How to not lose $1,000
It's been a great seven days for many of our Bankroll Challengers, including one masterful read from our biggest winner of the week.
m1rcea was our biggest winner, in a week where he acheived a career goal of winning a $1,000+ pot, which he did when his opponent massively overplayed a rivered top-pair-top-kicker.
More importantly, our hero showed us how to not lose a $1,000 pot almost right after. He smelled a rat with a monster and decided to check it back on the river, saving himself a small fortune.
Elsewhere, knowwhystarted showed us how he managed a 1,000 big blind upswing, it's easy, just crack Aces with Ace King, the crack Aces again with Kings.
9.39 BB/100 is the winrate to beat!

The latest standings in our 40,000 micro stakes challenge has seen a couple of players get to the 40,000 hands milestone with a profit, and right now the man to beat is hellraiser22 with a final winrate of 9.39 BB/100.
However, pepan47 currently boasts a winrate of 21.1 BB/100 after 15,000 hands - can he keep it up? Follow the challenge.
Finally, the lucky winner of a Status Upgrade is the one and only.........infinitom, congratulations.
You can win an upgrade too. Join our challenge today!
| Rank | Nickname | ||
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| Profit | m1rcea | $1,743 | |
| Hands | fernandocosta | 27,572 | |
| Bankroll increase | fernandocosta | 116% |
| Rank | Nickname | Hands/ MTTs |
BR | BR+ $ |
BR+ % |
goal |
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| coreysteel | 4951 | 862 | 69 | 9% | $1,000 | |
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| jaissica | 1108 | 0% | $1,500 | |||
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| elpsycho | 598 | 3530 | -4 | 0% | $5,000 | |
| kidzoltan | 12785 | 0% | $20,000 | |||
| srna10 | 7237 | 699 | 21 | 3% | $1,500 | |
| volrath89 | 1842 | 0% | $4,000 | |||
| vonki | 686 | 0% | $1,500 | |||
| damlqv | 16594 | 4151 | -356 | -8% | $10,000 | |
| m1rcea | 12086 | 14285 | 1743 | 14% | $40,000 | |
| mauritzio | 22354 | 352 | -1 | 0% | $1,000 | |
| pianist8716 | 350 | 0% | $1,000 | |||
| knowwhystarted | 8044 | 648 | 178 | 38% | $2,000 | |
| la55i | 1328 | 311 | 20 | 7% | $1,000 | |
| 2reac | 14968 | 14518 | 700 | 5% | $50,000 | |
| alleen86 | 8485 | 1509 | 83 | 6% | $5,305 | |
| metalmonkey80 | 5976 | 860 | 90 | 12% | $3,250 | |
| nlgr1nd3r | 2589 | 240 | 21 | 10% | $1,000 | |
| guners89 | 310 | 227 | 67 | 42% | $1,000 | |
| husky333 | 140 | 1013 | -86 | -8% | $5,000 | |
| infinitom | 1484 | 196 | -67 | -25% | $1,000 | |
| caltabiano | 195 | 0% | $1,000 | |||
| jirikipol | 276 | 0% | $1,500 | |||
| rhodriguez | 1789 | 223 | -6 | -3% | $1,250 | |
| pokerplayernumber1 | 173 | 0% | $1,000 | |||
| jakkosh | 1027 | 232 | -9 | -4% | $1,500 | |
| aspbacken | 2560 | 272 | 25 | 10% | $1,800 | |
| jmackenzie | 7500 | 0% | $50,000 | |||
| agapiegheorghe | 141 | 0% | $1,000 | |||
| dreamc4t | 6966 | 1383 | -117 | -8% | $10,000 | |
| thazar | 1235 | 0% | $10,000 | |||
| artemace | 2183 | 122 | -9 | -7% | $1,000 | |
| smashie | 120 | 0% | $1,000 | |||
| grindingnajra | 110 | 0% | $1,000 | |||
| 99 | 0% | $1,000 | ||||
| fernandocosta | 27572 | 481 | 258 | 116% | $5,000 | |
| yypiranhayy | 10813 | 954 | 25 | 3% | $10,000 | |
| randomdonk | 16223 | 9456 | 565 | 6% | $100,000 | |
| rains7 | 153 | 0% | $1,750 | |||
| zoty79 | 1933 | 84 | 6 | 8% | $1,000 | |
| keekkini | 6249 | 78 | 40 | 105% | $1,000 | |
| zolaman | 76 | 0% | $1,000 | |||
| drawinator | 16611 | 337 | -25 | -7% | $5,000 | |
| mylove190207 | 482 | 135 | 39% | $10,000 | ||
| nothingisforsho | 46 | 0% | $1,000 | |||
| mynthon333 | 50 | 31 | -1 | -3% | $1,000 | |
| bigdog63 | 3156 | 110 | -15 | -12% | $4,000 | |
| mantelo | 318 | 0% | $15,000 | |||
| heltucosta | 105 | 15 | 2 | 15% | $1,500 | |
| inhansfootsteps | 10 | 0% | $1,000 | |||
Join the Challenge Today
Our challenge continues and you have the opportunity to join at any given time. Being late in is not a problem at all and each week one member wins a status upgrade.
Joining the challenge is easy:
- Create a blog
- In your first blog post state your Bankroll goal
- Sign up here to the challenge
- Play, learn and post updates along the way, and discuss them with other members
- Win $$$$
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