[lucas9000]

i started out playing hold em around 2002 or 2003, and in the home game i played in we were usually playing dealer's choice, so other games were being played (though hold em was the staple). for a while i just played hold em, but then i became interested in other games. i moved to stud and limit omaha/8 first, and kept branching out from there. it has come to the point where i really avoid hold em, and i don't think it's the right game for me, for whatever reason. i much more enjoy pl omaha high, stud, triple draw, and kc lowball as i'm now learning it a bit. though i did really well at hold em (mostly nl) before i started picking up other games, since then i've had my best results with pl omaha high. i could probably go the rest of my life without playing hold em and not think twice about it.