I also enjoy playing poker, although I'm not into the online games yet. My friends gather for a monthly game, and it's co-ed (luckily!), so I've gotten to play a fair amount over the past couple of years, with a reasonable amount of success.
I'd been watching WSOP on ESPN a few years ago and finally got fed up and said to my husband one day "Okay, I want to learn to play poker". We played with nickels for a little while, just 1 on 1 for practice, then we've enjoyed some success in our friendly games with 8-16 players. Not a bad split for 1st, 2nd and 3rd when everybody puts in $10 to play.
One of these days I'll drive the hour or so to A.C. and check out the live action there, but I'm just not that hardcore yet!