Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

What are your 2022 poker goals?

We check in on our Bankroll Challengers and some of their big new year goals - plus we have the latest $100 raffle winner!





The Bankroll Challenge is all about setting and becoming accountable to goals - so a New Year is the ultimate time to realign yourself with your own Bankroll Challenge. 

The OG of the Bankroll Challenge has to be mantelo and once again he has set some very lofty goals. He tends to stick to them too, so this year can he (amongst other things) - build a sauna, win a major MTT, play 10,000 $100 Spins and study 360 hours this year?

Even if you don't speak Italian, you understand an impressive database - a very good year at the tables for omar2nd

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omar2nd's 2021 results

Brag - he got quads five times in a week. Beat - he didn't get paid with one of them. Variance - he got paid with four of them though. A good week for lahtipelican.

Aces never win in PLO, right? What about two pairs of Aces? Surely that is a snap call with any four cards if you knew what you were up against? ghaleon shares another fun PLO hand this week. 

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The $100 Winner

One lucky member is starting 2022 very well indeed, our first $100 raffle winner of 2022. Congratulations to.......

liessens

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The Bankroll Challenge results so far

Position Member BR Profit Goal BR
Rang 10
89%
oshurkosasha Russian community 5322 665 6.000
Rang 11
90%
oshurkosasha Russian community 5402 80 6.000
Rang 10
82%
tim64 English community 4083 287 5.000
Rang 8
69%
dziob Polish community 2075 100 3.000
Rang 7 ghaleon English community 5967 815 10.000
Rang 7 alek6a6hka Russian community 613 5 1.111
Rang 7 liessens English community 1102 162 2.000
Rang 6 pokerspass German community 2371 5.000
Rang 5 ktymrf Russian community 385 117 1.000
Rang 5 lahtipelican English community 187 26 500
Rang 5 hausierer German community 1215 0 3.400
Rang 5 georgslon Russian community 1547 27 5.000
Rang 4 barrycarter English community 2474 8.500
Rang 4 mkbiscuit English community 11600 1100 40.000
Rang 4 montecarlol English community 290 -2 1.001
Rang 4 asolopotam Russian community 10086 0 35.000
Rang 4 superpok777 Russian community 142 -11 500
Rang 4 wittsy171 English community 421 57 1.500
Rang 4 kutuzov77 Russian community 466 -32 1.750
Rang 4 riverdeniro English community 132 12 500
Rang 4 casey55 English community 130 500
Rang 4 vorpalf2f English community 832 21 3.500
Rang 4 maniac English community 3543 302 15.000
Rang 4 linar55 Russian community 289 0 1.250
Rang 4 tahnos English community 225 105 1.000
Rang 4 westhenyi Russian community 210 2 1.000
Rang 4 primrose6789 English community 412 -2 2.000
Rang 4 mantelo English community 10171 171 50.000
Rang 3 ramble English community 100 500
Rang 3 bladd13 Russian community 221 6 1.200
Rang 3 omar2nd English community 3517 11 20.000
Rang 3 taavi1337 English community 171 1.000
Rang 3 vgsm Russian community 161 55 1.000
Rang 3 2outterkiller English community 291 2.000
Rang 3 nicoar Spanish community 141 1.000
Rang 3 sniffvssnaf German community 292 2.225
Rang 3 mardibg English community 57 4 500
Rang 3 redsynwa English community 80 750
Rang 3 birviz Russian community 103 -14 1.000
Rang 2 artem0n Russian community 96 12 1.000
Rang 2 mjez1 English community 89 10 1.000
Rang 2 kostja007 German community 173 -20 2.000
Rang 2 theenot Russian community 9034 -961 105.000
Rang 2 pokerplayernumber1 English community 30 45 500
Rang 2 djalbert182 Polish community 5811 0 100.000
Rang 2 toska75 Russian community 55 18 1.000
Rang 2 mariussica88 English community 49 1.000
Rang 2 jeanarrache English community 97 2.000
Rang 2 bigdog63 English community 25 -44 840
Rang 2 farolero123 Spanish community 101 0 5.000
Rang 1 spiritolibero English community 1 500
mantelo $0 $10000 14.12.2021 Blog

What is the Bankroll Challenge?

In the Bankroll Challenge we encourage our members to get better by blogging about their poker journey and setting some ambitious goals. 

Our members found that having a blog kept them accountable to their goals and it's a great way to help them get to know their fellow PokerStrategists. As the saying goes 'what gets measured, gets managed' and simply having a blog keeps you on your A-Game. 

To help you on your journey and with a little bit of luck you can win $100 that we will raffle once a month among our active bloggers, regardless of where they play, accompanied by a special badge for their forum avatar for anyone succeeding in their first Bankroll Challenge.

How to join the Bankroll Challenge

The challenge is open to all PokerStrategists and you do not need to be tracked to us to participate. All you need to do is:

  • Start a blog in our forum.
  • State your starting bankroll, your regular stakes/games and your poker room in the first post.
  • Set a long term bankroll goal of at least $500 and/or a minimum of five times your starting bankroll.
  • Sign-up to the Bankroll Challenge in our registration thread, with a link to your personal blog, your initial bankroll and your goal.
  • Post at least once a week in your blog.

Once a month we will raffle $100 among all eligble PokerStrategists participating in the Bankroll Challenge regardless of where you play.


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.