What got you started in other forms of poker?
The "resident expert" thread got me thinking about how I got interested in forms of poker other than Hold'em. To be sure, many (if not most) of the new poker players coming in play HE (often no-limit) exclusively. Two things kept me from that: Hoyle Casino 4, and Play Poker Like the Pros.
I started playing HC4 in the spring of 2003, just before ESPN started showing the WSOP. (I understand that the WPT was on before that, but I didn't start watching it until I got to know the WSOP.) The card room had draw high, draw lowball (single draw A-5), limit Omaha, limit Omaha-8, stud, stud high-low without a qualifier, and limit Hold'em. I played a lot of Hold'em, of course, but I played a lot of everything except draw high. Stud split and Omaha-8 became my favorite games.
PPLTP discusses a ton of different games, so even once I started book learnin' I still wasn't overwhelmed with hold'em. I know, it's not the greatest strategy book, but it did keep my eyes open to games other than HE. Now, I'm interested in just about everything, from HE to Omaha to stud to rotations to triple draw.
I posted all of this to ask a question: how did you get introduced to games other than Hold'em?
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