A compulsive gambler doesn't learn anything.

Are you learning from your experience? And are you continuing to study the strategies provided here?

You have to be able and willing to take a loss while you're learning. I lost $500 in the first month of playing because I knew nothing about poker. I have never played any kind of poker before (let alone no-limit Hold'em). Now, four months later, I have made all that money back and now have a net PROFIT of over $1000 since I started (+$700 this month alone playing online, plus several hundred more in home games).

I learned everything I know from this site.

But you shouldn't have to lose as much as I did before turning it around. I was reckless at first. I'd play while I didn't know what I was doing. There is a lot of good information on this site and in these forums. Learn it. Know it.



One thing, though. Poker is not gambling. It's a game of skill.