My first $2K withdraw from FTP

A few days agoo I did my first withdraw from Full Tilt at the amount of $2000.
I didn`t withdraw any money in the past and therefor curious how long it would take to be at my account.
Did the withdraw with Neteller and it was in my bankaccount within 2 days
Had a BR. of over $5K, but noticed I played some games out of brm. so I decide to withdraw some of it to keep me play within my limits and also keep enough to play with.
I know it will prevent me from going up the limits I play in cash games and MTT, but I think it`s better this way, than loose a big amount of my roll by playing higher stakes.
For me I think it`s better to stay at the stakes where I play now, rather than overastimate my play and loose big time.
What`s your opinion of moving up or just withdraw?

Congratulations on your first withdraw man!

hopefully you have many more to come, and be sure to stick with BRM

Congrats in your cash out, very nice.

About Cash out or up levels, it depends on how you feel in the level your are, if feel comfortable there and you are doing good keep it there.

what limits are you playing? cause its really a significant amount of your roll...
you should now stick to NL100..

even 100nl you may be a little short stacked for especially with the maniacs on full tilt, congrats on the money, hit on a tourney?

I play .25/.50NL ,so I think that doesn`t mean I have to quit playing that.
100NL is a bit out of BRM, and I don`t feel like playing this, for I`m not making enough at 25/50NL.
I did cash in some MTT, esp. in the OFC games that has big extra cash donated, so when you can get at the final table it`s really worth playing and earning some nice cash.

Provided your main reason for playing poker is enjoyment, you should stay doing what you are happy and successful at.

Nice cash, I say stick to what your comfortable with, if your not comfortable moving up there is no reason to, you would be playing with scared money, so better to cash out I would say.

I just cashed out for the first time from Full Tilt also, started from zero, cashed out $100 when I hit $150, already back to $130 a couple days later. This time Ill keep going, I just like cashing out free money. Cashed out of Players Only, Bodog, and now Full Tilt, next up Pokerstars all without depositing a dime.

All I can is niccccceeeee! Enjoy the cash!! And whats the secret? Lol

You made a good move, this will def help you resist the temptations of higher stakes.

Congrats on the Cashout!!

My question is, what did you start with? You had 5k but what did you deposit to grind to that? I think you did the right thing. The point of playing is making SOME money. Its fun to play but If you dont cash out sometime it really means nothing and youre just giving you cash away. Congrats on the funds and I wish you more success in the future.

Very nice! Right now I only dream about that kind of cash, but one day....

I think if you're comfortable playing .25/.50nl and your win rate is fine, then 3,000 that you have left is more than enough. I would base your decision more on win rate/sample size/comfort/variance of your playing style than bankroll concerns, given the info.

I started in March 2008 and did know zip of poker, but just liked the game and gave it a try. I deposeted 3 times in the beginning (after going broke twice) for the total amount of $400 .
So after cashing out the $2K, I look at a total win of $1600 .
And still have a decent roll of $3700 (after cashing in the OFC yesterday).
That will be enough to play at the stakes that I do now, without the risk to loose big at the higher stakes.
I just like the game a lot, and not planning to try to moove up to gain some more cash. I think that`s not possible for me caus I don`t do a lot of reading pokerbooks or playing with a HUD and analysing my game and leaks.
I just play for the fun of it and trying to make some money. Got a decent job so I don`t have to be afraid of loosing little (if that would happen to me some day).
The only way I improved my game was to join CC ,reading a lot of posts in the handanalyses, and some great stuff that other members posted here, sharing their knowledge of the game.
Also playing against better players then myself in the CC-games, what improved my game so much!
So therefor I say thanks CC and members for making it possible even to win some money, instead of being a donating player for others .

Keep on doing just what you're comfortable with. Congrats on your withdrawal...and with your placement in the OFC tourney yesterday! You did fantastic!

First of all, way to go! That is awesome and definately what you should do. That is a great accomplishment. Second, way to go in the OFC, rock star! Geesh! And finally, it appears that there is a duplicate thread to this one posted by someone withdrawing $50,000. Wierd.... anyone else notice that?

Hopefully I did this right, but check out this post
http://www.cardschat.com/f10/i-made-...6/#post1334166

What in the world?

Ty steller for pointing this out, Read the post and saw it was closed already, but reported it anyway.

Wow! First that OFC finish last weekend and now a $2K withdrawal? You're like the king of poker or something. Nicely done!



-Dave

Woah nice! I assume it was all profit. I wish I had the balls to play higher stakes, but I am not in a position to risk money.

I just took my money out of FT, and started an acct at Pokerstars, but realized it's impossible to clear even $10 bonus unless I play higher stakes, which I am not comfortable at. I probably could do alright, but one misstep is all it takes.

This story right here is why I signed up to CC. I take poker seriously and I want to someday make good money at it. While I do play for fun, my thinking is that it's a whole lot more fun to cash and increase your bankroll and profit from the game. Thanks for the story. It's stories like this one that should make bad/inexperienced players want to become good players and good players want to become great ones.

great cash there mate,It is always nice to read stories like this

Lazmansa

Congrats on the cash out mate...moving up the levels???? just be careful...when i just started playing with full tilt...i played sg's and was up to 725$ in one day...couldnt believe my luck....lost it all in one day the next day as i moved up the limits too quickly and got greedy...should have cashed out and had better brm...ive learned my lesson!!!!

Well done again!!!

Very very nice. Someday I, like others in here have stated, hope to be at a point where I can withdraw some money. To take out 2K would be a dream and might actually gain a little respect from my family on the subject too. I have not had to deposit in a long time so that is great for me. I feel that for the most part I am a break even player and hopefully soon will break away from that and start making as little bit on a daily basis.

Congrats to you. Another success story from a CC member.

Congrats.
It's a good question you bring up that's been discussed before by FP i think. At what point do we stop moving up and start withdrawing. Some people never stop and end up getting to a point where they lose.

It sounds like you enjoy playing at your stakes and that's a great thing. I'd stay there, maybe take shots at 100NL if and when you feel the need and keep withdrawing. A nice little side income if I say so myself.

Good luck.

congrats to you. I would say what many have said, play with what your comfortable with. I have also had some decent wins and most everytime i bought into something much higher than I usually would, haven't had anything good come out of it.

Bottom line, stick with what your comfortable with and don't "over do err"

congratulations! brave to let that much money on your account, i immediately pay out after 200$^^ somehow afraid that money could get lost :P

Congrats bro on the cash withdraw ...
I usually do the same when im over 5k$ i withdraw 2k$ and drop down a few limits to stay up with my BR manadgement ...
I use to withdraw directly to my credit card and same ... in 2 days i had the cash in my hand !!

You are talking about experience?
From the stakes you play and the winning/losses you had I really doubt you ever made a draw of $2K anywhere.

I think.. "It Depends".

My goals have changed along the way - what was once my intial goals with online poker changed quite a bit after around 6mos. of play, and then changed again after another 6mos.

After around a year of playing online, I felt I wanted to build my roll in order to become more of a regular in the mid-stakes MTT's ($55-$75). However, plans changed once again as I ended up regularly transferring away funds from my accounts (my way of 'cashing out'..... I sell poker $'s to friends/peeps in town where I play live tournaments,.. there's never a shortage of customers). Now unfortunately I wish I'd stuck to my plan of building the roll to play higher buyin MTT's but will be stuck in the lower buyins now again for awhile.

Soooo.... it really 'all depends'. (I can't foresee myself cashing out anytime soon..... except maybe so that I can transfer it over to another poker site to play bigger buyins on it).

WTG on your online poker success!

I'd panick if I drop below $1K on the site I prefer to play on,... and would start depositing more.

Thats interesting. I don't think I ever heard anyone say they were taking money out to keep themselves to play within their means before. Very smart.
My bankroll was stuck between $100-$200 for the longest time. The past 2 weeks I've had some good results and I currently am over $700 now. I should probally withdrawal, but I can't seem to get myself to do it. The reason is I want to play the higher stakes. I guess I need to determine what stakes I'm confortable with and withdrawal everything above that limit.

My BR topped $255 about 3 weeks ago- I never deposit more than $50 or play more than $6 SNGs with a wife and kid and work bein so bad the past 6-7 years...good job on the cash.

How much do you deposit and what games are you playing to build up BR this large(to me)? Congrats on the wins and hopefully they keep coming, I'd like to play as a part time job but not sure on what a succesful Bankroll to start with. Thanks.