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Day 39 of Bankroll Challenge

Is this real life, or just fantasy? You wanna know why I'm asking this? Because of this...

Yep, +$190. This is not my overall graph, that's my last session on Saturday. I was playing 2 tables of $1/$2 and one table of 50c/$1 and didn't really change it to 1/2, just because it was so good the whole time. And I was running well throughout the whole day, specially in the last 30 minutes when I usually do not refresh my graph live anymore, just so we get a little surprise at the end. And it definitely was a surprise ♦

Will post my overall graph tomorrow. Need to leave something for weekly update
Oh and btw, I got featured in the latest BR Challenge promo news here on PStrategy

Start of Day 39 BR: $589,05
Profit: $191,23
End of Day 39 BR: $790,28

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Tomorrow (Monday) is my next livestream. Theoretically I can finish my challenge tomorrow already lol. I probably just jinxed myself with saying that, but hey... At least that would mean more livestreams ♦
http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Monday, May 4th - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)
• Wednesday, May 6th - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)

Week 13 of Bankroll Challenge

So before I start with my session today, here's also weekly update for Get Rich or Die Tryin' promo. Previous week we had the biggest profit of all participants (yaaay), this week this probably won't happen, but it was pretty good one nonetheless Only two livestreams in Week 13, because I was not feeling 100% on Monday, but this really isn't shown on the graph as you will see.

This time I also made overall BB graph.

So I surpassed 1000BB mark in the challenge in less than 33k hands, so that means we have also surpassed 3BB/100 winrate, which is just the sickest. I also have about 2300 FPPs in the bank, which is good enough for another $25 bonus, so we are really close to our $1000 goal. Here are all the stats.

Week 13
Hands: 1463
Week 12 BR: $498,66
Cash game Profit: $281,62
Rakeback: $10
Total: $291,62
Week 13 BR: $790,28 (+58%)

Week 13 graph

Overall graph

($680,92 cash game, $88 rakeback, $1,36 tournaments)

Day 40 of Bankroll Challenge
And here it is. It happened. Downswing. Noooo. Downswing happened. After 5 consecutive winnings days, resulted in +$540, here comes a downswing. So in Day 40 we lost $47. OMG such a downswing, 25BB, noooo.

Obviously losing $47 isn't a big deal. At least that means few more days of livestreaming, so I have more time to prepare what do to after I actually finish with this challenge Have some ideas, but nothing confirmed yet. So continuing with the challenge tomorrow, Wednesday at 11:30 AM.
http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Wednesday, May 6th - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)
• Saturday, May 9th - 11:00 CET (5:00am ET)

Start of Day 40 BR: $790,28
Profit: -$47,91
End of Day 40 BR: $742,37

Day 40 Graph

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Why I missed that challenge Well... better now than ever

I share it with lads from polish Fix-Cafe. Hopefully you will have a few more followers on the final straight

GL!

Thx ultrac, I appreciate it!

Now that we are in huuuge downswing :f_p::f_p: all I have to show is my Limit cat!
Here is he with his high-fiving skillz during our livestream and of course I had to put that on YouTube ♦

Day 41 of Bankroll Challenge
So here's an update from Wednesday's livestream. The first time in all these weeks we recorded a second losing day in a row. It's really remarkable that this only happened once in 41 sessions. This time I lost $14, which is basically one big hand worth of $$, so "fan made" meme belove is still relevant ♦

Tomorrow is our usual 4 hour stream and I'll continue with my usual Monday-Wednesday-Saturday schedule in the next week.
http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Saturday, May 9th - 11:00 CET (5:00am ET)
• Monday, May 11th - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)
• Wednesday, May 13th - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)

Start of Day 41 BR: $742,37
Profit: -$13,92
End of Day 41 BR: $728,45

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And btw. My local basketball team has qualified through quarter-finals after winning two games against the biggest Slovenian basketball team (Union Olimpija).

The whole season of Helios Suns was pretty bad so this was a nice surprise. Unfortunately there were some fights and stuff like that during the match. I recorded some of them if you guys are interested

What happened was we were tied at 69:69 and 5 seconds were left on the clock. We had the ball and the last attack. 0,5s before the end one of the players made a foul on our player while shooting for three, so that means he had three free throws, which basically means the end for opposition. The guy who made a mistake/foul couldn't believe it, he was rolling on the floor, crying, threatening a referee so he was also eliminated from the match (which resulted in 5 free throws and a ball possession). He didn't want to leave the basketball court, he wanted to attack our coach and all sorts of weird stuff.

This is the guy in question ♦

Day 42 of Bankroll Challenge
YES! We broke the curse of two losing days in a row!
Pretty fun Saturday's stream. You'll see the graph going up and down and up and down and up a... Made some tough folds, was thinking how nitty I am, but when I looked at the stats was kinda shocked to see my 45% WTS ♦

I also introduced my first ever Twitch emoticon and as you've probably guessed... Its Limit the cat!
Have room for one more emoji... Need to find something... Toma gave me a good idea with "Toss it", but not sure how good would that look.

Continuing with Day 43 tomorrow. I'll also do weekly update with overall graph.
http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Monday, May 11th - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)
• Wednesday, May 13th - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)

Start of Day 42 BR: $728,45
Profit: $33,95
End of Day 41 BR: $762,40

Day 42 Graph

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See ya tomorrow!

Week 14 of Bankroll Challenge

A bit late update, but better late than never
Playing-wise or result-wise it wasn't that great. I mean it's only the second losing week during Get Rich or Die Tryin' promo and if I add that in previous two weeks I basically quadrupled my BR... Well, we are still standing strong, let's just stay with that Not much to tell really, so I'll just post the numbers and graphs.

Week 14
Hands: 2538
Week 13 BR: $790,28
Cash game Profit: -$27,88
Week 14 BR: $762,40 (-4%)

Week 14 graph

Overall graph

($653,04 cash game, $88 rakeback, $1,36 tournaments)

Here's a rough plan for my livestreams. I haven't decided at what hour I'm going to start streaming on Saturday and I've also added Tuesday SCOOP livestreaming and moved my usual Wednesday stream to Thursday. I know, complicated
http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Wednesday, May 13th - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)
• Saturday, May 16th - TBD
• Monday, May 18th - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)
• Tuesday, May 19th - 22:30 CET (4:30pm ET) - SCOOP-31, Low-Mid-High
• Thursday, May 21st - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)

Day 43 of Bankroll Challenge
Very fun stream, lots of people watching and I think I set my record with 227 viewers and with more than 4 hours of play. Unfortunately it wasn't record money wise... Well... It actually was almost, but not in the way that I would hoping it to be ♦ Yeah it wasn't that fun at the tables. Weird games. Weird meta. I don't know.

Got another Stellar award which means I got $98 in rakeback altogether for now. I also have 4416 FPPs in bank and the next Stellar at 5k VPP is going to be massive $50. I might finish this challenge with rakeback only ♦ Even though doing these streams is lots of fun for me, I do kinda hope to be done with it as soon as possible.

Start of Day 43 BR: $762,40
Profit: -$68,29
Rakeback: $10
End of Day 43 BR: $704,11

Day 43 Graph

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Se ya today in ehm... 9 hours!
http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Wednesday, May 13th - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET) - FL Bankroll Challenge
• Saturday, May 16th - 14:30 CET (8:30am ET) - FL Bankroll Challenge
• Monday, May 18th - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET) - FL Bankroll Challenge
• Tuesday, May 19th - 22:30 CET (4:30pm ET) - SCOOP-31, Low-Mid-High
• Thursday, May 21st - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET) - FL Bankroll Challenge

Day 44 of Bankroll Challenge
I currently have 968 twitch followers which means I'm only 32 away from 1000, which means I'll be soon drinking beers and playing Spin&Goes on live televison There was also lots of talk about mixed games on Wednesday and I really don't have a clue for about half of the games in 8-game mix, so... I definitely could stream that too

So let's talk about the challenge. The tables were way different than the last time. Playable, soft, there wasn't any weird dynamics and we also ran pretty good (at least in the last part of the day). Someone asked in the comments at YouTube videos what my VPIP and PFR are. So I had a look and, if anyone is interested here too, its 32 and 25, with 16% 3bet. Stats don't matter that much, but some players rely on them quite a lot, so here you go

Also made a quick calculation on the stream the other day and I am essentially $100 away from finishing this challenge. Well $100 and 600 VPPs

Start of Day 44 BR: $704,11
Profit: $72,85
End of Day 44 BR: $776,96

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And here my streaming plan for the following week. Tomorrow starting at 14:30. So basically at a bit more "normal" hour ♦
http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Saturday, May 16th - 14:30 CET (8:30am ET)
• Monday, May 18th - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)
• Tuesday, May 19th - 22:30 CET (4:30pm ET) - SCOOP-31, Low-Mid-High
• Thursday, May 21st - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)
• Saturday, May 23rd - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)
• 1000 Followers Beers+Spin&Go, ???

Day 45 of Bankroll Challenge
Really fun stream on Saturday. In fact, it was so fun that I payed way too much attention to Twitch chat and not enough on PokerStars tables and that's why you also saw so many mistakes 89o 3bet preflop thinking that I have 99. A4o fold on BB after BU openraise. A straight which wasn't lol. And so on...

BUT. Saying all that... I hit 1000 followers on Twitch anyway! Yaaay!

Thank you guys for your support. You are the best
But I was also promising Beers+Spin&Goes session when I hit 1000 followers and indeed it will happen - on Wednesday. But two livestreams before that actually. One today in 10 minutes and one tomorrow, playing SCOOP.

http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Monday, May 18th - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)
• Tuesday, May 19th - 22:30 CET (4:30pm ET) - SCOOP-31, Low-Mid-High
• Wednesday, May 20th - 20:00 CET (2:00pm ET) - Beers+Spin&Goes
• Thursday, May 21st - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)
• Saturday, May 23rd - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)

And if you haven't figured out yet... I lost money on Saturday... My excuse is YOU guys! ♦

Start of Day 45 BR: $776,96
Profit: -$23,50
End of Day 45 BR: $753,46

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Week 15 of Bankroll Challenge

Day 45 also concluded our Week 15 of Get Rich or Die Tryin' promo and we had another losing week I mean... I am so close to my goal that I actually do not mind at all. Playing only 3 sessions per week on pretty high limit already, where you can find lots of good players... There's going to be some variance there. And also playing not 100% because of the chatting and stuff. Yes, blaming you again! It's obv just a joke. Love you guys.

Week 15
Hands: 2968
Week 14 BR: $762,40
Cash game Profit: -$18,94
Rakeback: $10,00
Total: -$8,94
Week 15 BR: $753,46 (-1%)

Week 15 graph (missing $10 rakeback)

Today at 23:00 starts SCOOP-31 FL Hold'em [6-Max] event. This is a tourney that I was waiting for and it's probably the only one that I'll play in this year's SCOOP. I'll play all three buyins - Low ($27), Medium ($215) and High ($2,100). And as you probably know I'll also do a livestream. Starting at 22:30 CET (4:30pm ET)!
http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

And of course I reached 1000 followers on Twitch and that means a special celebration in form of Beers + Spin&Goes. So basically its going to be a fun stream, no pressure about a good result or good play, I'll have few beers and try to gamble a bit in Spin&Goes. And who knows... We might also celebrate a good SCOOP-31 result?
Beers + Spin&Goes tomorrow (Wednesday) at 20:00 CET (2pm ET).
http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

Day 46 of Bankroll Challenge
Also a quick Day 46 update. This was my worse session so far, losing more than $100. In terms of BigBets it actually wasn't the worst one, btw. So we are currently about $150 from our biggest peak in this challenge, so that means we actually lost about 100BB in the last weeks. So year, when I put it like that it really seems like nothing special. And nothing special it is!

But yeah, it really was an "awful" session. Didn't hit anything, I even lost full house vs. rivered quads... TWICE! I brought Limit cat in, I thought he might help me, get some luck and tips and stuff, but no... Didn't help at all

Start of Day 46 BR: $753,46
Profit: -$105,43
End of Day 46 BR: $648,03

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See ya today on Twitch!

Hahahah. Nice one!

What happened with the SCOOP Lukasteel?
Any Big money.
I thought of playing the 27$, but i slept.. It was already 2.30AM here when it started

Hey.

Yeah so the SCOOP went pretty bad unfortunately. Just didn't hit anything. Was playing short for the majority of the tournament and playing Limit Hol'dem tournaments short is never fun. Had chances of making a come back but there were always some weird rivers also made some tough folds that I would probably never make in cash game environment. Viewers can confirm! Right? Right, guys?

Day 47 of Bankroll Challenge
And unfortunately it doesn't go any better in FL Bankroll Challenge. From our peak point ($790) we have now lost about 200BB so it is official. RUN GOOD IS OVER GUYS

We had one interesting guy at the tables the other day. He was playing like a mad man, calling me down with 6-high in one hand! Not kidding But then he started hitting hands against me lol... In the first part of the stream I said that we are either going to win big today, or crash and burn and we kinda crashed and burned at the end.

It was painful to see what he was doing against my competition at the tables, while he was catching hands against me. But that's what you can expect. Oh, and btw... I later saw him at my tables (3/6, 5/10) and I got my money back, no worries!

As you'll see, I got lots of $ from Steller Awards ($50) and cashing in my 6250 FPPs ($75), so no need to move down right now. Still have enough cash for another $1/$2 livesession, which will happen tomorrow at 11AM! 4 hour stream... Should be good. Overall graph will be posted on my weekly update! kavboj84 might be a prophet!

http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Saturday, May 23rd - 11:00 CET (5:00am ET)
• Monday, May 25h - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)

Start of Day 47 BR: $648,03
Profit: -$164,23
Rakeback: $125,00
Total: -$39,23
End of Day 47 BR: $608,80

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Cheers for joining the Downswing club..
You could recover soon with your volume..:f_thumbsup:

It's not really a downswing Just upswing has ended, that's for sure

Oh and I forgot to post this picture. My team mate DaWarsaw is doing great in this year SCOOP and also doing great on Twitch, where Polish people just love him. So it seemed kinda appropriate for me to make this gif ♦ And btw, Tyler Frosty012 is jealous

We need that cat smiley to our smiley list so everyone can use it.

Week 16 of Bankroll Challenge

Well Week 16 was our worst week so far. No doubt about it. In previous week I was featured in Get Rich or Die Tryin' news, where it says that I already see the finish line and that I could be the next one finishing this challenge. Well, after week 16, things are a bit different now. Let me first show you graph in Big Bets.

Overall BB graph

It looks great, right? Graph going straight up, winning by 2BB/100, little dip at the end, but it seems like a normal Fixed Limit Hold'em graph. Well... When you convert this into $, the story is completely different

Overall $$ graph

Thank god we got lots of rakeback, so we can still stay at $1/$2 for another day. But if I get another losing session, I will actually have to move down to 0,50/1. And this time for real! And just for lolz, here's also graph from kavboj who photoshopped the downswing in my graph.

Overal kavboj's photoshopped graph

This thing looks dangerously accurate And weekly graph just goes straight down. Not even one "upswing", except for $125 rakeback bonus.

Week 16 graph

Week 16
Hands: 3168
Week 15 BR: $753,46
Cash game Profit: -$334,97
Rakeback: $125,00
Total: -$209,97
Week 16 BR: $543,49 (-28%)

I hope to do a quick vacations during the next weekend, so my streaming schedule will be shorter this time. Also didn't do livestream on Monday, because I had problems with disconnects. Everything should be fine now.
http://www.twitch.tv/coreysteel111

• Wednesday, May 27th - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)
• Monday, June 1st - 11:30 CET (5:30am ET)