Running a Poker Website/Forum

G'day Mates
Today I would like to say a little bit about running a poker website/forum. First, I would like to let you all know a little bit of history about why ever even started the whole thing!

I used to just play poker online and I belonged to a few poker leagues from USA and Canada. Living in New Zealand, it became very apparent that I would never be able to be very points competitive in these leagues because of the Timezone difference. These Poker Leagues that I belonged to played games 7 days a week but because of the Timezone differences it meant that I could only play with these leagues on the weekends because during the week I would be at work while they were playing. I would do very well playing on the weekends with these guys and I would pull ahead on points only to lose all the advantage while they all played 5 more days during the week while I could not participate. They were great poker leagues with excellent players and just very nice people in general but I became very discouraged upon not being able to be points competitive.
I joined a Forum belonging to Gman and became very involved in his forum because he provided the most Poker Info that I had ever even known was available. We became good friends and I asked him how do I go about starting up a forum? he explained to me how to do it so I just jumped in and started.
Now I did not have a clue at all about what the hell I was even doing and it took me at least 3 months to kind of understand how to do webmaster stuff! I mean I only ever even started the whole thing to be able to have a Poker League of my own where I could play poker with players in my own Timezone! That's all I ever really wanted!
All I wanted was a bit of help and to be pointed in the right direction, but man this whole thing just chews up my personal time. I have some great friends and great poker members and some of them have been with me from the very beginning and have continued to stay with me even when we had less than 50 members. And I would like to just say thanks to my LOYAL MEMBERS who are always there!
I have wanted to Quit the whole damn thing so many times and just go back to playing poker! But, its my loyal members and associates that keep me going. I just don't want to let anyone down and I try my hardest to provide all the info that I can glean from anywhere!
Some other webmasters just know what to do to make a great forum and to get new members but guys like me just have to Fight and learn everything on the fly and make mistakes while all the other guys just keep getting bigger and bigger memberships. I make my money playing poker and I just give it away to my loyal members and all I want in return is for them to enjoy themselves and tell everyone they know about us.
So there is my story and I will just go back to struggling my way thru this whole damn thing!
Cheers...........................Masala