How much was your first deposit for? - Page 5

Greg J · #41 10-04-2005, 10:03 PM

I don't play professionally (thanks to a dissertation fellowship) -- I missed that part of the initial post, and did not mean to suggest that I did.

ewile · #42 10-04-2005, 10:46 PM

I don't play professionally but I'll answer anyway...I do play seriously just about every night.
$50 on Paradise in 2001. Lost it playing .50/1
$15 on Planet Poker. Lost it at the .05/.10
Deposited another 15 which I lost.
Then deposited $75 and that was it. Been a pretty steady climb in bankroll since then.

UATrewqaz · #43 10-04-2005, 10:55 PM

I'm no pro, but...

Lost multiple $50 and $100 deposits on PP over the course of 3-4 months(about 3-4 I'd say)

Made a big tilty deposit of $1000 to play big games where "people would respect my raises and not suck out)... lost it, whodda thunk it!

Deposited and lost $100 on Paradise

(-$1500 at this point in my sad poker career, I kept accurate to the penny records)

Got ToP, got SSHE, began using Poker Tracker, began posting/reading on the 2+2 boards

Deposited $50 into PP and have turned that into about $3620 (about 1250 of that is probably bonus).

I have withdrawn $1550 (to replace the total sum I have deposited in my online poker life) thus my entire bankroll is now just the "white meat" (winnings/bonus). I plan on making no more withdrawals and just seeing how big I can grow that roll.

#44 10-04-2005, 10:57 PM

$250 by credit card, Paradise Poker, 1999

jzpiano14 · #45 10-04-2005, 10:59 PM

100

x2ski · #46 10-04-2005, 11:06 PM

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chadplusplus · #47 10-04-2005, 11:21 PM

phillydilly,
I'm right there with you man.

First deposit was $50 on UB. Lost that and a lot more for several years until I finally found 2+2 and read some books. Ha! Turns out there was strategy to this game!

Alchemist · #48 10-04-2005, 11:47 PM

First deposit was $500 on Stars (during a dep bonus) and started playing the short-handed $2/4 game. I, too, thought since that that's what I'd played in the casino (all of three times) that I should start there.

Bad idea.

Then I realized I sucked at hold'em and started learning O8 then Stud/8 and have rarely gone back to HE.

Delzek15 · #49 10-04-2005, 11:48 PM

Started with a 75$ deposit into Pokerroom... Never went broke.

timprov · #50 10-04-2005, 11:50 PM

I'm curious as to how the distribution of people who lost several deposits before figuring it out and those who didn't correlates to experience live and in home games.

When I started playing holdem, I knew inside and out that I had no real idea what I was doing in that specific game, though I had a lot of general gaming experience. I think that contributed quite a lot to my success.