So who's winning? Who's losing? Who's even?

[David K.]

How long have you been playing micro-limits, what limit, and are you a winning player?

I've been reading WLLH by Lee Jones twice and after investing $10 in pacific poker's .05/.10 tables and working hard for about 2 weeks, I'm at..... $9.28!!

[SeppDeitrich]

I started playing micro limit a couple months ago after i won 10$ in a weekly round2 freeroll at pokerstars. I currently play tourneys, sng's, .25/.50 holdem ring games and .5/.10 O8 ring games. I have made a 150$ withdrawl after which my br sits at 250$. hopefully I can move up to .5/1 soon (my target br for this move is 300$)

[EdSchurr]

I started with $2 and built it into $50 total from .02/.04 to .05/.10. But my friends needed online money so I sold it to them, and also, to spend time with them I need to play no limit. So I'm down to $15, after having been paid a total of $20 or so.

Then because I got a job, I deposited $100 and I'll be playing .25/.5 when I'm done working for the summer. I have played 3 hours so far and made 15BB (lucky!).

[L0QTiS]

This is "sort of" a micro-limits success story.

I've been playing poker online and occasionally at Brick-and-Mortar establishments since somewhere around 1999, pretty much shortly after Planet Poker and Paradise poker opened. You can find posts from me in the archives from early 2000. I played 2/4 through 5/10 at the time but never really had a large enough bankroll to support the level I was at. Eventually normal swings got me and I went bust, but not before pulling out more than I brought in thanks in large part to study and posting to 2+2.

I played irregularly from 2001 to 2003 mostly at the 2/4 limits and mostly $5+1 sit n go's and 2/4, however I never really kept the money in play, cashing out as I went. During this period I was pulling in a slight profit but not much more.

Around early 2003 I rediscovered Pokerstars, deposited about $300 or so and hit the books determined to work my way up the ranks but playing only in games which my bankroll could support building as I go playing $.25/.50 to $.5/1 ring games + $5.50 sit'n go's and $1-$10 multi-table tournaments. I think I deposited another $100 along the way to play in some of the 2003 PokerStars WCOOP satellites.

Today, my I play mostly $1/2 both Holdem and Omaha 8b, various MTTs and my bankroll could support play up to $3/$6 if I choose to do so. I just started tracking my play three months ago after years of blowing it off so I want to be sure I'm beating the $1/2 game solidly before I move up.

So, new players take note. Once your bankroll reaches $400-600 and you are at least a break even or slight winning player, you can really make a killing clearing bonuses for sites offering. For the longest time I simply didn't have the bankroll to support the maximum bonus offered from Paradise or Stars when they offer reload bonuses. I would say I've earned about $600 in the last three months alone clearing bonuses alone. Even if you don't have a lot to work with, take advantage of the bonuses as they are offered, every little bit helps.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Good luck at the tables

[skierdude1000]

I've been losing non-stop at micro-limits. I was up about 20 BB in about 8 hours, then i lost all my profit + 3 buyins