Fold a hand pre, get paid for it
Free money all round as our Bankroll Challengers get Bad Beat Jackpots, Blogger Raffle prizes and exploitable opponents.
We are not saying that you are guaranteed to run good as a Bankroll Challenger, but a lot of our players have cashed in at Bad Beat Jackpot tables. The latest is nmilan84 who made $120 in a hand he folded preflop:
Speaking of free money - would you count a Blogged Raffle win towards your own challenge? That is what sogar now has to ask himself after he was shocked to learn he won $150 in our promotion.
The best poker name ever winsomelosesome has us asking will he win some, or will he lose some? Well, he won some, it turns out people do actually bluff at the micros:
Another great poker name lookawaynow - but don't look away at this one. In this post he shows us how to 'exploit the shit out of someone' - enjoy!
Finally, we don't all get Bad Beat Jackpots and this week jiffybag made a long post about how frustrating but fun poker can be, which ChatGPT describes as follows if you want to TLDR:
The author shares their experience playing online poker, describing an early morning grind session involving cash games and a 1k rebuy tournament. They encounter technical issues, which causes frustration and impacts their play. They face multiple opponents, including two nemesis players, and experience swings in chip stacks and emotions. The author eventually lands in 8th place, missing the minimum cash payout. Despite the challenging session, they express their love for poker and mention a documentary recommended by a friend called "To be determined."
Challenge results so far
These are the current standings in the Bankroll Challenge:
| Position | Member | BR | Profit | Goal BR | ||
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| renitz |  |
930 | 1.000 | |||
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| robertbyku2 |  |
629 | 37 | 1.000 | ||
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| mantelo | |
30219 | 50.000 | |||
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ossenberg |  |
542 | 31 | 1.000 | |
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pokerspass | |
500 | 1.000 | ||
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noxx | |
934 | 234 | 2.000 | |
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mizzzzz | |
463 | 1.000 | ||
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maniac | |
6516 | -376 | 15.000 | |
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pokerplayernumber1 | |
1074 | 2.500 | ||
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t3l3tubb1es | |
8591 | -515 | 20.000 | |
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8texman9 | |
4007 | -545 | 10.000 | |
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alonohara | |
187 | 0 | 500 | |
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lookawaynow | |
833 | 111 | 2.500 | |
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barrycarter | |
2693 | 121 | 8.500 | |
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winsomelosesome | |
155 | 5 | 500 | |
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rosscoe | |
264 | 875 | ||
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dr789on | |
290 | 190 | 1.000 | |
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sogar | |
144 | 12 | 525 | |
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muehlijr | |
408 | 108 | 1.500 | |
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superior1712 | |
199 | -144 | 750 | |
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zygna | |
2904 | 11.000 | ||
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kaes09 | |
248 | 1.000 | ||
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3nduranc3 | |
2463 | 89 | 10.000 | |
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kod3er | |
2852 | 438 | 12.071 | |
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jimthafo | |
1098 | 158 | 5.000 | |
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jiffybag | |
106 | 500 | ||
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riverek | |
645 | 90 | 3.050 | |
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kacic | |
528 | 2 | 2.500 | |
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justmillion | |
266 | 1.300 | ||
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gibnichtauf | |
779 | 3.830 | ||
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gomez224 | |
302 | 19 | 1.500 | |
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hanaybee | |
200 | 1.000 | ||
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bigdog63 | |
1182 | 97 | 6.000 | |
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adidadi | |
280 | 17 | 1.500 | |
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supremin1 | |
1860 | 190 | 10.000 | |
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nmilan84 | |
1712 | 80 | 10.000 | |
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survivelife | |
500 | 3.000 | ||
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ghaleon | |
4939 | 719 | 30.000 | |
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mariussica88 | |
1634 | 1 | 10.000 | |
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enriquebunbury |  |
455 | -45 | 3.000 | |
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h0witzer | |
75 | -17 | 500 | |
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prinzvalium | |
170 | 51 | 1.250 | |
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irieill | |
893 | 7.000 | ||
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djalbert182 | |
12711 | 594 | 100.000 | |
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baadnewz01 | |
123 | 27 | 1.000 | |
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mardibg | |
56 | 14 | 500 | |
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berliner1982 | |
111 | 1.000 | ||
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xeperek | |
54 | -9 | 500 | |
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mateqc | |
157 | 1.500 | ||
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benyslav | |
960 | 105 | 10.000 | |
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heimdall1988 | |
45 | 45 | 500 | |
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hydroscopist | |
87 | 46 | 1.000 | |
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jacojacek | |
290 | 57 | 3.500 | |
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verno | |
81 | 26 | 1.000 | |
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frib | |
78 | 0 | 1.000 | |
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grajekteo | |
205 | 2.999 | ||
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senderson | |
327 | 15 | 5.000 | |
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redwinee | |
30 | 500 | ||
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fredjen | |
557 | -70 | 10.000 | |
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friskyart | |
106 | 2.000 | ||
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wydepilowanaola | |
50 | 1.000 | ||
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dzikihenry | |
49 | -7 | 1.000 | |
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bigbetpoker | |
70 | 4.000 | ||
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chaparrito77 | |
15 | 12 | 1.000 | |
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marsellusw | |
45 | 3.000 | ||
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jedti1 | |
30 | 10.000 | ||
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.
Double Dip with the Blogger Raffle
After running our community raffle in familiar fashion for years, with one or two special editions sprinkled in, we're now switching things up permanently!
There are brand-new weekly prizes to be won that you can get your hands on and a whole range of new tasks that go along with the new Blogger Raffle.
As the name suggests, there are now way more ways available for active contributors in our forum to win one of the weekly prizes, alongside weekly StrategyPoints milestones and various other tasks. Commenting news, watching videos, or most of the other old website tasks won't result in weekly raffle tickets any longer, though.
We're also mixing things up when it comes to the weekly prizes, making sure all our weekly winners will be able to cash out their prize right away through our Tell-a-Friend account system, whichever way they prefer.
Check out the latest winners right away
| Rank | Prize |
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| 1 | $150 |
| 2 | $75 |
| 3 | $50 |
| 4 | $50 |
| 5 | $50 |
There's a total prize pool of $375 up for grabs every single week, with the following tasks available for you to complete every week or once as a one-time boost in order to earn tickets for the new raffle.
After the official first run of the raffle, we've slightly adjusted the amount of tickets collectable through earning StrategyPoints or posting in a member's blog, with the former now bringing less and the latter more tickets than before.
| Weekly Blogger Tasks | Tickets |
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| Post an update in your own blog in our forum | 25 |
| Post in the blog of other community members | 10 (up to 5x) |
| Get a reaction of other members in your own blog | 25 |
| Other Weekly Tasks | |
| Earn 1 SP in a given week | 1 |
| Earn 100 SP from Monday to Friday | 5 |
| Buy a status in our Points Shop | 25 |
| Refer one new player | 10 |
| One-time Tasks | |
| Reach Silver status for the first time | 10 |
| Reach Gold status for the first time | 10 |
