Profiting in Poker

I have been playing poker professionally for about 2 years now. My husband has been playing professionally for about 6. When we met, he had already been playing professionally for quite some time, but for me, the thought of playing poker... [more]

I have been playing poker professionally for about 2 years now. My husband has been playing professionally for about 6. When we met, he had already been playing professionally for quite some time, but for me, the thought of playing poker for a living never even crossed my mind. The life my husband lived carried such a glamorous appeal, I decided I wanted to take a shot at "going pro."


I started off by making him teach me everything he knew about poker, and building on that from other sources: books, videos, poker forums, online articles, talking to other poker players, and anywhere else I could learn anything that would make me a better poker player.


When I was ready to practice playing like a pro, I made a small $50 deposit on an online poker site and began playing micro-stakes games. Within a few months, I had turned my $50 into thousands by moving up and down through the different stakes using a professional bankroll management strategy. I decided to finally commit to "going pro." For the next few months, I grinded out a decent income playing poker. Though my bankroll was small in comparison to my husband's and other pro's bankrolls, I was still making more money playing poker than I had made on any other job I had before.


Then one day all my patience paid off when my bankroll took a serious upward leap. I managed to finish in 1st place in 3 different online multi-table tournaments in the same day. My bankroll jumped from 5 figures to 6 figures with those wins. Since then, I've managed to build my bankroll up into 7 figures.

Believe me, if I can make a living playing poker, anyone can.