Lets see...my brother taught me how to play NLHE when I was 14. Played in a bunch of home games with his friends (which i did awful in naturally). never really got serious about it until last June after I turned 18 and went to the casino and won $150 playing 3/6 limit. Thought I was the man after that and proceeded to dump my paychecks regularly. Then I started playing some more home games with friends. Did ok, nothing too spectacular. Got online and started reading some strategies and whatnot and decided to enter into a monday night tourney at the casino. 120 entrants and $65 a pop. Got 2nd place and took home $1080. Got REALLY into poker after that. Started playing online when I moved to college. Read some books. Online I started out at PartTimePoker getting staked for Pokerstars. If you havent done it, you should try it out. I've made a $100 BR outta $0 of my own money, but anyways not here to promote. Thats about it! :P