Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

How do you recover after a losing week?

A bad week for our Bankroll Challengers, let's see if they can bounce back.

A first for the Bankroll Challenge as this last week was the only time when the overall combined results of our members ended in a minus figure. 

This, of course, shows just how valuable the Bankroll Challenge is, because we have been doing this for over a year, but we certainly don't want to rest on our laurels. 

Use aspbacken as your inspiration, he has just bounced back from a losing week himself with a big upswing - check out his graph!

40,000 hands nearly complete

lemon36 bankroll challenge

The same goes for yypiranhayy, who enjoyed three deep runs in MTTs this week for a nice bankroll boost. 

Another good week for 2reac who once again was our biggest winner with a four-figure score. 

Today is the last day of our 40,000 hand challenge. We wont know the results till next week but it is looking very close in the race to beat a winrate of 9.39 BB/100 over 40,000 hands of micro stakes poker. 

Finally, the lucky winner of a Status Upgrade is the one and only.........jakkosh, congratulations. 

You can win an upgrade too. Join our challenge today!

Top  of the week!
Rank Nickname
Profit Rang 6 2reac $1,535
Hands Rang 4 omani 33,292
Bankroll increase Rang 4 omani 156%

Overall results to date
Rank Nickname Hands/
MTTs
BR BR+
  $
BR+
  %
goal
Rang 12
56%
jaissica 1108 0% $1,500
Rang 9
54%
elpsycho 3476 0% $5,000
Rang 9
52%
kidzoltan 12785 0% $20,000
Rang 9 srna10 4325 697 3 0% $1,500
Rang 8 volrath89 1842 0% $4,000
Rang 6 vonki 686 0% $1,500
Rang 6 eatyourpeas 5385 0% $12,000
Rang 6 damlqv 10032 4336 162 4% $10,000
Rang 6 m1rcea 4777 14956 -1197 -7% $40,000
Rang 5 2reac 16491 18345 1535 9% $50,000
Rang 5 knowwhystarted 4776 721 -66 -8% $2,000
Rang 5 mauritzio 327 0% $1,000
Rang 4 la55i 550 320 8 3% $1,000
Rang 4 alleen86 6834 1613 61 4% $5,305
Rang 4 aspbacken 4259 525 167 47% $1,800
Rang 4 metalmonkey80 6529 855 -47 -5% $3,250
Rang 4 infinitom 257 0% $1,000
Rang 4 nlgr1nd3r 240 0% $1,000
Rang 4 omani 33292 220 134 156% $1,000
Rang 4 advancedtn1984 660 35 6% $3,250
Rang 4 husky333 1013 0% $5,000
Rang 4 caltabiano 195 0% $1,000
Rang 3 dreamc4t 6220 1870 -368 -16% $10,000
Rang 3 jirikipol 276 0% $1,500
Rang 3 rhodriguez 50 226 2 1% $1,250
Rang 3 zoty79 5849 148 60 68% $1,000
Rang 3 jakkosh 0 215 0 0% $1,500
Rang 3 agapiegheorghe 141 0% $1,000
Rang 3 guners89 5433 141 -21 -13% $1,000
Rang 3 jmackenzie 2000 7000 -500 -7% $50,000
Rang 3 fernandocosta 20865 697 197 39% $5,000
Rang 3 artemace 457 128 2 2% $1,000
Rang 3 deinhoven 125 0% $1,000
Rang 3 thazar 1235 0% $10,000
Rang 3 yypiranhayy 2379 1003 48 5% $10,000
Rang 3 hesticus 99 0% $1,000
Rang 2 randomdonk 9456 0% $100,000
Rang 2 drawinator 13608 403 33 9% $5,000
Rang 2 pokerplayernumber1 12071 39 -120 -75% $1,000
Rang 2 bigdog63 6200 146 -19 -12% $4,000
Rang 2 msp3101 35 0% $1,000
Rang 2 keekkini 19970 25 -139 -85% $1,000
Rang 2 mantelo 318 0% 15.000
Rang 2 heltucosta 73 14 -1 -7% $1,500
Rang 2 mylove190207 92 -47 -34% $10,000
Rang 2 mynthon333 0 2 0 0% $1,000

Join the Challenge Today

Our challenge continues and you have the opportunity to join at any given time. Being late in is not a problem at all and each week one member wins a status upgrade. 

Joining the challenge is easy:

Get rich or Die Tryin' - The Bankroll Challenge

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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.