Is AI making us become fish?

Our Bankroll Challengers have been completing more challenges (obviously), reviewing more hands and pondering if ChatGPT is a bad study partner.

Last time we checked in three members had completed their Bankroll Challenge, and the momentum has not stopped yet. 

Congrats to cendros who is the latest player to complete their Bankroll Challenge. A long time member, it took him six months to convert $300 into $5,000 (while also taking personal expenses out). 

Consistency is key and he played 40,000 hands per month at WPT Global. His next goal is to grow his streaming networks:

Speaking of consistency, nobody posts deep run screen shots more than garynicol85 who has been regularly going deep in large field MTTs. The latest ones of which being these:

We like to see graphs. We like to see winner screenshots. You know what else we like to see? Good old-fashioned hand reviews. 

That's what clydee has been doing recently. It must be working as he is close to his Bankroll target. Even if nobody replies, the process of brainstorming your hands does wonders on its own. 

Finally, something which will come up again and again. How to use AI to study poker?

That's what professorix has been wondering lately. So far he has not been that impressed (maybe he should read our recent article on the topic). 

2026 Challenge Updates

In 2026, we will be making some changes. Reports are due monthly, starting from January 5.

There will be four quarterly raffles of $150 in CoinPoker credits, which you will be eligible for if you have reported in all three quarters' reports (the first one being December, January and February).

In December 2026, there will be a final raffle prize of $500 for anyone who has reported 10 out of the 12 months of the year, which will reward consistency while also giving everyone some leeway. The prize pool distributions for the final $500 will be announced later. 

The Bankroll Challenge Reporting Thread

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