Updated on 21 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

Welcome back Bankroll Challenge OGs

You can return to the Bankroll Challenge streets after two months or even 17 years - all are welcome, especially if they have dog pictures.





Today we welcome an OG to the Bankroll Challenge. efkay has been a PokerStrategy.com member for 17 years and had an up and down poker career, once getting his bankroll up to $50k. Today he starts a new blog with a $50 bankroll to document his journey at PLO2. He plans a 1:1 study hours to play hours ratio, which we really like. Good luck sir - give him a follow!

Good luck also to mariussica88 who is finding MicroMillions quite frustrating because of the huge fields and long hours. Our advice is to stick to small fields

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Deep runs are always bittersweet

Straight flush for superior1712, he is the one who put the ultimate cooler on his opponent who had a Full House. 

Finally, we welcomed back one OG this week and we also welcomed back one lazy editor. barrycarter restarted his challenge after a few months off and we let him off with such a delay because of the shameless dog pics that always come with his blog.

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Honestly the only reason Barry has not been fired already

The Bankroll Challenge results so far

Position Member BR Profit Goal BR
Rang 10
84%
tahnos English community 837 1.000
Rang 9
79%
tim64 English community 3959 5.000
Rang 9
76%
dr1fter808 English community 1438 2.000
Rang 8 hausierer German community 2285 -10 3.400
Rang 7 kyyberi English community 1859 0 3.500
Rang 6 tamaseger English community 240 -48 500
Rang 6 barrycarter English community 3805 8.500
Rang 6 maniac German community 6554 -208 15.000
Rang 5 bigdog63 English community 333 117 840
Rang 5 octo777 German community 410 88 1.050
Rang 5 mariussica88 English community 357 -26 1.000
Rang 5 georgslon Russian community 1636 8 5.000
Rang 5 insonoro English community 157 4 500
Rang 4 pokerplayernumber1 English community 745 2.500
Rang 4 mantelo English community 14538 600 50.000
Rang 4 superior1712 German community 200 138 750
Rang 4 ghaleon English community 6823 718 30.000
Rang 4 nazgos English community 225 16 1.000
Rang 3 ossenberg German community 167 7 1.000
Rang 3 efkay English community 83 20 500
Rang 3 irieill English community 1073 30 7.000
Rang 3 westhenyi English community 841 -39 5.700
Rang 3 omar2nd English community 2900 20.000
Rang 3 djalbert182 Polish community 12014 0 100.000
Rang 3 toska75 Russian community 119 19 1.060
Rang 3 liamxii English community 209 2.000
Rang 2 mascherano95 English community 10000 100.000
Rang 2 nadanje English community 500 5.000
Rang 2 talisker74 English community 59 750
Rang 2 theenot Russian community 8075 105.000
Rang 2 fredjen English community 659 5 10.000
Rang 2 pokerpanda101 English community 211 39 5.000
Rang 2 jokorjotteso English community 42 -68 1.000
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.