How did the year 2026 treat you gamblewise

[formerPokerpro]

i won around 2,8k € in poker so far.

slots treated me well and i am up 6,1k€, (not including vouchers and promo money)

promo money is close to 2,5k€ and my won vouchers i can only estimate.... should be more than 3k€

 

i only had 1 or 2 better years so far, without including poker 

 

now post your stories

[marius1978]

9 minutes ago, formerPokerpro said:

i won around 2,8k € in poker so far.

slots treated me well and i am up 6,1k€, (not including vouchers and promo money)

promo money is close to 2,5k€ and my won vouchers i can only estimate.... should be more than 3k€

 

i only had 1 or 2 better years so far, without including poker 

 

now post your stories

That's really well done  Better hope 'Das Finanzamt' isn't lurking around here 

[formerPokerpro]

as of today i never had issues with them. i hope i can say this my whole life ^^.

actually i get around 2,5k€ back every year from the "pendlerpauschale".

we get that when we have to travel to our workplace. officialy we dont have homeoffice so i cant put in my ho days^^

 

now give me your numbers @marius1978

[marius1978]

6 minutes ago, formerPokerpro said:

as of today i never had issues with them. i hope i can say this my whole life ^^.

actually i get around 2,5k€ back every year from the "pendlerpauschale".

we get that when we have to travel to our workplace. officialy we dont have homeoffice so i cant put in my ho days^^

 

now give me your numbers @marius1978

Yeah, I'll respond eventually. I need to trawl through my records first. I just realised when you started the thread that I had no idea exactly how it's gone but if I'm not in very good profit I'd be shocked! 

[marius1978]

@Flatzem888

What do my AG contest winnings for the year amount to, please?

[MatiazGo1337]

2 hours ago, formerPokerpro said:

i won around 2,8k € in poker so far.

slots treated me well and i am up 6,1k€, (not including vouchers and promo money)

promo money is close to 2,5k€ and my won vouchers i can only estimate.... should be more than 3k€

 

i only had 1 or 2 better years so far, without including poker 

 

now post your stories

Okay, those are some gorgeous numbers — congrats! Slots being that kind to you is rare, so soak it up.

My craziest story was last year on Stake. I was messing around on Tombstone RIP by Nolimit City and decided to go full degen on a high-risk session — basically taking on a massive risk shoulder, extreme volatility. Then out of nowhere, lightning struck. I hit a 30,000x+ multiplier on a tiny bet and cleared close to €12,000 off a single spin. My screen went absolutely nuts.

But here’s the ugly flip side of that happy ending: the FOMO that came after. For the next few months, nothing felt the same. Normal wins were boring. I kept chasing that exact 30k number, and my brain was completely fried from the dopamine chase.

Funny enough, I didn’t want to keep dumping all this on my friends and wrecking those relationships, so I started talking through my sessions, strategies, and that psychological FOMO with an AI. With how smart and human-like LLMs have gotten, it basically became my 24/7 financial therapist. It helped me break down the math, talk myself out of stupid urges, and stay grounded.

Those reality checks let me walk away with the profit and stay out of my savings and income. Happy ending overall — but the mental side of hitting a mega-win is a whole different beast.