How much have you won or lost playing online poker?

diceme · Mar 24, 2008

Lost

Ive been playing a couple of years now online and Ive gained ground and lost ground probably lost a couple Gs all together. Im not sure how to gain ground I usually loose big pots eventually to bad beats. Like pocket Ks and get beat by pocket AAs and stuff like that. Whats the answer?

Gallo · Mar 24, 2008

Beat the low limits first

LeanAndMean · Mar 24, 2008

Wow, YOU HAVE DONE GREAT!! I started out good, deposited $600 in Full Tilt, got it up to 1200 including bonus, drew out 600, and then everything went to pot!! I lost 600, redoposited the original 600, lost that!!! Now I am just a bonus hound. I go from site to site earning bonuses and am up maybe $1000. I am not a good poker player!!

mickeyde · Oct 2, 2008

okay...

so my dad got me into holdem.. and my first 50$ on poker stars jumped to 250 then to 0. after this i did another 50$ buy in and got up to 400!!! then to 0. I was playing 2/4 or 1/2

so tonight i did another 50$ buy in and lost it all without ever gaining. I am starting to hate my life and i just downloaded cake power because of this thread.

I dont want to give up on this loss.. any advice from you successful veterans?

becomingpoker · Oct 2, 2008

mickeyde said:
so my dad got me into holdem.. and my first 50$ on poker stars jumped to 250 then to 0. after this i did another 50$ buy in and got up to 400!!! then to 0. I was playing 2/4 or 1/2

so tonight i did another 50$ buy in and lost it all without ever gaining. I am starting to hate my life and i just downloaded cake power because of this thread.

I dont want to give up on this loss.. any advice from you successful veterans?

I may not be a successful veteran but I do know that playing 1/2 or 2/4 w/ $50 is insane. Start low w/ a $50 bankroll. Maybe some $2 SNG's or the micro tables on Cake or Pokerstars should be okay. You need to build that roll to at least $2000 before you attempt 1/2. My personal experience has proven that no matter how good you are playing you will still see huge downswings and you need to ride them out but you will not be able to do this with out a proper bankroll. My roll was just over 2k last week and I experienced a 10 buyin downswing at .25/.50. That's $500! Almost 25% of my roll was demolished. If I had lost 10 buyins at 1/2 I'd be broke. So again, my advice is to play within you limits.

Back to the original poster. Overall I am a winning player. I've won a few thousand over a few years but more recently have taken poker more seriously. Last month I logged 44.5k hand with a very insignificant winrate after my huge downswing. Gonna keep grindin it out. My goal is to play 2/4 with a proper roll within the next 12-18 months.

BostonRobber · Oct 2, 2008

Play some $1 tables

mickeyde said:
so my dad got me into holdem.. and my first 50$ on poker stars jumped to 250 then to 0. after this i did another 50$ buy in and got up to 400!!! then to 0. I was playing 2/4 or 1/2

so tonight i did another 50$ buy in and lost it all without ever gaining. I am starting to hate my life and i just downloaded cake power because of this thread.

I dont want to give up on this loss.. any advice from you successful veterans?

The huge benefit of building a bankroll from scratch is that you become a better player by the time you have a bankroll. If it's a gift then play the lowest limits until you're cashing more often than the odds would dictate. So if you play 9 person SNGs that pay the top three your cashing % should be higher than 33% and naturally at an overall profit. GL.

sfinXx · Oct 2, 2008

biggest cash-game hand won about $2,000 - biggest tournamnt win about $4200.

however i haven't got the endurance to play online poker, but live works just great =)

naruto_miu · Oct 2, 2008

I guess i'll be honest i've lost close to about 13k now, but that's been in the past 3 yrs, as for winnings (which i've lost btw though, lol), was about 9k (but this was al due to bad BRM), um so you take that as you will, tha'ts honesty at it's best, lol

toolzz · Oct 2, 2008

career winnings.......56.00$ approx
career losses...........7.00$
total......................+49.00$

remember i just started playing for money last weekend

MrMuckets · Oct 2, 2008

poker is a long term project, I am up since i started playing but that's for me and my tax preparer to know how much.

cortney88 · Oct 3, 2008

I think the most I have ever won was $7.50 I was in a freeroll with like 400 people and it was a $25 dollar tourney and I took second, but other than that I win a little here and there...but a little here and there help cause it will all add up eventually.

paulwall01 · Oct 3, 2008

lol i think i am down $300 over the 3 years i have been playing online....been a roller coaster ride...i basically just play tournaments, i win good money laying tournaments then give it all away in the ring games... i got to learn how to play ring games or stop all together lol

TexasPokerStar · Oct 3, 2008

Won and Lost

Won about $2,000... then managed to loose it all... starting from $0 again... but am sure i'll get it back again...

BlackFish2 · Oct 5, 2008

I lost around $50 on Full Tilt but I been winning a lot of points in the SNG.

GSpicoli · Oct 5, 2008

Over time I have cashed in with $1800 - $2000 and I cashed out over $5k just over a year ago. I'm working on getting my nut back together so I can cash back in.

Makwa · Oct 5, 2008

a lot

overall i am up about 5K last 2 years, lost 2K in a my first year 3 years ago, won it back, learned BRM, and building ever since

darkshark · Oct 8, 2008

greener_lax said:
Just wondering how much some of you have won or lost playing online poker.

I have won $1700 playing, since a $50 deposit in august i might add

that is awe-inspiring.

wooo · Oct 8, 2008

I started with $0 and up to $700
Played freerolls to start and then micro sngs.
After that i moved up to same money added tounrnaments.
Now i play $5 sngs.
I never buyin with more than 1% of my bankroll,still play sngs.
When i get to $1000 i many able to make good weekly money from this.
must stay away from cash tables as i dont do that well at them.

Flushbuster · Oct 8, 2008

Online Poker

I am always up and down but in the long run I have made about $1500 off of a $20 deposit

MistahSaechao · Oct 8, 2008

i probably lost about 250 so far since i withdrew $50 five times lol.... dont count me out yet though, i am only getting better each day

... and btw congrats to those of you who only make one deposit and never have to deposit again, you are all my heros ahahaha. k

MistahSaechao · Oct 8, 2008

Flushbuster said:
I am always up and down but in the long run I have made about $1500 off of a $20 deposit

your an idiot, stop lying to yourself and all of us... minimum deposit is 50 you broke chump

MrMuckets · Oct 10, 2008

MistahSaechao said:
your an idiot, stop lying to yourself and all of us... minimum deposit is 50 you broke chump

There are any number of sites where you can deposit $20.

Almost any Microgaming site, UltimateBet, Sportsbookpoker, just to name a few.

graziosi · Oct 10, 2008

I won't say how much exactly but my sugardaddy has posted quite a bit for me on his logon but it is not really that bad in the red.

Kreepy · Oct 10, 2008

after losing a majority of my BR in Sept, I can now say I am at Breakeven. Hoping this means I go positive for Oct

slurredreaction · Oct 10, 2008

I've lost and won quite a bit. I must say my best run was on PokerStars when I took 20 bucks to 500 in a matter of hours. Was hitting a great run of cards.. THE BEST!! ever!!

How much have you won or lost playing online poker?

diceme

Enthusiast

Gallo

Rock Star

LeanAndMean

Legend

mickeyde

Rising Star

becomingpoker

Rock Star

BostonRobber

Enthusiast

sfinXx

Rising Star

naruto_miu

Legend

toolzz

Enthusiast

MrMuckets

Legend

cortney88

Enthusiast

paulwall01

Enthusiast

TexasPokerStar

Rock Star

BlackFish2

Enthusiast

GSpicoli

Rock Star

Makwa

Undesirable Predator

darkshark

Rising Star

wooo

Enthusiast

Flushbuster

Enthusiast

MistahSaechao

Enthusiast

MistahSaechao

Enthusiast

MrMuckets

Legend

graziosi

Enthusiast

Kreepy

Enthusiast

slurredreaction

Rock Star

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