# What's the most you've ever won or lost gambling?

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**Created:** [March 30, 2007, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-youve-ever-won-or-lost-gambling/398094 "2007-03-30T08:59:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-youve-ever-won-or-lost-gambling/398094/41 "2007-03-31T04:06:45Z")

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My biggest win was about $50 at poker.

My biggest loss? Well, that depends. My buy-in was only $10, but I must have been up $60 bucks at one point before losing it all.

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**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2007, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-youve-ever-won-or-lost-gambling/398094/42 "2007-03-31T06:28:20Z")

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Biggest win: $2100 from finishing 3rd in an $85+15 live poker tournament

Biggest loss: $220 from finishing out of the money in an online WSOP satellite

Overall I made a modest profit from my part-time poker career, but my hourly rate was worse than minimum wage.

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