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From €40 to €2000: Freewheeling the Donkey-Style Way!

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Fishin4Fun
Joined: 30.06.2012

After a long break from poker (a few years), I felt the old ‘donkey’ in me calling, so I made a small deposit.

Strict bankroll management isn’t in my vocabulary, but going broke isn’t part of the plan either, so I’ve chosen a ‘middle ground’:

In short, it comes down to this:

Every day, I play a certain number of sessions. The profits from each profitable session are added to the day’s ‘freewheel’ budget (losses aren’t deducted).

The rules for the freewheel budget are somewhat more relaxed. In other words; I can play the BEEP that I want, allowing both my inner ‘donkey’ and risk-taker sides to have their moments without going broker right away.:f_drink:

In this blog, I will post short updates from each day I played and hopefully demonstrate how to build up a bankroll from €40 to €2000 using my unique ‘donkey-style’ approach. (probably with huge swings):coolface:

Good luck at the tables!


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Keywork
Joined: 01.07.2023

Good luck 🤞


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Fishin4Fun
Joined: 30.06.2012

Date: 06-07

Starting bankroll: €40.00
Ending bankroll: €37.20

Session 1: €2.05
Session 2: €0.27
Session 3: €1.88
Session 4: €0.59
Session 5: €1.11
Session 6: €1.11

Freewheel budget: €4.20

Bought into PLO5 Rush. In the second hand, I got the money into the middle as a favorite. And then the river came… cutting my session short.


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Fishin4Fun
Joined: 30.06.2012

I didn't have much time past month, so it took a while, but I continue my journey. :f_drink:

Date: 07-08

Starting bankroll: €37.20
Ending bankroll: €50.00

Session 1: €1.82
Session 2: €1.08
Session 3: €0.50
Session 4: €2.66
Session 5: €0.83
Session 6: €0.81

Freewheel budget: €6.62

I played PLO25 and just like in the sessions, I had Lady Luck on my side. Unfortunately, she left a little early because it could have been more. Still a nice profit, and the first small milestone achieved.


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

Good it worked out on PLO25, but i'm not recomeend to play a limit with only 2 buy-inns of it.


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Fishin4Fun
Joined: 30.06.2012

No, I only used the freewheel budget for that. I like risks, but not that much lol


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FriskyArt
Joined: 27.10.2009

Hey this is a cool creative approach to grow a bankroll. I think to a certain degree a lot of players like to take a shot at a higher limit even though they don't have the proper bankroll for it. This approach allows you to take some shots you wouldn't take otherwise. I believe it just needs some finetuning in order get the best out of it. Maybe take 50% of your profit to the freewheel or something? Just a thought.


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Fishin4Fun
Joined: 30.06.2012

Thanks, it's indeed a little creative

And you're right about finetuning. One thing I noticed is that the number of sessions can increase my swings even more because I don't deduct losses from individual sessions. On the other hand, this gives me more opportunities to take shots.

However, I do use a strict BRM with my regular sessions. So in the worst-case scenario, a few freewheeling sessions go wrong and I end up buying in again for €0.37. But I wouldn't mind. I rather have an opportunity to take shots and have a safety net to limit the chance of going broke, while at the same time, having an opportunity to do some crazy stuff.:f_drink:


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