Okay guys, I started playing poker like everyone else from my generation after seeing rounders. I picked up the game really fast and absourbed all info I could on it. I didnt start gambling for real untill moneymaker won the wsop main event. Then it was on. I have since then quit playing religiously for 2 years and am just now finding my love for the game again. Anyway back on topic...
So how do you ask have I managed to spend countless hours on the computer and in card rooms without servearly pissing off my lover?
Simple, TEACH THEM HOW TO PLAY
this is very important as I have almost lost one gf to the game and seen my current love life doomed to the same course. so I will say it again, TEACH THEM TO PLAY! congratulate them on good hands, dont be mean or over aggressive or get all advanced on them. First explain the hand ranks if needed ( I actually had to get my first g/f drunk to do this) then play a few hands with her with the hole cards exposed. explain how the rounds of betting and community cards work and let the magic of holdem set in.
Now go over hand rankings, and position, and tell them about how "most" poker players are completely ignorant or stupid and using simple strategy will prevail in most cash games.
Then let her/him practice his spare time away and soon the only fighting that will be going on is who gets to play first! When they get all excited about their first big winning sessions just smile and say "I love YOU!"
now i am no dr phil but i hope I can help some dwindleing flames become rekindled out there with the help of poker.
"I have no respect for a man who only knows how to spell a word one way"
"Knowing how to play 2 pair is worth a college education, and cost about as much."
-Mark Twain, the most quoted and misquoated author of all time.
