How many of you can say you won more money than you lost in poker?

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Unfortunately, I have lost more than I have won so far, but this is because I did not know how to play before, I played hoping for luck, and it constantly let me down. I hope that in the future I will be able to win a large amount.
 
I have been playing for about 15 years. I can't prove it, but I was probably up by a few 100$ for the first 13 years, but I never kept a track of it. Since Jan last year, I'm up $1,403.26.
 
My only proof of winning more than I have lost, are my bankroll's. On-line I have never made a deposit, so the money I have has all been won from free-rolls and micro stake buy-ins, I have several with different sites I have tried, and my best to date is with Pokerstars which stands at over $600 Dollars, but if I had to add them all together, I probably would have well over $1,000 Dollars.
Live games are a different story, as I take them a lot more seriously and all my winnings from them go into a Safe I have at home. Before the Pandemic started I had over £2,000 Pounds It is still there for when I return to Live games, and sometimes I will treat the wife to something at Christmas or Birthday's so I do not consider Poker owing me anything.
Bankroll Management is Paramount when it comes to being a profitable player, I am far from being a Great Poker Player, but I am in Profit.

When the fun Stops, STOP!
 
Been 12 years since my last deposit, so...
I just don't put the volume and keep it a hobby.
Also I had promised to myself that if I ever lose these money, I'll quit poker. But the love for the game is real and it's the best motivator.
 
I have gained much more than I lost. I only made a deposit in some rooms to enable the extraction method. but my whole game is based on freeroll. for example: last year playing at Partypoker I won a PLO $600 freeroll and in another I was 3 with $350, added to some dollars from others, I think I have exceeded $1100 dollars, and if I take into account that I am recreational, I feel very satisfied ,
 
i am ahead, have only played freerolls and have never deposited any money, i have cashed out a few times and still have a decent bankroll. i am one of the lucky ones!!
 
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Ive never deposited but I have a small bankroll on several sites. So all I have lost is time, but I have gained a lot. Several small bankrolls, a lot of entertainment, and a few friends. So I feel like Im way ahead.
 
I can very safely tell that, because Im keeping track.
I must admit all the profit is from the freerolls, bonus points, promo actions etc.

Playing normal games Im loosing few %. Lets say about same ammount as the rake. So im break even player. Then the promos are giving me nice profit.
 
Moram priznati da ne pripadam skupini igrača koji su osvojili više novca nego što su izgubili.
Moja najveća pojedinačna pobjeda bila je oko 4.600 dolara kada sam osvojio drugo mjesto na Pokerstars Bounty Builder KO turniru od 11 dolara.
Kvalificirao sam se za turnir putem satelita za 1,45 dolara. U to vrijeme, imao sam $2.20 na mom računu zvijezda.
 
Yes positive over the last few years, but I think these amounts you earn in some working weeks as well ;-)

But besides the fun factor, the mental learning effect is probably the big plus for me.
 
I have to admit that I don’t belong to a group of players who won more money than they lost.
My biggest single win was about $ 4,600 when I won second place in the $ 11 Pokerstars Bounty Builder KO tournament.
I qualified for the tournament via a sit & go satellite for $ 1.45. At the time, I had $ 2.20 in my stars account.
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To be honest I still haven't gotten to the point of earning more than I've invested, I've invested little, I've earned little, I think to some extent I've earned more than I've invested, in the years I've been playing I've probably made about a thousand dollars and I have invested around 200 Usd, the difference would be in the amount of money I win, I lose it again on the same platform, sometimes it seems that they give me to take it off again, lol, it would not surprise me, the hands with which I lose when I have won some money they are incredible.
 
Iv'e had a few nice hits playing online(tourneys). I tend to withdraw any good hits I win. I'm definitely out of pocket playing cash games online, probably breaking even in MTT's. Although, I don't really track my stats.
In live play, I have made profit, manly due to a few good runs in tourneys. I won the North East Of Scotland poker play-off's, that gave me a nice sum & also qualified me for a national tourney, that I also cashed in 6th another nice sum. My local casino has a weekly £25 buy-in tourney, tends to attract 40/45 players, that i have won twice & cashed on multiple other occasions. Although I have not played in it for 3 years, due to the pandemic & the time (middle of the morning) it takes to finish. I don't play much cash live & when i have, i don't tend to make profit.
 
I definitely can't say that. I lost much more money (about 15 thousand more) than I won, unfortunately.
 
I am definitely at a net loss. If u want to find out of people are incorrectly bragging, there are (or at least used to be) sites which show u results if u type in their player name.
 
I win a lot with my first deposit on the different poker platforms and I always leave a little in the bank, more or less I always withdraw up to the amount of my first deposit because I feel safe playing with that amount, if I deposit much more I feel very pressured by having a large amount of money that could lose much or all in a bad move.
 
My bank account is positive only because I didn't deposit and almost always played freerolls. 😀
 
I can say that however it's not big amount 🙂 I took around 800$ through Pokerstars playing for a year. In overall I never made more than 90$ of deposit. Generally I won good amount playing online poker back in the days. It was an online play money game which the chips on market was too expensive to buy. I was regularly beating the nl holdem there making millions of chips so this way tones of players/addicts were willing to buy chips from me instead of the game's market. It was all fun and profitable) Sadly casinos and all poker games are prohibited in my country, so I got no official live records. And I'm not reg at online poker, only freerolls thanks to CardsChat!
 
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Well I can say I'm contributing to someone making more money than me that's for sure. Maybe someday it will click and I will be on the other end. I certainly will still play either way.
 
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