Turning 0 into $$$ and avoiding rake by flatting the nuts
A very interesting week for our Bankroll Challengers as we have had some big wins and another example of why PLO is just a very different game.
One of the best things about MTTs is that you can literally acheive your goals in a single session. That's what montecarlol did last week (almost) as he turned a freeroll satellite into a big score in the Sunday Storm to almost complete his challenge.
Speaking of completing challenges, that's exactly what pokerplayernumber1 has just done, turning 0 into $500 on PokerStars. And he is right back on it with the next challenge!
Our Bankroll Challenge legend mantelo has a very informative blog and this week he has invested in a solver. The findings so far is that he is making the pots too big - make sure you subscribe to his blog because we will learn some interesting things along the way. Oh and he had some deep runs...as usual.
This is a very interesting spot - ghaleon has the nuts but - in theory - he should only get called by the nuts, so he just flats in order to avoid paying more rake. Do you agree?
The Bankroll Challenge results so far
| Position | Member | BR | Profit | Goal BR | ||
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| pokerplayernumber1 |  |
513 | 94 | 500 | ||
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| montecarlol | |
884 | 652 | 1.001 | ||
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| tahnos | |
745 | 0 | 1.000 | ||
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westhenyi | |
860 | 111 | 1.200 | |
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3121 | 960 | 5.000 | ||
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hausierer |  |
2093 | 4 | 3.400 | |
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jonnyyman12 | |
301 | 200 | 500 | |
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3805 | 0 | 8.500 | ||
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maniac | |
6524 | -370 | 15.000 | |
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alcopopdk | |
193 | 0 | 500 | |
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superior1712 | |
289 | 24 | 750 | |
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justmillion | |
927 | 2.500 | ||
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georgslon |  |
1482 | -45 | 5.000 | |
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prophili | |
1677 | 6.000 | ||
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bigdog63 | |
216 | 153 | 840 | |
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vorpalf2f | |
850 | 2 | 3.500 | |
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pokerplayernumber1 | |
603 | 103 | 2.500 | |
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enzoen | |
114 | 500 | ||
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mariussica88 | |
199 | 10 | 1.000 | |
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microfever | |
250 | 1.300 | ||
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octo777 | |
176 | -24 | 1.000 | |
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omar2nd | |
3244 | 110 | 20.000 | |
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mantelo | |
6880 | 3824 | 50.000 | |
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clease | |
132 | 6 | 1.000 | |
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djalbert182 |  |
12571 | 0 | 100.000 | |
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ossenberg | |
117 | 17 | 1.000 | |
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mjez1 | |
113 | 2 | 1.000 | |
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ghaleon | |
3208 | 708 | 30.000 | |
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nadanje | |
500 | 5.000 | ||
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theenot | |
8367 | 281 | 105.000 | |
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talisker74 | |
59 | 750 | ||
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fredjen | |
554 | -16 | 10.000 | |
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venatici | |
26 | 1.000 | ||
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disp3l | |
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.
