Is Online Real Poker Games Worth trying to win some money?

i ve been playing for fun money for a long time i m thinking of playing for real money do you advice me to do that

Is Online Real Poker Games Worth trying to win some money?
I would never play for money. The Absolute Poker Issue in which CNN reported and other sources that an online poker room was allowing employees or certain people to see the hole cards.





If this could be done by one site, why not others.





I play for free on sites only. ZeroRiskPoker.com has about 20 freerolls a day for prizes only. No membership fee or money to play with. It gives me better play then yahoo which is fixed limit. There are tons of other free play sites, but I like theres b/c I get prizes and the amount of different prizes makes it interesting.
Reply:I have made over $1,000 playing online poker. I know that's not a huge sum, but then again I've only been playing for a year or so. I started off playing freerolls and play money games like you, but I moved on to real money games. I'd suggest that you visit your local bookstore and read some of Phil Gordon's books and maybe some of David Sklansky's books. Start off at the lowest stakes, and don't move up until you have proven to be profitable at the lower stakes. There is a lot of variance in poker, so don't make the mistake of assuming that a few winning sessions is indicative of your superior skill. You need something like 500 or more tournaments before you stats become meaningful. If you are playing ring games then I'm not sure how many hands you need to play, but for tournaments I'd want to show a profit through 500 tournaments before I moved up to the next level. Also, make sure you play within your bankroll. The general rule I use is that I will not buy into a tournament unless I have 30 buyins for that level. This keeps me from going broke even if I have a long stretch of bad cards or bad beats.
Reply:no