2022 GG Poker Bankroll $100 to $1,000 to $2,000 Challenge

My name was highlighted in orange in GGP client because I had the biggest stack in NL100 Rush & Cash but only at the end of my session.

Hand 1:

GG Poker - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 210.82 BB
SB: 41.58 BB
BB: 24.89 BB
UTG: 127.6 BB
MP: 127.47 BB
CO: 131.18 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has A♥ A♣

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.2 BB, Hero raises to 12.5 BB, fold, fold, CO raises to 131.18 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 118.68 BB

Flop: (263.86 BB, 2 players) 9♦ 6♣ 4♥

Turn: (263.86 BB, 2 players) Q♥

River: (263.86 BB, 2 players) 2♠

Players agreed to run it twice.

Flop #2: (263.86 BB, 2 players) Q♠ 3♦ 9♥

Turn #2: (263.86 BB, 2 players) T♠

River #2: (263.86 BB, 2 players) 7♥

CO shows A♦ K♠ (High Card, Ace)
Board #1 (Pre 7%, Flop 0.3%, Turn 0%)
(High Card, Ace)
Board #2 (Pre 8%, Flop 2%, Turn 10%)

Hero shows A♥ A♣ (One Pair, Aces)
Board #1 (Pre 93%, Flop 99.7%, Turn 100%)
(One Pair, Aces)
Board #2 (Pre 92%, Flop 98%, Turn 90%)

Hero wins 129.68 BB
Hero wins 129.68 BB

Hand 2:

GG Poker - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 100 BB
SB: 146.66 BB
BB: 74.67 BB
Hero (UTG): 100 BB
MP: 132.59 BB
CO: 117.79 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8♥ 9♥

Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, BTN raises to 7.5 BB, fold, fold, Hero calls 5 BB

Flop: (16.5 BB, 2 players) Q♥ J♥ T♦
Hero checks, BTN bets 10.5 BB, Hero raises to 92.5 BB and is all-in, BTN calls 82 BB and is all-in

Turn: (201.5 BB, 2 players) 5♥

River: (201.5 BB, 2 players) 2♥

Hero shows 8♥ 9♥ (Flush, Queen High)

BTN shows A♠ K♣ (Straight, Ace High)

Hero wins 197 BB

Hand 3:

GG Poker - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 42.49 BB
SB: 142.92 BB
Hero (BB): 332.22 BB
UTG: 76.4 BB
MP: 60.51 BB
CO: 209.3 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, Hero posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has T♦ T♠

fold, fold, CO raises to 2.5 BB, BTN calls 2.5 BB, SB raises to 13.5 BB, Hero calls 12.5 BB, fold, fold

Flop: (32 BB, 2 players) 8♥ 2♣ 2♥
SB bets 16.88 BB, Hero calls 16.88 BB

Turn: (65.76 BB, 2 players) 9♦
SB checks, Hero checks

River: (65.76 BB, 2 players) 3♥
SB bets 62.88 BB, Hero calls 62.88 BB

SB shows Q♦ A♥ (One Pair, Twos)
(Pre 43%, Flop 27%, Turn 14%)
Hero shows T♦ T♠ (Two Pair, Tens and Twos)
(Pre 57%, Flop 73%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins 187.02 BB

Despite all that I'm not really progressing because I had $1,530 and now I only have $1,440. This is because I spewed away 3BI at NL100 Rush & Cash. I played so bad.....

Originally posted by Dr1fter808
My name was highlighted in orange in GGP client because I had the biggest stack in NL100 Rush & Cash but only at the end of my session.

Despite all that I'm not really progressing because I had $1,530 and now I only have $1,440. This is because I spewed away 3BI at NL100 Rush & Cash. I played so bad.....

I didn't notice the orange highlight — and I've never seen it before since I've never had the biggest stack

Losing 3 BI isn't all that bad — unless it is all you have.
If you really think you played badly, it's pretty important to step back as soon as you notice it — but I'm guessing you already know that.

Have you ever played with the poker variance calculator?
They've added a bunch of calculations to that site since the last time I looked — worth another look if you've seen it before.

Originally posted by VorpalF2F

Originally posted by Dr1fter808
My name was highlighted in orange in GGP client because I had the biggest stack in NL100 Rush & Cash but only at the end of my session.

Despite all that I'm not really progressing because I had $1,530 and now I only have $1,440. This is because I spewed away 3BI at NL100 Rush & Cash. I played so bad.....

I didn't notice the orange highlight — and I've never seen it before since I've never had the biggest stack

Losing 3 BI isn't all that bad — unless it is all you have.
If you really think you played badly, it's pretty important to step back as soon as you notice it — but I'm guessing you already know that.

Have you ever played with the poker variance calculator?
They've added a bunch of calculations to that site since the last time I looked — worth another look if you've seen it before.

Thank you. I was unfamiliar with the general population of NL100 RC so I over called a bit which was a mistake. Basically what I found out is that I'm playing against the same people most of the time though their names might be slightly modified.

The orange name thing is a trip. I saw my name highlighted and when I hovered over my name with mouse, I think it said "biggest stack". It was a bit of surprise because I've taken my stack to over 1,000BB before at PS several times so 400BB is really not all that large especially at the end of 10 hour session. In fact I was playing at PS at the same time and I saw a villain with over 1,000BB stack there which is really no big deal at all.

Jumped on NL200 RC for quickie and so far so good.

Hand 1:

GG Poker - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 101 BB
SB: 100 BB
BB: 102.47 BB
UTG: 168.05 BB
Hero (MP): 101.5 BB
CO: 414.64 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q♠ Q♦

fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, CO raises to 7.5 BB, fold, fold, BB raises to 22.5 BB, Hero raises to 101.5 BB and is all-in, fold, BB calls 79 BB

Flop: (211 BB, 2 players) 6♣ T♥ 9♥

Turn: (211 BB, 2 players) T♣

River: (211 BB, 2 players) 4♦

Hero shows Q♠ Q♦ (Two Pair, Queens and Tens)
(Pre 57%, Flop 72%, Turn 86%)
BB shows A♣ K♥ (One Pair, Tens)
(Pre 43%, Flop 28%, Turn 14%)
Hero wins 206.5 BB

Hand 2:

GG Poker - $2 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 99.5 BB
SB: 113.9 BB
BB: 277.17 BB
Hero (UTG): 100 BB
MP: 100.44 BB
CO: 225.53 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has K♠ A♣

Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, BTN raises to 9 BB, SB calls 8.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 100 BB and is all-in, fold, SB calls 91 BB

Flop: (210 BB, 2 players) 3♠ 7♣ 2♦

Turn: (210 BB, 2 players) 9♥

River: (210 BB, 2 players) A♥
SB cashed out 29.85 BB for a fee of 0 BB

Hero shows K♠ A♣ (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 43%, Flop 26%, Turn 14%)
SB shows J♣ J♥ (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 57%, Flop 74%, Turn 86%)
Hero wins 205.5 BB

I only played 13 hands there so far though. lol

That is an impressive winrate - hope you can keep that up!
What made you jump on those games?

Originally posted by SvenBe
That is an impressive winrate - hope you can keep that up!
What made you jump on those games?

Just out of curiosity I got on the table for the first time and on the fourth hand I got QQ, I refused to run it twice and it held, so I only played five hands. I did it again four hours later, I got on the table for the second time and on the seventh hand I got AKo, the player with JJ refused to run it twice and I peeled an Ace on river(Literally in GGP client), so I only played 8 hands. Very lucky indeed. That's enough excitement so I'm done for now.

Hand 1: When the board cooperates with your scheme.

GG Poker - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 40.71 BB
SB: 168.27 BB
BB: 101 BB
Hero (UTG): 149.73 BB
MP: 102 BB
CO: 91.6 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J♠ A♠

Hero raises to 2 BB, MP raises to 7 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 5 BB

Flop: (15.5 BB, 2 players) 9♣ 3♠ 8♠
Hero checks, MP bets 11.63 BB, Hero calls 11.63 BB

Turn: (38.76 BB, 2 players) 7♠
Hero checks, MP bets 18 BB, Hero calls 18 BB

River: (74.76 BB, 2 players) A♥
Hero checks, MP bets 65.37 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 65.37 BB

MP shows A♦ Q♠ (One Pair, Aces)
(Pre 70%, Flop 56%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows J♠ A♠ (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 30%, Flop 44%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins 201 BB

Hand 2: Okay, this player had a pretty loose stats, having said that, I don't hate his river call because I could have AK/AJ/AT also.

GG Poker - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 159.27 BB
SB: 132.29 BB
BB: 108.86 BB
Hero (UTG): 100 BB
MP: 116.6 BB
CO: 136.31 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has Q♠ Q♥

Hero raises to 2.5 BB, MP calls 2.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, fold

Flop: (6.5 BB, 2 players) A♠ A♦ 2♦
Hero checks, MP checks

Turn: (6.5 BB, 2 players) Q♣
Hero checks, MP bets 4.23 BB, Hero raises to 25.48 BB, MP calls 21.25 BB

River: (57.46 BB, 2 players) 5♥
Hero bets 72.02 BB and is all-in, MP calls 72.02 BB

Hero shows Q♠ Q♥ (Full House, Queens full of Aces)
(Pre 83%, Flop 17%, Turn 98%)
MP shows 2♠ 2♥ (Full House, Twos full of Aces)
(Pre 17%, Flop 83%, Turn 2%)
Hero wins 197 BB

According to solver, I played this hand correctly, the only suggestion is that solver prefers a little bit bigger cbet size on flop.

GG Poker - $0.50 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 593.58 BB
SB: 186.7 BB
BB: 103.64 BB
UTG: 121.68 BB
Hero (MP): 102.2 BB
CO: 191.16 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J♣ J♠

fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, fold, fold, BB calls 1 BB

Flop: (4.5 BB, 2 players) J♦ 8♥ 9♥
BB checks, Hero bets 1.58 BB, BB raises to 6.56 BB, Hero calls 4.98 BB

Turn: (17.62 BB, 2 players) 5♣
BB bets 14.98 BB, Hero calls 14.98 BB

River: (47.58 BB, 2 players) 5♥
BB bets 55 BB, Hero raises to 78.66 BB and is all-in, fold

Hero wins 153.08 BB

I'm pretty sure that BB had one of the 16 combos of QT. I could get stubborn and just stick the money in on flop and see the nuts flip over and then click run it once for the suck out but that's just not GTO, I guess.

Hitting the money card on river is so sweet!!

GG Poker - $0.10 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 104.4 BB
SB: 100.5 BB
BB: 114.1 BB
UTG: 113.1 BB
MP: 82.2 BB
CO: 106.7 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9♦ 9♠

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2 BB, fold, BB raises to 12 BB, Hero calls 10 BB

Flop: (24.5 BB, 2 players) 8♦ T♥ 3♠
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (24.5 BB, 2 players) 8♥
BB bets 8 BB, Hero calls 8 BB

River: (40.5 BB, 2 players) 9♥
BB bets 24 BB, Hero raises to 84.4 BB and is all-in, BB calls 60.4 BB

Hero shows 9♦ 9♠ (Full House, Nines full of Eights)
(Pre 66%, Flop 81%, Turn 75%)
BB shows 5♥ A♥ (Flush, Ace High)
(Pre 34%, Flop 19%, Turn 25%)
Hero wins 204.8 BB

To his credit, he almost tank folded on river just as I put up the "Running Hot!!" Emoji.

Hi Dr1fter808

long time no see here, how is it going? I saw you posting in other topics - but how is it going in your challenge? Still putting up th "Running Hot"-emoji?

Originally posted by SvenBe
Hi Dr1fter808

long time no see here, how is it going? I saw you posting in other topics - but how is it going in your challenge? Still putting up th "Running Hot"-emoji?

Hey, no, I went busto at GGP for now so until I rebuy the challenge is done. lol

It is unfortunate too because at one point I had the account balance up to $1,550 but I blew it.

I'm not even going to say I got unlucky, I just gambled like a maniac is all. I ZilongZhanged it away you could say.

Something about the money that I didn't really earn because I just won that BBJP for $724.50.
This hand says is all but that's just how I became.
GG Poker - $1 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 172.36 BB
Hero (SB): 100 BB
BB: 144.72 BB
UTG: 83.83 BB
MP: 70.49 BB
CO: 125.03 BB

Hero posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 8♣ 8♦

fold, MP raises to 2.2 BB, CO raises to 8 BB, fold, Hero calls 7.5 BB, fold, MP raises to 70.49 BB and is all-in, CO raises to 125.03 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 92 BB and is all-in

Flop: (271.49 BB, 3 players) 5♥ Q♦ T♠

Turn: (271.49 BB, 3 players) K♠

River: (271.49 BB, 3 players) 3♣

CO shows A♥ Q♥ (One Pair, Queens)

Main Pot [212.47 BB]: (Pre 27%, Flop 23%, Turn 10%)
Side Pot#1 [59.02 BB]: (Pre 47%, Flop 90%, Turn 95%)

Hero shows 8♣ 8♦ (One Pair, Eights)

Main Pot [212.47 BB]: (Pre 19%, Flop 8%, Turn 0%)
Side Pot#1 [59.02 BB]: (Pre 53%, Flop 10%, Turn 5%)

MP shows K♥ K♦ (Three of a Kind, Kings)

Main Pot [212.47 BB]: (Pre 54%, Flop 69%, Turn 90%)

MP wins 208.93 BB
CO wins 58.07 BB
TBH, I ended up not liking the software much either, the peeling and the juiced pots. Although in the beginning I thought it was cool looking.
But don't worry in the end, I only lost $114 of my own money so. I will deposit again if I want to play at GGP again.

One more thing, when I started playing at GGP, I said I have $1,000 at my disposal to play at GGP so technically I still have $886 left to deposit because I only spent $114 so far. So why didn't I reload? Well, the way that I behaved at GGP, I have ascertained that I would reload and I would lose and I would reload and I would lose and the scenario kept playing over and over again in my head so I ended it.

That in turn is the ending of the movie "Looper" if you guys never watched it.

Do I think I can beat the game at GGP? No, I don't.

p.s. GGP Hotkey sucks balls.

I keep lingering in the thread while the challenge is practically over but, lol

I found the Chinese pros particularly difficult to play against at NL50/NL100, and I live in Asia so it's no wonder that I end up playing against so many of them due to time zone and all that. So often two or three of them are sitting at the same tables at all times in RC.

However, that's probably no excuse because if someone like DutchKingLager can transition from PS to GGP then it should be possible to do so. And I see Dutch is no longer at PS so he must be doing well. Kudos to him.

What I disliked most was its general slowness of the whole thing while Hotkeys were pretty much useless. I kept tapping and nothing happens. Somehow I tilted more there than I do at PS.

BTW, if GGP corners the market and they just might, by the look of it, then I have no choice but to play at GGP eventually.

But I am very glad that I got the taste of it for $114. A very long and thorough taste test.

So, thank you GG Poker!!

Any cliffs on living in Asia? Where, why, what?

Originally posted by Infreed42
Any cliffs on living in Asia? Where, why, what?

I'm in Tokyo, duh, it says Japan in PS client no? I know you are from Germany. Our great grandparents probably fought in the war together, lol.

I'm in the middle of the city and it's awesome. Just watch some YouTube videos on why Tokyo is such a great place to live.

And I can play most of the major poker rooms like PS, PP, and GGP so that's nice.

Originally posted by Dr1fter808

Originally posted by Infreed42
Any cliffs on living in Asia? Where, why, what?

I'm in Tokyo, duh, it says Japan in PS client no? I know you are from Germany. Our great grandparents probably fought in the war together, lol.

I'm in the middle of the city and it's awesome. Just watch some YouTube videos on why Tokyo is such a great place to live.

And I can play most of the major poker rooms like PS, PP, and GGP so that's nice.

You know how to trigger a response by me, do you?
I am a big fan of watching documentaries about Japan, my favourite channels are:
LifeWhereImfrom (even though the recent documentary is a bit long
Paolo from Tokyo - best channel! I love the food testing and "how does this and that work in japan"
TokyoLens - recently added, a bit different than the other ones but interesting things as well

Ship a big tourney and invite meeeee!

Originally posted by SvenBe

Originally posted by Dr1fter808

Originally posted by Infreed42
Any cliffs on living in Asia? Where, why, what?

I'm in Tokyo, duh, it says Japan in PS client no? I know you are from Germany. Our great grandparents probably fought in the war together, lol.

I'm in the middle of the city and it's awesome. Just watch some YouTube videos on why Tokyo is such a great place to live.

And I can play most of the major poker rooms like PS, PP, and GGP so that's nice.

You know how to trigger a response by me, do you?
I am a big fan of watching documentaries about Japan, my favourite channels are:
LifeWhereImfrom (even though the recent documentary is a bit long
Paolo from Tokyo - best channel! I love the food testing and "how does this and that work in japan"
TokyoLens - recently added, a bit different than the other ones but interesting things as well

Ship a big tourney and invite meeeee!

Haha, yeah, alright.

Those are good channels, I know them well. And to top it off, right now Yen is relatively cheap compared to some other currencies like USD.

Hi Dr1fter808 - how is it going?
Was just checking out the newest developments on the BR-challenge front - and it has been all silent here. I am suspecting you to still be on the jackpot hunt, any recent successes here?

Originally posted by SvenBe
Hi Dr1fter808 - how is it going?
Was just checking out the newest developments on the BR-challenge front - and it has been all silent here. I am suspecting you to still be on the jackpot hunt, any recent successes here?

No, I can’t play at PS or GGP at the moment due to regional restrictions. And I can’t cheat either because I’ve been caught before using VPN. Don’t do it guys because they will catch you.

Hi there,

we just realised that for your country we had accidentally left the advertising for GGPoker online. Instead for users from Japan (and many other countries) the room available in the GG network is Natural8.

Other rooms that are available from Japan that I can recommend are:
- KKPoker - mobile only and with asian focussed traffic, so you will always find games in your evening times
- BetOnline - a mostly crypto depending room with some cool leaderboards and races. Rather focussed on America traffic-wise but still - promos are good!