February Was Short but Sweet!

Ok, so going back I was now up almost $500.00 for the year and I wasn't unhappy about it as you can see from my first post.

During the first week of February, I found myself moving up to .50/1.00 and hoping that I could feel comfortable there as the swings can be a lot bigger. Anyway, I held my own keeping to my strategy and my research and by the end of the first week I was up to $714.56. Not bad, but not great either. Still, can't complain since I was continuing to leave the poker site up and not pissed off. Anyway, by the end of the second and third week, I finally topped the $1k mark and was sitting at $1009.95. However, by the end of the month, I was sitting on $1433.32. Up a great amount from the $100.00 I started with and looking forward to March.

Don't get me wrong, I took my share of beats and had my days where I had to rebuy at the tables, but all together, everything worked out as I hoped it would and I was off an running towards my goal of 100k for the year. I knew I was going to have to move up in stakes, but not yet. The .50/1.00 tables were paying me off quite well.

Well, I am tired after a long holiday and a long drive home, so I will leave it here for now and just say that I hope everyone else is seeing a profit. Let me know in my comments how you are making out and feel free to leave any tips you might have for my readers.

Profitable Year Continued...

Ok, so after the third week, I was up to $264.44, and after the fourth week, I was proudly sitting at $592.96 (I had a great run during the fourth week only playing .25/.50 NL games). So after the month of January had ended, I was up $492.96. Not bad I thought considering my past. It seemed as though my new outlook on how to be profitable at online poker was working, slowly working, but working. February was looking good if it was going to go anywhere close to what happened in January.

Not a lot of time today as I am working on some editing on my book that will be released on April 1, 2010.

Any questions about my success or any questions in general, please comment below.

See you all tomorrow.

Poker Stars Complainers

I was playing on Poker Stars today and was having an average day, but was surprised at how many people complain in the chat. If you put money into the online poker room, do you expect that you won't lose it. Most of you I am sure do lose your money, but yet you keep putting more in. If that is the case with you and you are reading this agreeing that you indeed lose and then go right back to that big cashier button, don't complain. Come up with a better plan and stop losing! I understand that you may think you are good or think you can be a pro, but lets face it, if you are having to consistently complain and reload your bankroll, chances are, you need to change your playing habits.

I just needed to vent that frustration to whoever wanted to listen or shall I say read what I had to say. I will be getting back to my story of my 100K success this year very soon. Actually, I will be blogging about it again tomorrow.

Again, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to post them below.

100K This Past Year

Yes, that is right, I have made 100k dollars during 2009 playing online poker. I started on January 1, 2009, with $100.00, and told myself that if I lost that, it was over. In 2008, I lost $10,000.00 and in 2007, I lost $12,000.00.

I stopped playing on November 2nd, 2008, and decided to just research online poker blogs, forums, books, and every other thing I could find concerning online poker. I took notes, studied, and came up with a game plan that I felt would work, but didn't know it would work so well.

During the first week of January, 2009, after my initial investment of $100.00, my bankroll had grown to a whopping $126.32. I thought to myself that although I didn't make much after hours of playing, at least I was up and turning a profit. After the second week, I had a bankroll of $167.48. Still a steady, but very slow profit. I didn't care. I wasn't trying to get rich, I was simply trying to grow my bankroll so that I could prove to myself that playing online poker could make a profit.

After losing what I did in 2007 and 2008, I was just glad I wasn't losing anymore....so far...

I would like to know what types of profit you made online or better yet, let everyone know just how much you have lost, since I know from my research that many more people have lost a lot more money playing online poker than they have won. Tell me and my readers your story or your experience below in the comments.

Thanks for reading and I will be back soon to continue my success story.