Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

Nail your November goals

Skill is important, but if you want to win big you have to set the right goals. See how our Bankroll Challengers nailed their goals last month.

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demonrax had what he calls 'the most poker intensive month of his life'. He set a lot of goals, and, because he made them public, he got them done

Our biggest winner of the week kidzoltan also grinded hard to complete all his goals, and now he is confident he will soon become a solid mid-to-high stakes winner soon. 

metalmonkey80 understands the importance of repetition to get what you want, which is why he has started a 30-day living healthy goal which he plans to make a habit

Setting a big goal also means sometimes your failures are actually successes. Ask volrath89, who didn't manage to win 10bb/100 last month, so he had to settle for 6.43bb/100 instead!

Setting goals is a skill in itself, learn more about goal-setting here.

Learn to suck less

Now you know what a good goal looks like, our new member nickycakes wants your feedback on his own challenge of learning to suck less. Visit his blog and help him out. 

tonypmm found himself in a $100 Spin & Go against a tough regular after winning a token to play in it. Find out how he did

Is Zoom more aggressive than regular poker tables? That's what alleen86 thinks after doing a statistical analysis - do you agree? 

Finally congratulations to metalmonkey80 who is the lucky winner of a copy of The Mental Game of Poker!

You can win a Status Upgrade next week. Join our challenge today!

Top  of the week!
Rank Nickname
Profit Rang 5 kidzoltan $374
Hands Rang 5 volrath89 19,814
Bankroll increase Rang 3 zoty79 42%


Overall results to date
Rank Nickname Hands/
MTTs
BR BR+
  $
BR+
  %
goal
Rang 6
56%
kidzoltan 12578 11274 374 3% $20,000
Rang 6
50%
sirpaulius 497 0% $1,000
Rang 6
49%
elpsycho 2470 2459 -73 -3% $5,000
Rang 6 tonypmm 172 1176 189 19% $2,500
Rang 6 damlqv 531 4658 9 0% $10,000
Rang 6 mjperry 2130 0% $5,000
Rang 5 pokarface 940 970 -33 -3% $2,500
Rang 5 volrath89 19814 1525 198 15% $4,000
Rang 5 srna10 2676 541 38 8% $1,500
Rang 5 coreysteel 3799 350 -32 -8% $1,000
Rang 5 bonecore 14742 692 -102 -13% $2,000
Rang 5 sftpn 484 0% $1,500
Rang 4 vonki 437 0% $1,500
Rang 4 m1rcea 11995 11494 228 2% $40,000
Rang 4 frozenelf 266 0% $1,000
Rang 4 thazar 60 262 20 8% $1,000
Rang 4 gasheks 11802 750 -12 -2% $3,000
Rang 4 metalmonkey80 4293 759 2 0% $3,250
Rang 4 alleen86 1806 1129 43 4% $5,305
Rang 3 ropa00 2748 0% $15,000
Rang 3 zoty79 3991 162 48 42% $1,000
Rang 3 mcs1408 4576 794 -45 -5% $5,000
Rang 3 nickycakes 4352 123 20 19% $1,000
Rang 3 bigdog63 4396 183 37 25% $1,500
Rang 3 tieppofer 112 0% $1,000
Rang 3 demonrax 17967 108 -14 -11% $1,000
Rang 3 crazyguy 2470 256 -69 -21% $2,500
Rang 2 luckyaceguy 3019 845 -55 -6% $9,000
Rang 2 la55i 8461 92 -23 -20% $1,000
Rang 2 mauritzio 7892 80 -46 -37% $1,000
Rang 2 caltabiano 0 56 6 12% $1,000
Rang 2 confidant91 550 0% $10,000
Rang 2 gidid56 65 0% $1,625
Rang 2 d4k5h 74 32 -60 -65% $1,000
Rang 2 kerith 27 0% $1,000
Rang 2 forexas11 71 23 1 5% $1,000

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Poker Expert

Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.