Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

Good graph, bad graph, good dog

This week in the Bankroll Challenge we check out some graphs, get paid with a Royal and give one member a golden incentive. Plus the latest $100 winner!





Some people use January as a kickstart for their life and poker goals, but tim64 is making it February to get going. A bad month at the tables and a bad graph has helped him refocus this month. 

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Let's improve on this in February

Speaking of graphs, check out this very impressive graph from 'Steady Eddie' riverdeniro at the small stakes MTTs:

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Something like this will do nicely

Is it a Royal Flush if you don't share the hand history? We don't think so and neither does primrose6789. And we got paid!

Can friskyart get to Gold status this month? He has an extra incentive this month as we have challenged him to get to 400 SP, if he manages that we will gift him the final 100!

Finally, after his appearance last time we were overwhelmed with requests for more pictures of barrycarter 's dog Charlie. Not from you guys, Barry just kept asking, so here he is trying to escape from the vets!

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He is actually trying to escape another bad beat story from Barry

$100 winner time...

It's that time again, this week's $100 winner is.........

mjez1!...congratulations!

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The Bankroll Challenge results so far

Position Member BR Profit Goal BR
Rang 11
96%
ktymrf Russian community 955 90 1.000
Rang 10
90%
artem0n Russian community 899 474 1.000
Rang 9
73%
dziob Polish community 2200 -200 3.000
Rang 8 liessens English community 1385 320 2.000
Rang 8 tim64 English community 3351 -33 5.000
Rang 8 ghaleon English community 6654 395 10.000
Rang 8 superpok777 Russian community 303 4 500
Rang 7 alek6a6hka Russian community 645 26 1.111
Rang 6 nicoar Spanish community 500 300 1.000
Rang 6 riverdeniro English community 249 57 500
Rang 6 kutuzov77 Russian community 839 118 1.750
Rang 6 pokerspass German community 2371 5.000
Rang 6 barrycarter English community 3428 191 8.500
Rang 5 lahtipelican English community 187 500
Rang 5 hausierer German community 1215 0 3.400
Rang 5 georgslon Russian community 1622 -29 5.000
Rang 5 wittsy171 English community 480 1.500
Rang 4 mkbiscuit English community 11800 200 40.000
Rang 4 tahnos English community 284 1.000
Rang 4 maniac English community 4254 555 15.000
Rang 4 pokerplayernumber1 English community 124 34 500
Rang 4 bladd13 Russian community 287 23 1.200
Rang 4 omar2nd English community 4700 556 20.000
Rang 4 linar55 Russian community 289 0 1.250
Rang 4 vgsm Russian community 215 -18 1.000
Rang 4 mantelo English community 10674 -162 50.000
Rang 4 primrose6789 English community 417 -10 2.000
Rang 4 montecarlol English community 205 -26 1.001
Rang 3 oshurkosasha Russian community 7798 822 40.000
Rang 3 microfever English community 250 65 1.300
Rang 3 justmillion English community 480 -28 2.500
Rang 3 riffman117 English community 893 -250 5.000
Rang 3 vorpalf2f English community 520 -38 3.500
Rang 3 miropro English community 102 750
Rang 3 kostja007 German community 253 80 2.000
Rang 3 mardibg English community 63 6 500
Rang 3 taavi1337 English community 121 1.000
Rang 3 birviz Russian community 120 -12 1.000
Rang 3 djalbert182 Polish community 11996 6143 100.000
Rang 3 theemendez English community 111 -51 1.000
Rang 3 mjez1 English community 107 -3 1.000
Rang 2 frix82 German community 100 0 1.000
Rang 2 theenot Russian community 7801 -849 105.000
Rang 2 bigdog63 English community 55 -30 840
Rang 2 mariussica88 English community 64 3 1.000
Rang 2 friskyart English community 60 -105 1.000
Rang 2 toska75 Russian community 38 -8 1.000
Rang 2 farolero123 Spanish community 174 22 5.000

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.