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[Closed] Get Rich or Die Tryin' - The Bankroll Challenge - Opt-in now!

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tonypmm
Joined: 11.01.2009

In particular, I see little sense in claiming less than $200 as the starting bankroll under these rules. I think of the 'bankroll' for the purposes of this promo as of a 'stoploss', i.e. an amount a player is ready to lose lifetime (during the course of the promo) if things go sour.

Even if a member isn't ready to lose $200 right now, s/he might want to inject additional money into poker as soon as it's earned elsewhere. But setting the stoploss at less than $200 now, s/he makes the task tougher (the bustout probability gets higher, but the success probability stays the same). And I hope everyone has a net worth of at least $200 anyway :)

Besides, the poker field is getting tougher too fast, it's too expensive in the long run to fool around at the nanostakes when one can confidently beat a bit higher microstakes that still have few regs. I must have missed out on an insane amount of cash by not playing adequate stakes in 2009 when I would be yet beating them.


ManslayerSC
Joined: 11.03.2012

I'm in :f_biggrin:

Site: Pokerstars
Bankroll: $103.42
Goal: $1034.20
Game: Full Ring NLHE
Blog: It's just an extra zero


Site : PokerStars
Roll: 343$
Goal: 2000$
Game: NLHE SH
Blog : Blog

I opt in


Padelbro
Joined: 21.01.2010

I'm in

Site : Pokerstars
BR : 1 150,23 $
Goal : 6 000 $
Blog


darkonebg
Joined: 17.01.2008

@tonypmm - I also don't think cashouts should be deducted, but it's up to you.

@MaxLange - it doesn't work that way - you have to sign in first and then update us on a weekly basis in the other thread ;)


Originally posted by darkonebg
@tonypmm - I also don't think cashouts should be deducted, but it's up to you.

@MaxLange - it doesn't work that way - you have to sign in first and then update us on a weekly basis in the other thread ;)

Hey so look I won 260$'s yesterday night and that was before I posted a comment will this count? if not I will just not be very interested lol for 17 days I made 630$ from 15$


Ramble
Joined: 17.11.2008

Originally posted by darkonebg
November raffle
At the end of November we will raffle some goodie bags for the active participants of the promo. Every participant will get different amount of tickets depending on his current status at PokerStrategy.com (silver - 1 ticket, gold - 3 tickets, platinum - 10 tickets, diamond / BM - 20 tickets). There will be one goodie bag per 100 tickets.

A couple of questions about bronze members:
:diamond:It seems they are excluded from the November raffle - is this correct?
:diamond:If they enter this challenge and reach their goal - will they get the one-month promotion to gold status?


Ramble
Joined: 17.11.2008

Originally posted by darkonebg

Originally posted by ntelis1
I'm in.

My Blog: Get Rich or Die Tryin "ntelis1"
Starting Bankroll: 30$
Goal: 500$

Don't forget to link to your blog when it's created :)

Good luck guys!

Also, just to clarify so ntelis1 isn't disappointed when he reaches his goal - is that an acceptable goal? I only ask now, so there isn't controversy when he makes it to $500 (as the minimum is stated as $1000).


Coach
asimos
Joined: 22.07.2011

Is it ok if I update week results every Saturday?


tonypmm
Joined: 11.01.2009

As far as I've understood, weekly news about all participants' progress will be written and published on Tuesday. So it makes sense for you to write reports prematurely on Saturdays only if you don't plan to play on Sundays. Otherwise it's preferable that you write reports on Mondays basing on the play in the preceding week (from Monday to Sunday), though you can post a report in advance if you're sure you're not going to play in the rest of the week being reported.

Next Monday, you're expected to post a report about this week's play, even though this (first) week is short.

I wonder myself what time span the first report should be based on, whether it should contain pre-opt-in games.

It's more comfortable to use the date filter, i.e. include the results for at least the whole day of one's opt-in (retroactively) and all further days.

In the Russian version of the promo, in my first report, I got away with including results for the whole Monday-Sunday week retroactively. I wonder if this should be done here, even though the promotion has started on Tuesday, or if the first reports should include results for Tuesday-Sunday.


StartlingGrope
Joined: 08.06.2014

Is it too late to get involved in this? I was looking at starting a blog recently anyway but I've been wrapped up in a battle against a precocious keyboard for the best part of a fortnight.

Quite happy to get my first post up within the next 24 hours is it's suitable.


tonypmm
Joined: 11.01.2009

You can opt in at any time, just if you do so tonight, you'll have to write the first report tomorrow; if you opt in next week, you'll have to write your first report on Monday Nov 3 basing on your play on Oct 27 - Nov 2, but then your results from this week won't count into the progress towards the goal, and so on.


raugas14
Joined: 09.04.2012

in.
blog
starting bankroll: 600€
goal: 3k€


tonypmm
Joined: 11.01.2009

^ I think you should specify a united bankroll and goal and then add up winnings at all the sites where you play that are partners of Pokerstrategy (e.g. Full Tilt wins and losses don't count, if I take it right), reporting all data in one preferred currency (either € or $, using conversion rates listed at the Pokerstrategy home page or used by your tracking software). It makes accounting much easier for the administration, and in any case, only one united bankroll size will be listed in weekly news (which, judging by the Russian community, will look like this).

E.g. starting bankroll €650, goal €3250 (WH and 888 combined).


StartlingGrope
Joined: 08.06.2014

Right then. I've been throwing my fingers in the general direction of my keyboard and I've constructed some words.

Blog: Feeding The Fishes: The Adventures of Startling Grope
Starting Bankroll: $228.06
Target: $3270


wlcKeD
Joined: 24.02.2009

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floaty
Joined: 13.04.2010

Awwh. Just noticed this. One week to waste. Started out at $12 going for $7612, but I recon the BR I have now is the one to use.

BR: $56.81
Goal: $7612
Blogg Dare to bet the river for value - a micro LHE adventure


krumholcs
Joined: 13.11.2008

Im in _thumbsup:

Blog: Quintuple your bankroll playing HU SNG with fish on PKR

Starting BR: 980$

Goal: 5000 $

Starting to work at it right away :coolface:


NathanDavidLee
Joined: 14.03.2011

I'm in!

Starting Bank Roll = $100
Goal = $500
Blog = Quarter Life Crisis - Get Rich Or Di£ Trying