[JSmith2007]

90% of those people who deposit $50 and run it up to 'thousands' either were at thousands and lost it all playing bad or 'running' bad and are really good players for the most part, or are just extremely lucky fish with no skill. Don't believe that just anyone can do that (and unfortunately, so many people do).

It depends on alot of things though for a time frame. You say you play virtually online daily, do you play for 6+ hours a day or do you just play one tournament/sit n' go or just one hour of 10NL a day? There's a big difference in that as well. SNGs and cash games are very different and could be hampering either one (SNGs could be bad because you're used to playing cash or cash bad because you're used to SNG etc.)

I don't think you should be disheartened at all. A friend of mine played poker before the boom in about 2000 and he didn't see real profit/progress until about late 2002, early 2003, this after he lost a thousand or two learning the ins and outs. Again, he only played about an hour or two a day, about 3-5 days a week then, now he plays for a living, so there's alot of difference.

Stay into it and it depends on how serious you are to this game. Are you here as a hobby for entertainment? Are you here to make money as a 'part-time' or side job or are you here for your main career/full time job? Those all depend on what you should be aiming for and the time frame it takes.