damn i should have deposited 300 instead of 200

Thanks dude, its been a little while. I remember the good ole days when we would hang out in nor cal.

I am playing on WSOP, for a variety of my own reasons. The most important one being, I am not making my life based around moving around the world to be able to get the best $1 sngs.

Quick question for you based around a dilemma that I'm currently thinking through. You can obviously turn $100 into $10,000, but my question is about the opportunity cost of doing so. How did you decide to do the challenge in spite of how much you would be forfeiting in terms equity that you have in your high stakes games?

glgl Doug!

lots of viewers said it would be a cool thing to watch so probably for entertainment value / growing his brand on twitch + training site, everything not purely about what makes you more immediate money.
He's probably curious himself how long it would/will take him as well so it's probably a fun challenge for him too, at least for now

Strong read as always ponty

doug what's your take on solvers such as pio?

I think he said on stream that in between sessions he will be using it to study his hands for optimal 2nl bankroll growth

I grunched thread but how long do you think this challenge will take Doug?

Whatd he end day 2 with?

It's still going

$9 is simply too much for Doug

https://clips.twitch.tv/upswingpoker...sFinchTooSpicy

No offense but:

- Making this challenge doesn't make poker less difficult today and impossible for a lot of people, simply because this challenge has nothing to do with poker talent but with patience and tilt control, as it's only a waste of time to grind from 2 nl. Anyone can do this challenge by playing like a nit at NL2 and waiting for maniacs to feed us.

- You make this post to say you'll post about the challenge while we can watch it on your twitch, but your twitch has a subscription that costs 5$ to watch. Basically you're just trying to get people to pay for your twitch, as this blog has 5 pages already and only 1 day update on the challenge.

You can watch live for free, it is kind of the whole point of Twitch. Also his challenge was made to entertain and inspire fun players.

Doug is making poker great again.

lol what a thrashpost. the finaltable of the kilamanjaro $700 mtt is worth to sub to polk just for one month to watch it. It is hilarious, best pokercontent in terms of entertainment ive watched in years.

watching live is free, and more fun than vods, because of the imminent feedback you get if you ask anything in chat. I second what IplayNLHE says and i am also making a living out of poker so i am maybe not his ultimate target audience also i hate poker deeply, but i need it aswell as i am a ****up with no other outlooks/backup-plans in life and bad motivation to do anything else. Polk is bringing a little light in alot of ****ing darkness to me. (esp polker news, random videos that he makes and the excitement he portrays while playing)

The best part is Doug sweating $2 pots like crazy.

Also yeah $5 for all the content on upswing twitch channel is ridiculous value.

A few years ago you'd have to pay thousands for anything similar.

Subbed.

Nice comeback today. From a personal view it's a pity you stepped so quickly into cash gaming and din't continue with the MTT's / SNG's which are my favs games. It does however show that cash games is where the highest hourly can be achieved or am I mistaken? (I know, lol sample etc)

Apparently not.

LoL

Day 2: $97.43

Today was great, for a small amount of time I was actually over the $100 mark. I got games that were WAY softer today, mainly by hopping around more to avoid regs.

I played a 4 handed mtt with a $1 dollar buyin, 1 of the players didn't bother showing up. I also played both a $100 freeroll and a $25 freeroll. The value on these mtts is for sure going to result in me winning $3-5 in value every day, to add to the cash value.

For husngs, I scout out the lobby to make sure I don't have an opponent that is going to drop BAZAM's on me in the chat. As great as it is, anyone that knows my stream is going to be a way worse opponent compared to the standard $1 husng reg. I think I played 1 of these today and won it.

I finished out the day with a plo8 sng (won it), and 1c/2c. The tables today were absurdly soft compared to yesterday. There were a ton of fish, people punting off stacks, and 1 opponent in particular that was punting so hard I actually felt a little bad (I don't want anyone thinking I have NL 2 shills in the game donating to me).

Overall, great day. I am figuring out the landscape, and making adjustments in my game selection and play style (and making my sizes include when pots are raked). Looking forward to tomorrow!

There are only so many available sngs/mtts, and if the player pool becomes regs playing with me it gets way harder to win. I will continue to mix both game types.

I love all the people saying i ran x in 10k plus in under a week!....but did you guys use any kind of BR management or just shot take and run super hot buying into 1-2 for your buy in?....the toughest thing about this challenge is using proper bankroll management. Running hot at 1-2 plus and making it to 10k when you;ve spent 15k depositing $200 at a time over a couple years is not remotely the same.

thats how a lot of people back then started, play with less than 100$ bankroll at 0.01/0.02 and just slowly build up, move up at 20 to 30 buy ins until you reach a stake you are comfortable making a living at

This seems like it will be pretty tough unless you use aggro BR management. GL tho I hope you bink this!

''People talk about variance everytime, but to be honest i don't think people manage to build a bankroll from micros without variance being in their side till they make it to the next level or with a rakeback program''

Apparently..yes. The point of that paragraph that you went to stalk is that it's stupid to grind from 2 nl since you're not playing poker vs players but just waiting for the right upswing. Rake and maniacs at that level kills your winrate making it SUPER slow to grind a profit per hour.

I never claimed it's impossible to grind from there, but SLOW, which is stupid to waste time to do that.

Claiming that he does this challenge to show his fans poker is still possible to beat following 'the proper bankroll management' does actually quiet the opposite of today's poker.
He says that he'll take any amount of time to complete a 10k challenge, anyone can take 3 years and complete it. The only problem is he's a professional with money and his life surrounds around playing poker for a living, while his fans who claim 'poker became hard to beat' don't spend hours a day playing.