An unexpected turn of events, after the last update of the leaderboard, which is updated until the 19th, I'm in first place! For some reason the former number 1 has been removed from the leaderboard as a whole.
Kind of excited but I also realize that they could have made some mistake and that they will fix that in the final result, but I'll see.
So the promised recap of the last week.
I started the challenge playing on the $11s, with about 170-180 games a day in the first days. I ran really well in them and continued to do so on the third day where I played 200 games in a day for the first time ever. On the fourth day I decided to mix in some $22s because my BR grew substantially in the first few days and I was properly rolled for them. I only played about 25 of them, but in total I had another day with a bit over 200 games. I was still running good on the $11s, but the $22s made my profit of that day disappear. On the fifth day I played a bit more $22s and actually made a nice profit in them, again I played 200 games but it was getting considerably harder and I was looking forward to the end of the challenge.
However, on the 6th and especially the 7th day I was getting soulcrushed at the $22s, as you can see from my previous post yesterday I was pretty messed up. So the last day, which was yesterday, was another record breaking day, despite the bad run I passed the point of 300 games in a day. A month ago I wouldn't have thought it was possible to do that or that I would even remotely consider myself capable of doing that.
To compare some numbers, the amount I played yesterday, I would normally play in a week. And the amount of games I played during this challenge is possibly even more than I have ever played in a month, because I have played a total of 1471 games, a mix of 5max/10max and $11s+$22s.
Some statistics from this challenge:
Number of games: 1471
Games a day on average: 210
Hours played: 67.8 hrs
Number of VIP points collected: 9380
Number of LB points achieved: 9624
Rake paid: $1898
Profit from games: $47 (lol)
Profit with benefits: $47+ $1000 LB bonus+~$470 VIP RB+$275 Loyalty bonus = $1792
I will most likely also get an extra $100 on the PS rakerace LB, because of this challenge.
A little graph:
As you can see, my profits were totally destroyed in the last days, you could say, your EV line is also flat, so you got what you deserved but of course the EV line doesn't tell the whole story. Obviously I didn't play my A-game all the time, but I'm pretty sure I can beat the 5max games for a good amount.
Overall, I really liked to do this challenge because I wanted to prove to myself that if I set my mind to something I can accomplish almost everything I want. So this challenge has not only been quite rewarding $$ wise but I think my mindset improved overall. I also know now where my absolute limits for a day or a week lie, which is good to know obviously.
One last thing I did not mention at all yet, is that I'm also opted in the $60000 Natural Born Grinders promotion of Betfair, which I only discovered a few days ago. I ended up on the 16th place of most player points achieved in a week. I need to have 3 more decentish weeks before the end of November to qualify, hopefully in the top 50 (They will average the four best weeks out of 8 weeks for the total LB). If I manage to end up in the top 50, I will get an extra $175+ some added % of PS.
I know it's a wall of text, but I hope everyone enjoys reading it!
good luck!
