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  1. 07-26-2005 02:57 PM #1
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    Hello all. This is my first post to your community.
    Here's the story.
    I'm 22 years old. I'm into online poker for about 6months (playing at CDPoker). And I would like to start playing some "real" poker (I mean poker with real cards and table, you know what I mean ). But it seems to me that that it is impossible here in Croatia. Whenever I want to organise some poker nights people aproach me like this: "I dont know how to play it" (when I tell them I will teach them they think of it like I want to fraud them into something), "I'm affraid to lose some money" (stakes are 0.05-0.10$ in our currency ), "I'm not interested at all" (people here don't even know what poker is and how much fun it can be)... I think you get the whole picture.

    So how to start anything here where people doesnt know anything about poker?
    We have casinos but only poker i stumbled on is carribian...

    When I go to our casinos (95% of them are automat clubs!) I'm sad to see ppl (who don't have money when I mention poker) give away their money (hard earned) to "casinos".
    I'm offering free beer and snacks, great evening to my friends but in 95% of my asking answer is "NO, If i want to gamble I will go to automat club."

    How to improve poker situation?
    Where is the nearest point in europe where I can play Texas hold em?
    Any players from croatia in here?

    vedran

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    I hope that this post isn't offtopic. Sorry bout my not so well english
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  2. 07-26-2005 03:09 PM #2
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  3. 07-26-2005 03:25 PM #3
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    Sorry bout my not so well english
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  4. 07-27-2005 06:50 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by a500lbgorilla
    Sorry bout my not so well english
    I love it!

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    beats the shit out of my Serbo-Croat, I can tell ya!!
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  5. 07-27-2005 07:21 AM #5
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    Buy all your friends poker books for Christmas (Phill Helmuths if you are feeling evil).
    Get them into online poker, introduce them to some microlimit games...
    Have a freeroll tourney?
    Its like seducing girls, small steps and before you know it they are waking you up in the mornings and asking for it.
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  6. 07-27-2005 08:33 AM #6
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    Best to start off just playing for chips or something, i guess its the money aspect that might be putting them off the most, or the fact you know how to play already and they think you want to take all their money.
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  7. 07-28-2005 11:05 AM #7
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    Ah Croatia. I've wanted to visit there for awhile. Someone I know is from there and the social climate is totally different from the States. From what I have heard, it is more likely that they don't really have the appeal of poker. They would rather be with friends and have more of an engaging entertainment.

    Without having visited myself I can't really give any more insite than that.
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  8. 07-28-2005 12:24 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by arkana
    Its like seducing girls, small steps and before you know it they are waking you up in the mornings and asking for it.
    No wonder I can't get my friends to play poker. Or get them to have sex with me. Or get them to play poker while having sex with me.
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  9. 07-28-2005 12:54 PM #9
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    maybe try to start playing without money for first? then once they think they are good at it start playing for real money.
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  10. 07-28-2005 02:26 PM #10
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    More eurotrash..

    Welcome to the forums bud!
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  11. 07-28-2005 04:00 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pingviini
    More eurotrash..

    Welcome to the forums bud!
    More eurotrash..
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  12. 07-28-2005 08:49 PM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pingviini
    More eurotrash..

    Welcome to the forums bud!
    yup.... more eurotrash
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