How I got started

I have been playing poker for about 3 years now. I started in home games with family and friends. I shared the buy ins with my sister-in-law Lynne. I think everyone thought we really didn't add up to 1/2 a player with our knowledge of poker, so they allowed us to be one. We'd whisper in each others ears what we thought we should do when our cards were dealt. At first we would ask questions about what we needed help with and everyone was friendly but then after a few games and no improvement they said if you want to play spend time learning away from the table. Lynne would leave the table and socialize in the kitchen and leave me to play by myself. This made me nervous because I was playing with her money and I didn't want to lose it. So that started me questioning my husband about hands and position and folding and raising and so on. I was showing improvement and by this time and Lynne wasn’t making to the games and I started to play by myself. I was really b becoming a competitive force at the table.

My husband and I share poker as an interest and he is very supportive and good at coaching me. At one point I was really worn down physically and my husband was adamant about us not going to the Saturday poker night at my brothers. He wanted me to stay home and rest after working all day. He was right but of course I was longing for poker. What I didn't know was that he had signed us up and made a deposit on a poker site. All of a sudden missing Saturday poker night wasn’t so bad. My first really big win was when I was playing on pacific poker. They sent me $10 to play on their site and I turned that into around $977. OMG what a rush.....I remember the movie Rocky was playing in the background. How ironic! I've had many more winnings since then but never quite that surreal. Oh wait, maybe the APLady $1k shopping spree.... what woman doesn't like a shopping spree!

I work on my game everyday; I am trying to take myself to the next level. My focus has been off the past year, my Mom was battling lung cancer. She lost the battle, but lately I feel her presence in me so strong, it’s like I feel her strength helping me change my game for the better. I love playing on the internet. I am shy and not very confident so I think it's been good for me to be able to work on my game and build that confidence right in my own home.

But this month I found out our local casino has a ladies night every third Thursday. There aren't any women in the area that I know that really know how to play so I just took a deep breath and went...

Next first my B&M experience.

dizzi :) aka dizziartist, dizzi_artist, dizzinonna