Week 1 - The Big Question

Everyone is always scared to start playing poker. Its mainly the thought of losing money that scares them away.

This is perfectly normal and happens to everyone.. Including the people who are now making hundreds per month by playing the micro stakes to supplement their income

This is what I specialize in.. Micro stakes which in turn leads to micro income with micro risk.

This is what everyone starting out and not looking to go pro should specialize in and stick with.

I was just like everyone else before I started playing microstakes poker.. I would go online and try to find ways to "make money online".

Of course hundreds of results would appear like online surveys, paid to "whatever" sites,

I was looking for spending the least amount of time and making at least an amount that was meaningful at the same time. So I eventually stumbled upon poker.

Zoom poker on Pokerstars. That is where I started out 1 years ago.

Heres a quick graph:

Those are my results over the past 2 days.

 In case anyone is completely new to poker, the yellowish line that is higher than the green line is the amount you would theoretically have made in the "long run". It means you have gotten unlucky if your yellow line is ever above your green line on your graph. 

As you can see, I was unlucky in these 2 days because I shouldve theoretically made almost $60 but only made $44. Still pretty good considering the total time I spent in these 2 days was 8 hours.

At this point, I basically just login anytime I want and make money almost every single time with the yellow line because the yellow line shows your future earnings rather than the green line which shows your current days earnings. So the yellow line is always more important in terms of how good your results are.

Of course I had to learn how to beat the games myself and didnt really get any help but I am confident that anyone who is completely new could do the same as me in less than half a year depending on how quick of a learner they are.

I really enjoy teaching poker to people live (friends, randoms, etc) so I figured I would write about it as it keeps my game strong and it will help anyone who reads this and would like to try it out as well.

I'm going to go with a slow steady approach because information overload is never good.

We will first start out playing "play" money on pokerstars, this is completely free and risks nothing. It is like getting a intern job, its for the experience, not the money. It will pay off in the long run should you stick with it.

Everything will be basic and straight forward, easy to read..
As you can see, I like spacing out my posts so its easier on the eyes. No one likes a wall of text.

I will post when I am free, which is hard to determine. Just know that I will not give up on this blog, no longer how long the duration is.

I assure you if your looking for something to supplement your income, this is one of the best ways if you get a decent knowledge of the game. The microstakes are full of people that do not study, do not learn, they just play for fun and if they lose, they dont care.
Thats the best thing about it, they are okay with losing since its the microstakes and its more a hobby for them and not a second income.

I will mainly be focusing on "zoom" poker on pokerstars and I can beat all games of no limit on zoom that range from 0.01/0.02 (NL2) to 0.05/0.10 (NL10).
These games are also faster resulting in fast income. Playing normal speed for 1cent/2cent stakes will not result is enough money being made even if you are a winning player.

The above graph was from NL5, so the earnings in NL10 will be quite a bit more

I will leave you with a NL10 graph of mine to show you what I am talking about:

So now for the big question..

Would you like to try playing poker to earn extra income?