Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

Running good - with and without bad beat jackpots

A big MTT win a big badbeat jackpot win, two challenges completed and one guy going for $100k. Now is the time to join the Bankroll Challenge!





PLO is already well represented in the Bankroll Challenge and this week we say hello to one of our top coaches - PLO boss Kyyberi.

We usually just see him win everything but legends have downswings too. Well done to mantelo who grinded his way out of a downswing with a big win.

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Back to winning ways

Speaking of big wins - all we can say is wow at this remarkable bad beat jackpot win by nadanje .....unlucky sir, wait, we mean very lucky indeed!

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Wowsers!

Let's keep the good news rolling...congrats to dr1fter808 & westhenyi who both completed their challenges this month. On to the next one guys!

Finally, clearly our Bankroll Challengers are running good this month, so it makes perfect sense we have our loftiest challenge to date. mascherano95 had already got his bankroll up to $10,000 playing PLO and now he is going for the big $100,000!  It would be our biggest win yet, good luck sir!

The Bankroll Challenge results so far

Position Member BR Profit Goal BR
Rang 12
107%
dr1fter808 English community 1072 972 1.000
Rang 11
100%
westhenyi English community 1200 96 1.200
Rang 10
84%
tahnos English community 837 1.000
Rang 10 montecarlol English community 835 14 1.001
Rang 9 tim64 English community 3559 5.000
Rang 8 hausierer German community 2165 70 3.400
Rang 8 jonnyyman12 English community 301 500
Rang 6 maniac German community 6764 -5 15.000
Rang 6 barrycarter English community 3805 8.500
Rang 6 alcopopdk English community 204 500
Rang 5 pokerplayernumber1 English community 860 2.500
Rang 5 octo777 German community 353 31 1.050
Rang 5 georgslon Russian community 1522 5.000
Rang 4 mariussica88 English community 280 83 1.000
Rang 4 kyyberi English community 931 231 3.500
Rang 4 superior1712 German community 193 73 750
Rang 4 mantelo English community 12487 3950 50.000
Rang 4 vorpalf2f English community 868 -2 3.500
Rang 4 bigdog63 English community 192 27 840
Rang 3 tamaseger English community 88 500
Rang 3 omar2nd English community 3434 20.000
Rang 3 mjez1 English community 159 0 1.000
Rang 3 irieill English community 1006 76 7.000
Rang 3 ossenberg German community 142 42 1.000
Rang 3 westhenyi English community 808 108 5.700
Rang 3 ghaleon English community 3884 857 30.000
Rang 3 djalbert182 Polish community 12571 0 100.000
Rang 3 liamxii English community 232 7 2.000
Rang 2 mascherano95 English community 10000 100.000
Rang 2 nadanje English community 500 5.000
Rang 2 theenot Russian community 8367 105.000
Rang 2 talisker74 English community 59 750
Rang 2 fredjen English community 654 82 10.000
Rang 2 toska75 Russian community 52 1.060
Rang 2 disp3l Russian community 431 20.000
Rang 2 fredjen English community 572 -11 10.000
Rang 2 toska75 Russian community 52 -3 1.060
Rang 2 cptrui German community 20 500
Rang 2 disp3l Russian community 431 20.000

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.