and witnessing Chris Moneymaker at the final table going up against some of the best poker players in the world.  Watching him take down the field and then go up against Sam Farha, bluffing him and soon after take him down and win the main event and cash in for two and a half million dollars was something that was amazing!!!  I thought if a man who never played a live tournament before and enter a 42 dollar satellite to win the right to enter the main event and then win it all, why can’t I?  A few days later, I went to Barnes and Noble in the city in midtown, and I read Doyle Brunson’s Super System, and also the Theory of Poker by David Skalansky.  Soon after doing some good solid reading and having a better understanding the game and concept known as poker better, I decided to take what I have learned to the test.  So I went to Atlantic city to play poker for the first time.  I took the greyhound bus from New York to Atlantic City and the bus dropped me off at Caesars Once I arrived after I used my casino bonus, I decided to go play 2-4 limit holdem.  From my very first hand I played, I was hooked.  I will admit that I lost my buy of 50 bucks, but just the feeling of playing on the felt for the first time was a dream come true for me.