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I had my up's and downs, I had some wins and lost it all, I had downswings and never caught the hot chair that lead me to a big win in a big tournament, although I didn't play different, in 2 years. I'm not that lucky guy anyway, and I want to ask you, if anybody is running in + (PLUS, ganancia, winnings) throughout all the time online gambling. Live poker doesn't count!!! To me it seems like Poker is just the biggest SLOT machine in the world, sometimes you win, but at the end there's always a zero to account for.

I'd like to open this thread to tell us all, when you "cracked" it, had a nice bankroll and kept winning "ever after" and if she weren't dead, they'd still raise today...
No fakes, no jokes, just some real success stories, please!
And I'm not talking about I had 10 cts and made it 2 Dollars, I'm talking about the real money !:damnmate:
 
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So my first time in Vegas , I sat down at a table in the Flamingo , They asked if I wanted to buy the button , I said yes ...J10 Clubs. Flop came up QK9 Clubs ….Long story short. I won $600+ off the hand plus a Straight flush bonus. Was a Good Vegas day because I ended up winning another $500 at Craps and didn't even know what I was doing like....at all
 
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in + very hard to always play, you need luck and skill
 
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I am wondering about the same this time! I started depositing a small amount and after four years of online poker I have a profit about 20times the deposit and I have withdrawed two times. Till now the winnings were small prices usually around the dollar. I am trying to reach a significant price. I am also noticing that the winnings have small rising course!
 
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Online is really difficult. I don't really know why, but you have to be terribly good to win. One thing I think needs to be kept in mind: how is your bankroll management? That can be a huge factor in why losses occur. If you go on tilt and spews your money, you don't give your chance to stop, regroup, play optimally, and get back on a win streak that is substantial. I think that can be a huge factor.
 
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umm

I may be running in plus in certain aspects of poker

e.g. freerolls

I started out with $0 and ran it up to around $1k

mainly through game selection and never depositing without withdrawing more

however I agree to actually win in cash games is a very slow rise, boring, not worth time or energy for small reward

overall I would say I have tilted and lost a lot of money gambling

I would not say I have lost overall in poker due to freeroll and bankroll strategy

I have lost my poker winnings elsewhere though due to emotional tilt and poor bankroll strategy and other gambling games

there are also times when you lose 10 buyins playing well and just quit
 
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I had my up's and downs, I had some wins and lost it all, I had downswings and never caught the hot chair that lead me to a big win in a big tournament, although I didn't play different, in 2 years. I'm not that lucky guy anyway, and I want to ask you, if anybody is running in + (PLUS, ganancia, winnings) throughout all the time online gambling. Live poker doesn't count!!! To me it seems like Poker is just the biggest SLOT machine in the world, sometimes you win, but at the end there's always a zero to account for.

I'd like to open this thread to tell us all, when you "cracked" it, had a nice bankroll and kept winning "ever after" and if she weren't dead, they'd still raise today...
No fakes, no jokes, just some real success stories, please!
And I'm not talking about I had 10 cts and made it 2 Dollars, I'm talking about the real money !:damnmate:




I've wondered this as well, and wanted to hear from people who really did go from nothing to something.
It doesn't make sense to me. Live I've won thousands of dollars playing poker, but online I've overall probably have broke even, sadly.

It seems for me whenever I finally win a decent amount say I go from $5 to $50, A cooler always follows.

Same thing Every Single time, and it's been many. I'd get deep in that tournament that could really be life changing to me, and that is when the biggest bs would occur and i'd tak the worse bet, time and time again only to see my hopes and dreams diminished once again.

I have however turned $2 into $250..... WOOHOO!!!
 
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If you play solid poker,,if can be done.:) I do ok.
 
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I had my up's and downs, I had some wins and lost it all, I had downswings and never caught the hot chair that lead me to a big win in a big tournament, although I didn't play different, in 2 years. I'm not that lucky guy anyway, and I want to ask you, if anybody is running in + (PLUS, ganancia, winnings) throughout all the time online gambling. Live poker doesn't count!!! To me it seems like Poker is just the biggest SLOT machine in the world, sometimes you win, but at the end there's always a zero to account for.

I'd like to open this thread to tell us all, when you "cracked" it, had a nice bankroll and kept winning "ever after" and if she weren't dead, they'd still raise today...
No fakes, no jokes, just some real success stories, please!
And I'm not talking about I had 10 cts and made it 2 Dollars, I'm talking about the real money !:damnmate:

Hi,
You're not alone. The same has happens to me and many. I believe (and want to), like the river runs toward the sea, if you have a strong bankroll (to support bad beats and down swings) you can manage to get in tournaments and cash games at which the luck factor doesn't count much because of the bigger money amount (normally with less players).
I am not a lucky guy either. And if poker is a skill game, we should getaway from turbo/hyper's tournaments, if it's possible. And, for the cash games, the lower or micro stakes tables don't necessarily mean they are easier than the higher ones, but the players are more inclined to pay a bet or raise due to the relative small amount of money involved, if you know what I mean.
:cool:.
Brgds
 
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Making poker is hard,you have to be a super professional,and even then they crash sometimes,poker is a game for fun,with it you forget the routine of life and completely relax.
 
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Hey.
I'm sorry you're right. I have never played a consistent plus. If I’ve ever played a plus for a certain period of time, it was still zero after a certain period. This mainly happened after the transition to a higher limit in combination with slot machines. Perhaps I would continue to play plus for a long period if I had not played the slot machines and had not lost the entire bankroll in them. This is periodically repeated in my story.
 
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seriously guys? Poker is not a slot machine lol

truth is the most of people don't learn poker or they do it in wrong way. They dream about big winnings and they think they are not lucky enough because they can't win anything big. I will tell you. Poker is just a hard game where to achieve big results, you have to put a lot of work to do it! even to win on really small stakes like micro you can't just click random buttons. Especially in times when people learnt how to 3bet, how to 2nd barrel, how to defend their blinds etc. making good results is much harder and it requires a lot of effort. There is nothing for free. You can play 2 years, 5 years, 10 years and still be a bad player. Answer yourself how much time do you spend on learning poker? did you work with programms to analyzes? Did you constantely analyze your sessions? did you work with another playrs on your game? Do you have at least preflop gameplan? for most of people the answer is no. So don't be surprise that they can't achieve any good result. That's why for people who spends a lot of time to improve their game poker is very profitable game.

Probably if I could coach some of you for a month then you would understand that your losing was because you weren't conscious what poker really is. It's easy to blame that poker is a gamble. I will tell you. It's not and I'm happy that people still think that way because that's why people who work hard earn their money.
 
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I play poker for about one year. Previously, I spent 20-30 dollars a month on poker. But now I started playing freerolls and I even managed to increase my bankroll. I am sure that it is possible to receive regular income but it all depends on your desire, patience and experience.
 
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Well thank you for the honest question, it is much prefered than the dishonest ones. People are making a living from online poker without stepping into any casino. That in it self, answers the question. There is not a game of luck, being unlucky is a state of mind, it is also the wrong state to be in.

If you are truly interested in being successful at poker, you need to look at it differently. People that are doing well are not luckier, they know the game better. They are making good decisions, playing better odds, and working harder to excel. Honestly, if you want to be better, then work harder. Learn the finer points of the game. That doesn't always happen at the table. Finding answers away from the table is sometimes the best knowledge you will gain.
 
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to always play + you need to be either married to the lady of luck, or to be a director of pokerstars .... otherwise nothing! )))
 
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Maybe my English is not good enough, or you have just misread the thread...
i did my homework, I have my winnings, but when it comes to bigger money, i have him beaten on the turn with my AKs against his TJo, but he gets a miracle flush with 4 suited cards on the board, my KK runs into a set of 4's, as he decided, 45s is a good hand ITM and stuff like that...and it happens ALL THE TIME
I'm sure, I will get there one day, and I was only asking, if someone has already gotten there, has made a fortune and is living the dream instead of dreaming his life ;)
 
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that's why I only play freerolls until now (withdrew few hundred $).

Part of the poker promotion is to only show wins, like Hendon Mob, only reports gross winnings, not the buy-in, travel and other related cost.
 
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Online is really difficult. I don't really know why, but you have to be terribly good to win. One thing I think needs to be kept in mind: how is your bankroll management? That can be a huge factor in why losses occur. If you go on tilt and spews your money, you don't give your chance to stop, regroup, play optimally, and get back on a win streak that is substantial. I think that can be a huge factor.



You’re absolutely right on that one. Risk management is key. And it’s multiple layers of risk management also. Have a protective stop on all levels of management ( Overall bank roll, session bankroll, and hand to hand calculated protective stops)
 
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I had my up's and downs, I had some wins and lost it all, I had downswings and never caught the hot chair that lead me to a big win in a big tournament, although I didn't play different, in 2 years. I'm not that lucky guy anyway, and I want to ask you, if anybody is running in + (PLUS, ganancia, winnings) throughout all the time online gambling. Live poker doesn't count!!! To me it seems like Poker is just the biggest SLOT machine in the world, sometimes you win, but at the end there's always a zero to account for.

I'd like to open this thread to tell us all, when you "cracked" it, had a nice bankroll and kept winning "ever after" and if she weren't dead, they'd still raise today...
No fakes, no jokes, just some real success stories, please!
And I'm not talking about I had 10 cts and made it 2 Dollars, I'm talking about the real money !:damnmate:
Been playing 10 years professionally.

Poker requires lots of hard work and discipline. If you dont study away from the table, you won't win at it.
 
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I had my up's and downs, I had some wins and lost it all, I had downswings and never caught the hot chair that lead me to a big win in a big tournament, although I didn't play different, in 2 years. I'm not that lucky guy anyway, and I want to ask you, if anybody is running in + (PLUS, ganancia, winnings) throughout all the time online gambling. Live poker doesn't count!!! To me it seems like Poker is just the biggest SLOT machine in the world, sometimes you win, but at the end there's always a zero to account for.

I'd like to open this thread to tell us all, when you "cracked" it, had a nice bankroll and kept winning "ever after" and if she weren't dead, they'd still raise today...
No fakes, no jokes, just some real success stories, please!
And I'm not talking about I had 10 cts and made it 2 Dollars, I'm talking about the real money !:damnmate:
i MADE OVER $1,000 my first year, you hve to play poker
 
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my friend has won more than 5 thousand dollars, he is motivation for me)
 
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Maybe my English is not good enough, or you have just misread the thread...
i did my homework, I have my winnings, but when it comes to bigger money, i have him beaten on the turn with my AKs against his TJo, but he gets a miracle flush with 4 suited cards on the board, my KK runs into a set of 4's, as he decided, 45s is a good hand ITM and stuff like that...and it happens ALL THE TIME
I'm sure, I will get there one day, and I was only asking, if someone has already gotten there, has made a fortune and is living the dream instead of dreaming his life ;)

It has nothing to with the stakes or price pool that has giving you a few bad beats. Those two hands you mentioned are hands you want people to call with. Especially with high stakes on the line.

This game changes, it is always evolving and those who are successful spend time studing and refining their play at the table. Unfortunately the level of play for many, doesn't stop the homework. It just envolves more time doing it for evel level you move up to play.
 
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during my 3 months poker life i found it's possible for me to make money by playing tournaments but very difficult to do so by playing cash games. if i didn't win a little money by tournaments my balance would be negative by now.
i play the micro cash games and try to minimize the losses. the only problem for me to play tournaments is they take too much time.
 
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Yes, and what's more interesting, when you Deposit more money into the account, you start to lose. This is probably due to the fact that you start to relax due to the fact that you see more stock of money in the bankroll
 
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Hi.
Personally, I do not profit from the game. But I have a friend who has played poker for 8 years and who regularly receives an average of 500-700 dollars a month. I am convinced that poker can bring additional income because I personally know such players.
Good luck.
 
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