Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

How to play 60,000 hands in a week

Our Bankroll Challengers start the Summer Challenge this week, will you be joining them?

The Bankroll Challenge is all about that extra burst of motivation you need to get things done. Its always harder to do that in the Summer. 

That's why our very own vonki has set up The Summer Challenge promotion, where you can win prizes for completing challenges, the first one of which is a volume challenge. 

Join her thread today to take part and challenge your fellow members. 

Almost 60,000 hands in a week

One player we can all learn from in the Summer Challenge is fernandocosta, who often the player with the most volume, but this week has excelled himself, with a stunning 59,835 hands played in a week. 

It was a great week for mantelo who was not only our biggest winner and biggest bankroll increaser, he also won a ticket to a live event. Not quite the WSOP (which his main goal is to go to) but a €550 event in Estonia will still be a huge deal and a brilliant first step to Vegas. 

So with one member crushing cash game volume and another playing MTTs, which one is better? That's what yypiranhayy is wondering. He can't decide between MTTs and cash games - which should he choose? 

Finally, the lucky winner of a Status Upgrade is the aforementioned hesticus, congratulations! 

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

Top  of the week!
Rank Nickname
Profit Rang 2 mantelo $241
Hands Rang 3 fernandocosta 59,835
Bankroll increase Rang 2 mantelo 298%

Overall results to date
Rank Nickname Hands/
MTTs
BR BR+
  $
BR+
  %
goal
Rang 12
74%
jaissica 1108 0% $1,500
Rang 9
52%
eatyourpeas 6112 6278 110 2% $12,000
Rang 9
52%
vonki 1471 773 19 3% $1,500
Rang 9 badbojo 5346 2557 184 8% $5,000
Rang 8 srna10 3979 708 41 6% $1,500
Rang 6 la55i 159 456 10 2% $1,000
Rang 6 knowwhystarted 864 0% $2,000
Rang 6 alleen86 5031 1971 -11 -1% $5,305
Rang 6 2reac 18345 0% $50,000
Rang 5 damlqv 3588 0% $10,000
Rang 5 rhodriguez 1360 418 20 5% $1,250
Rang 5 chriskwns 8790 330 54 20% $1,000
Rang 4 pokerplayernumber1 300 0% $1,000
Rang 4 yypiranhayy 8523 2588 -140 -5% $10,000
Rang 4 nlgr1nd3r 255 0% $1,000
Rang 4 coreysteel 2436 0% $10,000
Rang 4 mauritzio 230 0% $1,000
Rang 4 metalmonkey80 2995 729 57 8% $3,250
Rang 4 fernandocosta 59835 1064 -125 -11% $5,000
Rang 3 jakkosh 13 581 -8 -1% $3,025
Rang 3 aspbacken 525 0% $3,000
Rang 3 m1rcea 6884 0% $40,000
Rang 3 mynthon333 155 0% $1,000
Rang 3 daniliano 148 0% $1,000
Rang 3 advancedtn1984 23971 471 120 34% $3,250
Rang 3 artemace 0 144 0 0% $1,000
Rang 3 jmackenzie 7000 0% $50,000
Rang 3 keekkini 135 0% $1,000
Rang 3 thazar 1235 0% $10,000
Rang 3 hesticus 2622 105 0 0% $1,000
Rang 3 agapiegheorghe 104 0% $1,000
Rang 3 garynicol85 100 0% $1,000
Rang 2 bigdog63 4724 375 -34 -8% $4,000
Rang 2 wimnp 85 0% $1,000
Rang 2 zoty79 81 0% $1,000
Rang 2 paulpkrward 1395 71 5 8% $1,000
Rang 2 wazzza16 5950 57 -6 -10% $1,000
Rang 2 dreamc4t 566 0% $10,000
Rang 2 msp3101 56 0% $1,000
Rang 2 aw9some 50 0% $1,000
Rang 2 lesavant 47 0% $1,000
Rang 2 fingontinuviel 23 0% $1,000
Rang 2 mantelo 2615 322 241 298% $15,000
Rang 2 noobis667 50 0% $3,000
Rang 2 heltucosta 17 0% $1,500

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:

Get rich or Die Tryin' - The Bankroll Challenge

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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.