Making it fun!

In the past month I have enjoyed poker a little more than usual. I have been playing online for about a year, and seriously for about 7 months. I have played home games with friends and that is always a great time, but just recently a group started a poker club in our area...

The poker club consists of about 20-25 poker players with about another 15 players that come and go. We meet every few weeks to play. It is an absolute blast!!!

When I play with friends, I really have to keep my competitive edge in check. One reason is because they don't really take it that seriously. It is still fun, but I want to learn and win all the time.

There is a freeroll (no money) tourney that is sponsored locally each week, but with a freeroll players can play without any constraints. This limits your abilty to gauge the player or determine the right play and you can learn a lot of bad habits. The freeroll does give me plenty of opportunity to work on my table presence, but that is about all I get out of it.

The poker club allows the group to enjoy live play with a larger group of good players. It also affords us the ability to learn the finer points of the game as well as learn each other's tendancies.

Learning is a great thing, and I have always enjoyed endeavors that allow me think and learn. My father used to always say that it is a sad day that you don't learn something new!

I completely agree.