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From £50 to €15,000!

Hey guys,

I go by the nickname Eeezee. I am in my forties and I have been playing poker for over twenty years. I have had some profitable stints over the years but I have never really approached the game with the discipline and structure necessary to rise through the ranks, so to speak. I originally joined Unibet to start a bankroll challenge but I got a little bit side-tracked by some of the casino games before I even really got started! Just recently, though, I have been reading through this forum and I have been inspired by some of the blogs here. One I particularly like is RaulonY’s 35€ to 1000€ Challenge. It got me to thinking that perhaps I should recommit to my own bankroll challenge and blog about my results. So, here goes.

 

My Objective

My objective is to turn the £50 I deposited this morning into €15,000. Clearly, this is no easy task and it will take time but I don’t really mind how long it takes to get there, I am a grinder!

 

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My Approach to Bankroll Management

Like Raul, I will be beginning with an aggressive bankroll management strategy. I’ll be playing an aggressive short stack strategy and following this simple chart:

 

Table                     SS Buy In €                   Number of Buy Ins                   Total BR €

10NL                      5                              10                                           50          

20NL                      12.50                     20                                           250

50NL                      25                           30                                           750

100NL                    50                           40                                           2000

200NL                    100                         50                                           5000

400NL                    200                         75                                           15000

 

The reason I have structured it this way is mainly to account for the increasing skill levels as I move up the stakes. I’m confident I can beat 10NL with a relatively small bankroll, I’m not so confident I’ll be able to beat 400NL with such a small bankroll. Increasing the amount of Buy Ins as I move up the stakes also cushions me against the inevitable variance.

I won’t be taking any shots. I’ll be playing at each level until I reach the required bankroll for the next level as per the chart above. It doesn’t matter how long it takes. When I encounter the inevitable downswings, I will try to stay at the current level as long as possible but I will move down if necessary, particularly if I feel like I am being outplayed at any given level.

One thing I will be doing is playing a few tournaments to the value of one Buy In at whatever level I’m at whenever I have more than double my minimum Buy In for that level. So with €100+, for example, I’ll start playing occasional €5 tournaments to see if I can’t give my bankroll challenge a little boost here and there. I also still have a couple of freeroll tickets left which I’ll be playing soon.

 

The Basic Principles That I Will Follow

  • Again, like Raul, I will never play sessions longer than two hours. Likewise, I will not play unless I can fit at least an hour of playtime in. Shorter session time availability adds pressure that can quickly turn to tilt.
  • I will aim to play at least ten hours a week but I will have to fit this around my other work.
  • I will stick religiously to the bankroll management outlined above.
  • I will plug my leaks, mainly meaning I’ll try to manage tilt better and stay away from casino games.
  • I will try to post a brief field report at the end of each day I grind and readers can view the spreadsheet of my results here: https://bit.ly/£50-€15000
  • I will screenshot my balance in my field reports up to the first €2,000. After that it won’t make sense to do so any further because I will never retain more than €2,000 in my account. The rest of my bankroll will instead be stored in my bank account.

 

 

 

 

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