Turning $50.00 into $10,000.00 - Poker blog 10k challenge.

[No Fizzle]

Oh, boy...

"The play in these is worse than cash games and SNG's combined, it can be quite a mine field to navigate through. They don't fold any draws or top pair"

First hand posted:

robert-gouge raises to 1,440, and is all in

"I picked up an open ended straight draw and a flush draw. Against two opponents and I feel pretty safe that hitting either will win the hand for me. I'm actually hoping for a call here from a big ace. With 15 outs, I'm a slight favorite here if I can see both the turn and river."

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[thing85]

Does anyone even come close to their goal in these things?

[Abbaddabba]

The great part about these things is that if the person is capable of doing it, they shouldnt be wasting their time on it.

So what you end up with is a flavorful blend of deluded retards and people who're well off enough to not care, and who have way too much time on their hands.

[tomtemor]

Good luck with your challenge. I'd like to know why you're doing this when you've already completed it once before though.

[DeeJ]

yeah screw the haters go for it

[partyholdem]

I think that blogs like these could be very helpful for the novice poker players. A game like poker, which is enormous in its combinations, can be learned well only if at first one reads a lot about it, and not only the rules and the strategies.

Bryan Nelson

[TripSixUK]

My blog has been around most of the year, but I am doing the challenge for a few reasons. The main being an exercise in discipline and bankroll management. I had a windfall recently that was enough to pay the rent and bills for the next year allowing me to quit my job to play poker full time. I decided rather than to play for a living straight off the bat, I would do some experimenting with my game on the low limits, now that I have the time to put in some serious effort.
The bankroll challenge is there just to offer some structure rather than randomly trying things out. I have no target to meet; just to grow it as big as possible by the end of the year.

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[otnemem]

When will it occur to you (as in everyone who posted a link to their blogs in this thread) that nobody cares, whatsoever? Who has the time to read through someone else's long-winded attempt at turning $110 into $10,000? I built my $4500 bankroll from $60 in about a month and a half. I didn't document it in a blog because there is no level on which that's not mind-numbingly boring to read about...

[ronster71]

Wow...this is funny...I just started a site a week ago documenting my trek to go from $10 to $10,000 in a year for the 2007 WSOP...I will post it below, and I think I will start a new page on my site specifically for anyone doing something similar, with links to everyones pages to generate more traffic...so anyone who wants to link my page with theirs, and vice versa please email me or reply to this post...or better yet, sign into my guestbook on the site!!

[danzasmack]

Somebody delete this thread. Spam your blogs somewhere else.