Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

Mantelo does it again!

Another huge win for one of our Bankroll Challengers and much more, including our latest $100 winner!





It is one of the 365 days of the year, so that must mean that our Bankroll Challenge legend mantelo has took down another big MTT. Just a casual $15k score for the Boss...

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Keep posting those winner pictures folks!

The stakes are very different, but we might even prefer to see a nice steady graph. Great work on this one efkay, keep it going for the next 20,000 hands!

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Keep posting those graphs folks!

We are living in tough economic times, so it might be +EV for you to grow your own food. Take a visit to the new blog from nazgos about gardening and poker. 

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Keep posting those plant pictures folks!

Finally, our editor barrycarter still can't find a win for love nor money, but he did introduce us to his mother's new dog and instant best friend of his own pooch:

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Keep posting those dog pictures folks!

$100 winner....

It's that time once again where we draw a blog at random and award them $100...

Congratulations to.....

alonohara well done!

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The Bankroll Challenge results so far

Position Member BR Profit Goal BR
Rang 9
77%
hausierer German community 2615 95 3.400
Rang 9
72%
dr1fter808 English community 1438 2.000
Rang 8
70%
mantelo English community 34754 13175 50.000
Rang 8 superior1712 German community 459 66 750
Rang 7 bigdog63 English community 434 97 840
Rang 6 tamaseger English community 240 500
Rang 6 maniac German community 6863 310 15.000
Rang 6 talisker74 English community 314 750
Rang 5 mariussica88 English community 369 7 1.000
Rang 5 georgslon Russian community 1636 5.000
Rang 5 barrycarter English community 2750 8 8.500
Rang 5 insonoro English community 157 500
Rang 5 ghaleon English community 9246 1389 30.000
Rang 5 efkay English community 152 0 500
Rang 4 qu012 English community 1473 5.000
Rang 4 pokerplayernumber1 English community 699 -59 2.500
Rang 4 nazgos English community 259 3 1.000
Rang 4 ossenberg German community 212 7 1.000
Rang 3 enriquebunbury Spanish community 100 500
Rang 3 liamxii English community 331 84 2.000
Rang 3 jokorjotteso English community 153 0 1.000
Rang 3 westhenyi English community 840 5.700
Rang 3 toska75 Russian community 155 6 1.060
Rang 3 omar2nd English community 2900 20.000
Rang 3 jordabb English community 132 32 1.000
Rang 3 irieill English community 906 0 7.000
Rang 3 alonohara English community 61 4 500
Rang 3 djalbert182 Polish community 12142 272 100.000
Rang 3 survivelife German community 330 3.000
Rang 3 kukuski English community 1085 10.000
Rang 2 nadanje English community 500 5.000
Rang 2 mascherano95 English community 7830 153 100.000
Rang 2 theenot Russian community 8075 105.000
Rang 2 pokerpanda101 English community 267 5.000
Rang 2 fredjen English community 396 -51 10.000
Rang 2 disp3l Russian community 431 20.000
Rang 2 rhodriguez English community 170 -3 11.073

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.