Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry Carter
Poker Expert

Bankroll Challenge: Our biggest profit yet

Well done to all our Bankroll Challengers this week as we had our largest ever combined profit.

Our members won a total of $3,340, which is crazy for a single week. 

Leading the pack was n00b11 who, for the second week in a row, was our biggest winner. 

The former professional player clearly could go pro again, and in just one week bagged $1,922. 

That takes his bankroll up to $7,191, all of which he has spun up while working a full time job. 

And he still manages to entertain with a very interest blog which has a lot of perspective on the game

Joining the challenge this week we have alenstrattonypmm8runo and livethelife7

Which bankroll management system works?

Poker money piggy bank

If the mixed games at the WSOP have taken your fancy, why not join elpsycho, who has been putting some volume in at the Stud tables

Is the Kelly Criterion a viable bankroll management strategy? Ask livethelife7 who is starting his challenge doing just that. 

Or if you are interested by KTU's Holiday BRM, tonypmm is putting it into practice this summer. 

Healthy body, healthy mind? Our new member 8runo will be your human guinea pig to find out in his poker and fitness challenge

Finally congratulations to alenstrat, who is the lucky winner of a status upgrade this week. 

You can win an upgrade too. Join our challenge today!

Top  of the week!
Rank Nickname
Profit Rang 4 n00b11 $1,922
Hands Rang 2 pianist8716 19,659
Bankroll increase Rang 4 snapscus 41%

Overall results to date
Rank Nickname Hands/
MTTs
BR BR+
  $
BR+
  %
goal
Rang 	7
55%
coreysteel 935 $560 -17 +3% $1,000
Rang 	5
32%
damlqv 11,484 $4.598 518 13% $10,000
Rang 	5
31%
elpsycho 18,443 $2,113 37 2% $5,000
Rang 4 kidzoltan 0 $8547 0 0% $20,000
Rang 4 bonecore 4081 $330 46 16% $1,000
Rang 4 snapscus 334 $1852 539 41% $5,000
Rang 4 n00b11 11581 $7191 1922 36% $20,000
Rang 3 iptkv $542 0% $2,000
Rang 3 drdunne 10112 $780 178 30% $2,000
Rang 3 sftpn $484 0% $1,500
Rang 3 lemon36 10863 $828 228 38% $2,500
Rang 3 teddypoker 163 $4455 60 1% $12,000
Rang 3 kkngroup 756 $235 -12 -5% $1,000
Rang 3 gooncal1 5017 $349 16 5% $2,000
Rang 3 vonki $203 0% $1,500
Rang 2 pianist8716 19659 $247 41 20% $1,000
Rang 2 guners89 $101 0% $1,000
Rang 2 husky333 119 $663 62 10% $2,500
Rang 2 rmsjoshua $93 0% $1,000
Rang 2 adeee3 $213 0% $2,000
Rang 2 alleen86 8658 $1136 -44 -4% $5,305
Rang 2 nathanrenard 11172 $28 28 0% $1,500
Rang 2 confidant91 $1718 0% $10,000
Rang 2 alenstrat 3445 $115 10 10% $1,000
Rang 1 danan758 $83 0% $7,000
Rang 1 henniep $80 0% $20,000
Rang 1 tonypmm $300 0% $1,500
Rang 1 8runo $42 0% $1,000
Rang 1 livethelife7 $334 0% $10,000
Rang 1 gnananandan $488 0% $2,575
Rang 1 alphavillain 11362 $361 -289 -44% $2,500
Rang 1 bradomurder $618 0% $5,000

Our challenge continues and you have the opportunity to join at any given time. Being late in is not a problem at all. 

Simply register, create your blog and share your results with our other participants on a weekly basis. We want to give you a regular update once a week - this requires that all participants give us their updates once a week. Failed? No Biggie! We'll remind you with the , but a second one would mean you're out until you re-join. Feel free to request holidays in the reporting thread - so we know you're off!

We wish you the best of luck and hope you get accidentally registered for a $25,000 High Roller. 

Get rich or Die Tryin' - The Bankroll Challenge

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.