Bankroll Status: 1st Year Update

Warning this post is more of an update for my own personal records and may cause drowsiness.

These figures include bonuses earned at Pokerroom and a $25 bonus from Ladbrokes but don't include any from Interpoker because I'm still miles from clearing them.Pokerrooms bonuses have never been great but including reloads I'd guess that aprox $500 of my profit has come from them.

I started playing with real money on Oct 31st 2004 depositing $88 ( £50) and losing it very quickly.Put in $88 more.Worked it up and withdrew $385 before building back up to $700 and blowing it at the end of last year.

Last deposit was for $88 at the start of 2005.Built it and blew it again ( not all ) in Feb but still had enough to be able to bounce back and withdraw $500 in April. ( $500 was from $500 tournament winnings).

On May 31st I had $471 at Pokerroom. I did deposit $750 at Interpoker in May having finally caught on to bonus chasing but they'd upped the requirement so I withdrew until they sent me $10 for my birthday in August.I'm still only 61% done on that $200 bonus and have $190 pending in new much easier to clear bonuses.( they changed rake requirement back again).

Ok so I had $471 + the $500 April withdrawl + $385 withdrawl in 2004= $1356 - $264 in deposits = $1092 profit

Oct 31st '04 - May31st '05 = $1092 profit. Actual balance = $471

August 11th balance = $1003 -$385 cashout = $618

31st October '05 balance = $424


Deposited $700 in August at Interpoker and have since withdrawn that full amount.

Actual cashouts: 28th Aug -$667 credit card
28th Aug -$150 cheque
17th Sep -$356 Cheque
13th Oct -$90 credit card


Withdrawn $1866 since I started to buy my Sony PSP,new mattress,washing machine,Fridge freezer, Limo airport transfers on holiday,Champions league tickets and a bung to Mrs A.


This is more complicated than I thought! Here's a simpler breakdown.


Currently have $1735 at Interpoker,$424 at Pokerroom and $478 at Ladbrokes = $2637

$2637 +$1866 ( cashout total) = $4503- $264 deposits = $4239 = £2396 aprox


Pokertracker has me at 400 hours since January.Aprox 40 per month.Assuming the same for last Oct,Nov and Dec = 520.

I would guess at 100 hours at Interpoker since August giving me a very aprox total of 620hours.

$4239 -$500 ( best guess at bonus money) = $3739/620 = $6.03 per hour

Most of my profit has been made since August.I started at Interpoker on Aug 14th and have made $1735. It remains to be seen if I can keep it up long term or have just been lucky but while its not a record that'll send Doyle Brunson into retirement I'm very pleased with my progress.

When I started out I was worried about getting addicted and blowing fortunes and was determined to spend a maximum of £50 per month on my new hobby. A year ago I was a little acorn dreaming of becoming a Mighty Oak.

One year on and the dream is still alive!