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Most poker stories inherently occur online these days. Most players enjoy poker from the comfort of their home at whatever hour they prefer. Thus, more hands take place online than in cardrooms. Many casino players are also afraid of ridicule when they go all-in on an inside straight draw with their 7-3 offsuit.
Online players realize they are just a nameless icon on the screen, which can be both a positive and a negative at times. Hands, of course, take place more quickly online. If you're seeing 65 hands per hour online as opposed to 25 or 30 at a cardroom, you'll see twice as many bad beats.
If you're playing multiple tables, it's that much more likely.
How a friend turned $12 into $950
"Back in Late January, I came across Noble Poker's $12 no deposit sign up bonus (now expired). I tried it out and played at the penny 0.01/0.02 tables earning chump change. Slowly the bankroll built to $20 with some hiccups along the way. After a week, I got bored of winning small profits and moved up to the .25/.50 tables. The bankroll fluctuated yet again, but went to $60 when I placed 3rd for $36 at their $300 50+raked hands freeroll in which only 50 people played.
I always bought in for the minimal at each table; therefore I got great pot odds all the time when I was drawing. Also when I had the dominant hand, they felt inclined to call my all-in since it wasn't much more to them so the bankroll climbed to $150 by mid-Feb.
I cashed out $100 and built the $50 up. When I lossed at the .25/.50 table, I went to the .50/1.00 and later to the 1.00/2.00 and even the 2.00/4.00 to make up losses quickly. Fast forward to the end of early March, I cashed out another $150, leaving $125 in my account. Already having $250 without spending a dime, I felt like burning the $125 at the 5.00/10.00 table so I could brag to my friends that I at least made it there.
Of course it was stupid to only bring $125 to a table with people stacked with 10-30X my amount, but I was lucky to succeed. Down to $80 quickly, I all-in with A 10 overcards on a raggity flop. I take a $230 pot on Ace high since someone called with A 5 and another folded the winning hand. I cashed out another $100 and played the $130. Not to mention, I also earned about $250 from clearing their 25% up to $100 deposit bonus and winning the before mentioned $300 50+raked hands freerolls.
While playing the $130, I dropped to $70, but miraculously quadrupled to win a $310 pot with AQ high (I still can't believe nobody had hit a pair). Cashed out about $200. My streak came to an end in mid-March when I lossed $200 with KQ to AK pairing the kings.
Well, I don't to take another run and build a bankroll like that again. Currently I'm sticking to freeroll tournies which have been great to me. Up $225 after one month. My current online earnings is about $1200 after 3 months without having to deposit. "
All from nothing
"A few months back, I started an account on PokerRoom.com . I started playing their freerolls, and accumulated about 15 bucks. I had an foolproof (almost) strategy that seemed to be working pretty well. Ready to play the best poker of my life, I bought into a 5$ SNG and won. After a few more solid games I was up to about 190$.... all from NOTHING!!... No deposit, just freerolls.
Pretty proud of myself, I purchased a large bottle of Crown Royal with pipe dreams of turning that 190$ into my future bankroll.
I woke up the next day in bed with my girlfriend. "Last night you asked me to marry you." she says giggling. With a dry mouth and foggy mind I reply "Did you say yes?" (knowing very well that neither one of us have any plans of marriage for a long time). She says "No, I was too busy laughing at you when you told me we had a future selling farm equipment after you fell into the bathtub!". I groaned and went to get a glass of water, then sat down at my PC. Fuzzy visions of kamikaze plays started to resurface in my mind as I logged in to my account....
Current Balance: $1.93 available
All that hard work down the drain.... but at least I'm not married and pushing tractors!!!!!! LOL!
Don't play poker drunk... you aren't any tougher when you're juiced, and you damn sure ain't any better at reading people or calculating pot odds.
A lesson learned, hope you find enjoyment in my self inflicted punishment, because I'm finally able to."
