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

[Surfbullet]

I posted between 2k and 10k initially, as I started with $50 last may...but I realized the year's not over so my answer may yet prove to be incorrect... Ah well, that's what I get for reading it fast at 2:15. hah.


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[sublime]

i made close to 30k last year. i started playing in march.

[ClaytonN]

Started seriously in January. I expect to make approx 8k by December.

[Belok]

Interesting that this was posted today.
I started playing seriously April 1, 2004. Some time in Feb i made my first deposit of 50, and lost it playing 25NL. Some time later a friend bought in and used me as his referrer. Got my 50$, dicked around and really didnt make or lose much of anything. I dont know if April 1 was the exact date, but thats what i've been telling people who ask me. That is when i bought a few books, (supersystem, low limit hold'em, caros book of tells) learned not to see 40% of the flops, and started grinding at .5/1.

Early July i got bored and cashed everything out and quit until I think September, it was a solid 3 months of no poker. At that point I was up about 5500. about 1500 from .5/1, 2000-2500 from 25NL and 50NL, the rest from SNGs and multis. I really didnt have a regular game, I was just playing whatever i felt like.

When i came back in september I learned about bonus whoring and racked up a whole lot of money very quickly. By Jan 1 05 i broke 10,000. Early Jan I learned about multi-monitoring and rakeback and began grinding the limits. All of March I've been 12 tabling 3/6 as a part time job, and just last night I broke 18k total profit.

If I had a friend tell me about bonus whoring, multimonitoring, and rakeback since day 1 of my online play, I am very confident that I could have broken 50k my first year.

So the # of people who are 50k+ doesnt surprise me. Im sure some are lying, but its not unbelievable at all.


I guess technically I busted one time. I dont know if I count my first 50$ as a bust or not though. More like buying into a 50$ live game and losing.
Havent busted since then.

50$-18000+$ mmmmm [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Harv72b]

Just finishing my 7th month and still playing on my original $20 deposit. I anticipate finishing my first year at around +13,000, but that's just a guesstimate until I prove or disprove it.

[sublime]

but that's just a guesstimate until I prove or disprove it.

true

[lozen]

90% of poker players say they made money. Of that 90% most are wrong. They believe they made money but unless you have the records to back it up. No records No believe

Last year playing rec made about $10,000 At about $4500 so far this year

[afk]

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90% of poker players say they made money. Of that 90% most are wrong. They believe they made money but unless you have the records to back it up. No records No believe

Last year playing rec made about $10,000 At about $4500 so far this year

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I'm willing to bet most of the players on these forums have decent records and can back up their claims.

[edtost]

i lost a bunch to scrub, drpublo, wayfare, et al in their home game before figuring out how to play; i put down 2k-10k.

[ReadyEddie]

first year ends Sept. 9th. Aiming for somewhere around the 5k in the green range.