We all cope with downswings in different ways
Whether it is chess, bencb videos or schadenfreude, our Bankroll Challengers know how to manage when the deck is cold.
Winning money is great, getting back money you lost is almost as sweet. Well done to bigdog63 who recovered from a cold streak thanks to an exclusive bencb PokerStrategy video.
And where else but PokerStrategy do you get both exclusive videos and a reply from bencb himself?
Another way to cope with a downswing is to compare yourself to somebody on a worse downswing. mantelo is coping with a big losing week by comparing himself to a seven-figure losing WSOP for one Mr Daniel Negreanu.
If you are wondering whether to play Zoom or regular cash games, check out this very detailed blog from insonoro. He compares both games over a big sample and discovers that despite having a bigger winrate at regular, it is still more profitable at Zoom.
Finally is having a month to make you envious. His second $2,500 winning month in a row and playing chess in the park on a holiday in Madrid - nice!
The $100 winner is....
It's that time again, we have put all the names into a hat and one lucky member gets $100 just for having a Bankroll Challenge blog.
Today that lucky winner is........bigdog63!
It seems the luck is back on your side - congratulations!
The Bankroll Challenge results so far
| Position | Member | BR | Profit | Goal BR | ||
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| tahnos |  |
837 | 1.000 | |||
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3959 | 399 | 5.000 | |||
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| montecarlol | |
773 | -62 | 1.001 | ||
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dr1fter808 | |
1438 | 59 | 2.000 | |
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hausierer |  |
2210 | -10 | 3.400 | |
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1859 | 1236 | 3.500 | ||
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maniac | |
6764 | 0 | 15.000 | |
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3805 | 8.500 | |||
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alcopopdk | |
204 | 500 | ||
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octo777 | |
416 | 93 | 1.050 | |
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mariussica88 | |
370 | -28 | 1.000 | |
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georgslon |  |
1628 | 67 | 5.000 | |
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pokerplayernumber1 | |
745 | -39 | 2.500 | |
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tamaseger | |
144 | 56 | 500 | |
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bigdog63 | |
216 | 24 | 840 | |
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ghaleon | |
6106 | 2222 | 30.000 | |
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mantelo | |
8621 | -2292 | 50.000 | |
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ossenberg | |
160 | 60 | 1.000 | |
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mjez1 | |
159 | 1.000 | ||
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irieill | |
1043 | -82 | 7.000 | |
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omar2nd | |
2900 | -534 | 20.000 | |
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westhenyi | |
749 | -59 | 5.700 | |
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djalbert182 |  |
12014 | -556 | 100.000 | |
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liamxii | |
209 | -12 | 2.000 | |
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mascherano95 | |
10000 | 100.000 | ||
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nadanje | |
500 | 5.000 | ||
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superior1712 | |
62 | -88 | 750 | |
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insonoro | |
40 | 500 | ||
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theenot | |
8367 | 0 | 105.000 | |
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talisker74 | |
59 | 750 | ||
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toska75 | |
82 | 15 | 1.060 | |
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fredjen | |
654 | 72 | 10.000 | |
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disp3l | |
431 | 0 | 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.
