Time to refocus on your 2026 goals!
Our Bankroll Challengers have been putting in insane volume and challenging negativity bias. Plus Mantelo has revealed his big goals for 2026!
It's February, so for many of us, that early motivation from the new year is fading...luckily mantelo has dropped his 2026 goals to inspire us.
This includes 10 poker trips, a new trophy, win every GGPoker Zodiac tournament, study for 360 hours and read 12 books. He usually gets there with most of his goals, so follow his blog this year, especially if you are in a slump.
Speaking of getting there, big congrats to lingson who is the latest member to complete their Bankroll Challenge. A big tournament win at the end of January got him over the line and he has already got to work on his next challenge.
We are big fans of graphs in the Bankroll Challenge and check out this bespoke graph from irieill. His blog is very interesting as he has also been tracking his PVI and multipliers in Spin & Gold.
We like graphs, we love volume. Check out this amazing commitment to volume from professorix , who played a mind-blowing 125,000 hands in January. If this doesn't inspire you to grind more, nothing will.
Finally, an important reminder for all about negativity bias from . We are all prone to feeling the bad beats twice as harshly as the good variance, so most people end sessions assuming it went worse than it did.
2026 Challenge Updates
In 2026, we will be making some changes. Reports are due monthly, starting from January 5.
There will be four quarterly raffles of $150 in CoinPoker credits, which you will be eligible for if you have reported in all three quarters' reports (the first one being December, January and February).
However, to make it less of a grind, you can skip one of those three quarters, so if you start late, you will still be eligible for the $150 raffles.
In December 2026, there will be a final raffle prize of $500 for anyone who has reported 10 out of the 12 months of the year, which will reward consistency while also giving everyone some leeway. The prize pool distributions for the final $500 will be announced later.
