How much did you win/lose in your first year?

[pzhon]

In another thread, runyan99 asked the title question. I thought this would be better asked in the form of a poll.

If you use a different currency, please convert the numbers to US dollars. You may include bonuses and rakeback.

[pokerjo22]

Bonuses/rakeback is a confound in your poll.

I lost about 1k my first year playing poker online, but it was pre rakebacks and bonuses.

[runyan99]

So far EVERYBODY in the poll won, except me.

I'm suspicious.

Pretty much every big-time poker player will admit to going broke several time during his or her lifetime, especially when they started playing. I don't see how that is consistent with everybody else in the poll here making money from the get-go.

But hey, maybe I'm the worst player here. It's possible.

[runyan99]

Oh nevermind, I see a couple voters have logged in with losses now....

[bobbyi]

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So far EVERYBODY in the poll won, except me.

I'm suspicious.

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These polls never seem to get honest answers. There was one not too long ago about how much you lost before you reached the point where you could win at poker, and it turned out that everyone on twoplustwo has been a winning poker player since birth, except for one guy who was making 3 BB/100 in utero and one who was allowed to carry his bankroll over from a previous life.

[DMBFan23]

I lost my first party poker 50$ buy in, may of last year. I was also break even for my first few B&M sessions, going way up and then way down. after finding 2+2 in June, adequately bankrolling myself for my limit, starting from .10/.20 limit, studying, and posting, why would I ever go bust at all?

I am not done with my first year of poker yet, that happens in the beginning of May. from .10/.20 to 3/6 online and with bonuses and rakeback, I will have made about 6000 by the time it's all said and done. and all but 500 or so of that will have been from Fiscal year '05. (moved to .5/1 limit sometime in late september)

[iluzion]

i am yet to finish my first year.. so should ill just take the "show me the results" choice, or something.

[astroglide]

i put down that i lost 2k-10k. i'm pretty sure i was well down the first year i played, but i also started online in 1999 and only played stud. tough way to learn.

[kickingit]

i am part way into my second year and i jsut broke even

and 50,000+ i just dont think so

[twang]

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So far EVERYBODY in the poll won, except me.

I'm suspicious.

Pretty much every big-time poker player will admit to going broke several time during his or her lifetime, especially when they started playing. I don't see how that is consistent with everybody else in the poll here making money from the get-go.

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A poll like this is tricky to make. For instance, what does "first year" mean? Does it mean the first time I played with real $$$ on a poker site? Does it mean the first time I played in a Casino? With my friends? Or is it a subjective point in time where I started to treat poker more seriously?

Not that it mattered for which radio button to check, but I answered this poll according to the last point of view. I lost a couple of $50 buyins on Party in the end of 2003. In April 2004 I decided to give it another go so I bought some books and began lurking this forum. Therefore my poker timeline begins in April 2004 so it'll be one year soon. That said, it doesn't really matter if I count those $50 busts or not - I'm happy with my results anyway.

/twang