Ahhh... what a very nice topic.

I am only just getting back into poker after a year out but this is one of my favourite discussion points. I was heavily involved in poker for approx 3 years, 6 months of which i was playing as a sponsered player. For the most part i would do pretty much what you have done, start with something between £10 and £30 and play it up to a nice sum (the most i think being £2500) maybe withdraw a little but then lose it all. Sometimes over a day, sometimes over a week, but always, always, end up redepositing.

People will talk to you about Bankroll Management, which i believe is fine if you have enough to be playing at a decent level. I personally, and i believe the same to be amongst most gamblers (even some high stakes players), cannot have $200 in my roll and sit at a cash table with $10. This is the standard requirement for Bankroll Management, 20 x Buy In's. That to me is so very boring. I would much rather play with $50 or $100 and take a shot.

I think i would have to have at least $10k in my roll before i started to manage it properly, at least then you are playing for money that is worth winning and not a $10 table where you might hope to win, at best, $1 an hour over a good length of time.

Just my two cents...