Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

From a $20 deposit to a $5k cashout

We say congrats to a Bankroll Challenger who really turned not much into a whole lot, plus we laugh at our editor for being on a downswing.





Congrats to our coach kyyberi and tim64 who both completed their Bankroll Challenges this week. 

In particular we have to say a huge congrats to Tim, who on his blog showed us how it started......

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Tim's starting bankroll

....and how it finished. Nice!

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Tim's finish bankroll

It may be PLO, but Quads vs Quads is always noteworthy - well done to mascherano95 for being on the right side of that. 

Finally, our editor barrycarter is on such a downswing he wasn't even able to bring up the strength to post a picture of his dog this week, so we forced him to do it here. Here is Arthur after his first big boy haircut....

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This poor mutt has been listening to bad beat stories all week

The Bankroll Challenge results so far

Position Member BR Profit Goal BR
Rang 12
101%
kyyberi English community 3546 714 3.500
Rang 12
101%
tim64 English community 5063 862 5.000
Rang 9
72%
dr1fter808 English community 1438 2.000
Rang 9 hausierer German community 2390 105 3.400
Rang 8 jokorjotteso English community 645 0 1.000
Rang 7 superior1712 German community 396 -17 750
Rang 6 mantelo English community 24654 50.000
Rang 6 tamaseger English community 240 0 500
Rang 6 maniac German community 6554 0 15.000
Rang 6 talisker74 English community 314 -63 750
Rang 6 bigdog63 English community 337 -58 840
Rang 5 barrycarter English community 3224 -655 8.500
Rang 5 mariussica88 English community 352 12 1.000
Rang 5 georgslon Russian community 1636 5.000
Rang 5 insonoro English community 157 500
Rang 5 pokerplayernumber1 English community 758 -61 2.500
Rang 4 qu012 English community 1473 5.000
Rang 4 ghaleon English community 7857 111 30.000
Rang 4 efkay English community 130 27 500
Rang 4 nazgos English community 236 28 1.000
Rang 4 ossenberg German community 212 112 1.000
Rang 3 westhenyi English community 840 5.700
Rang 3 omar2nd English community 2900 20.000
Rang 3 toska75 Russian community 153 29 1.060
Rang 3 irieill English community 906 0 7.000
Rang 3 djalbert182 Polish community 11871 -38 100.000
Rang 3 liamxii English community 220 5 2.000
Rang 3 survivelife German community 330 0 3.000
Rang 2 nadanje English community 500 5.000
Rang 2 mascherano95 English community 9256 2458 100.000
Rang 2 theenot Russian community 8075 105.000
Rang 2 pokerpanda101 English community 267 5.000
Rang 2 fredjen English community 504 47 10.000
Rang 2 disp3l Russian community 431 20.000

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.