Community Round-up: To Stake or How to Stake?
Skibula darted into the poker staking territory this week, as he asked the community for advice on making a good staking deal. Meanwhile, a new blog arose on the forum which follows Exitium's road to reaching a $100k bankroll.
The Community round up is your weekly digest of all the latest news from the PokerStrategy.com forums.
If you were not around during the past week and still want to be up to date with everything going on in our community, make sure you catch up with all the most exciting stuff here.
Find out what you may have missed.
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Hot Poker Thread of the Week
Ever wanted to stake someone but didn't know what deal would be good for you? skibula found himself in such a situation this week, as his friend asked him to stake him. While Skibula considers his friend a very skilled live poker player, the question in his mind remains the same - what staking deal should he make?
The ongoing discussion has reached many twists and turns until now, as in this case you not only have to worry about making a profitable deal for you, but also take into account the "friendship" factor. As the mind hazing title of this community round-up suggests, prepare to meet dilemma and prepare to meet resolution in the hottest thread of this week.
Poker Blog of the Week
Hiding behind a silverish rank icon on our forum is an NL100+ player exitium. He's been playing poker for nearly a year now and after a rough start, he managed to earn $25-30k this summer. With his bankroll being just above $42k, he decided to set a goal for himself - reaching a $100k bankroll!
To help him focus more on improving his game and finding any leaks in it, he has started a blog in which you can follow his road to the $100k goal. He plays cash games as well as tournaments and regularly provides updates, whether it be in the form of graphs, hands from his sessions or anything third that pops up in his mind.
For the past few weeks we have been having a flood of big goals from our community members and it seems that PokerStrategy.com aquarium has now gained one more Great White shark blogger (translation in meaningful English: a highly skilled player with equally high goals). If you wish to track Exitium's road to his current goal, you can do so by reading his blog:
New Community Members this Week
Lots of new hellos and greetings were spotted in the Introduce Yourself! section of the forum this week. Some of these greetings came from Italy, some from Norway and some even in various languages. If you haven't done so yet, don't hesitate to stop by and wish our latest members a warm welcome. Here are some of the newcmers:
- jonmathias is our latest newcomer from Norway.
- buhofex greets us all in various languages.
- thesaboteur's name is Sandra and she hails from Lithuania.
- myolos's name is Mario and he joins us from Italy.
We apologise for not being able to name everyone, but rest assured that even though your name did not make it on our weekly list, you are a valuable part of our community.
If you have any questions or comments, do not hesitate to post them in our forums. Our community members are some of the kindest and most knowledgeable poker players around and are ready to help you at any time.
All the best at the tables!
New members introduce yourselves here
Performances of the Week
The grinders really shone this week, updating our new One Million in a Year challenge thread with their numerous winnings. Some of the names are already familiar, as they contributed constantly throughout the last challenge, however, there are also several new names joining the community's chase of that $1 million mark. Here are some of the most notable performances from this week:
- skeat won $125 for finishing 204th out of 18k players in the $100k First Deposit Freeroll on Full Tilt Poker
- iijonasii won $1,040 for finishing 2nd in a 5k freeroll on William Hill
- gape0000 won $125 for finishing first in the $500GTD on 888poker
- snaker3 had another great week with mltiple cashes in various tournaments.
