A challenge from a long time ago.

[Bob T.]

When one of the poker sites was starting up, they offered anyone who would sign up for an account $50.

I think one of the old posters here, Mike Haven, organized a challenge where you took the $50, and play .50/1.00 until you won 50 big bets. Then you moved up to 1-2. Everytime you won 50 big bets, you moved up. If you lost 25 big bets at any level, then you moved down until you had won 50 big bets again.

Some posters made it from .50/1.00 up to 15/30 and never looked back. Anyway, the 15 big bet challenge last month, was one where volatility was probably going to make it so almost everyone would fail.

I thought that I would try this this month on one of the tables I was playing, and see how far I could go. Right now, I'm up 4 big bets at .50/1.00.

Maybe if you are primarily a shorthanded player, you could double the bankroll requirements and start with 100, and move up when you win 100 and move down when you lose 50.

Oh, I just won a pot, now I am up 8 BBs.

[KitCloudkicker]

Bob pls provide continued updates, thx! gl

kit

[Bob T.]

I hope someone else joins me, so I have some competition.
after day 1, (its nap time, and I have to go to work later),
I am up 16 BBs at ..50/1.00. The overwhelming thing I noticed, is the lack of aggression. My preflop aggression, was pretty much higher than any two other players added together. And the lack of aggression means that handreading is a lot easier, when your opponents wake up, there are just a limited number of options that they might have, unless they are making a bluff, and that hasn't been happening at this level.

The other thing that I haven't had to deal with in a while, is making a river value bet on a coordinated board, against a 100% vpip player. I bet------what could he have? whew, he called.

[HoneyBadger]

It may be a good way to get started up again. I might give it a shot. To be honest I've been on a bit of a break; from one day to the next, poker suddenly lost my interest. It's amazing how much time you have left to do other things, like ... like ... well, ok [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

So I can start with $100 at 0.5/1 6max, and move up when I hit $200. I take it you move down once you drop to $100 again?

current standing: 65 hands into the challenge, 30 BB down. -47 BB/100 [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[HoneyBadger]

1000 hands, +13 BB. was worried, I dropped to -60 BB straight...

[Dhani]

I think this is great. I don't play as often as you guys, but how bout we all pick the smae site to make it more consistent. Whaddya think?

[Bob T.]

Just play on whatever site you play on. Right now, I play mostly on two, but sometimes, I wander over to a third. I plan on just keeping a seperate total in my logbook, because I will probably just open a seperate 'challenge' table on whatever site I am playing on.

[Dhani]

very short session so far.
25 hands=17 BB

[James.]

-20bb after last night. still stuck at .50/1.00. damn challenges.

[Bob T.]

Up 41 BBs after two days. Probably done for today, My wife URGENTLY needs to go to the mall. Its ok, I sorta need to go there, but I know that my 15 minute errand is not going to be the determining factor about when we leave.