Bankroll Challenges
03-29-2018
, 10:43 AM
Hello,
I wanted to check with the community to see if anyone is aware of any public Bankroll challenges that were shown on either Youtube or Twitch. I've seen multiple threads on folks who have done well in their challenges but it seems extremely rare for someone to complete a bankroll challenge publicly.
Even when I find someone who's a well known pro, often times there's a lot of struggles. Doug Polk is a great example. Last I checked, he's moved up from 100 to something like $1,400 but has basically given up on full ring cash and stuck to heads-up. There's another pro I've seen on youtube recently but after 9 days, he's back to where he was on day two.
Honestly, I give these guys a lot of credit. It takes a lot of guts to put your reputation on the line and show your daily progress. In the case of the pro above, he put a timelimit of 30 days. Which, as a recreational player, I'm not sure I necessarily care about as much as just seeing him make his way through various limits. Frankly, it's nice to see variance doesn't just happen to me
.
But ultimately, I'd love to see one bankroll challenge actually succeed. Even if to only $5k. Of course, many folks have posted amazing charts showing their results almost in straight line. But it seems very rare for that to happen when taking it public.
Anyways, i'm hoping it's only because I'm not aware of some folks that have done it.
PS: Also, as a side question, anyone know of any good players out there that stream cash games? I've seen tons of tournament players but I haven't really found many on twitch that play cash.
Anyways, thanks for the feedback!
Marc
I wanted to check with the community to see if anyone is aware of any public Bankroll challenges that were shown on either Youtube or Twitch. I've seen multiple threads on folks who have done well in their challenges but it seems extremely rare for someone to complete a bankroll challenge publicly.
Even when I find someone who's a well known pro, often times there's a lot of struggles. Doug Polk is a great example. Last I checked, he's moved up from 100 to something like $1,400 but has basically given up on full ring cash and stuck to heads-up. There's another pro I've seen on youtube recently but after 9 days, he's back to where he was on day two.
Honestly, I give these guys a lot of credit. It takes a lot of guts to put your reputation on the line and show your daily progress. In the case of the pro above, he put a timelimit of 30 days. Which, as a recreational player, I'm not sure I necessarily care about as much as just seeing him make his way through various limits. Frankly, it's nice to see variance doesn't just happen to me
. But ultimately, I'd love to see one bankroll challenge actually succeed. Even if to only $5k. Of course, many folks have posted amazing charts showing their results almost in straight line. But it seems very rare for that to happen when taking it public.
Anyways, i'm hoping it's only because I'm not aware of some folks that have done it.
PS: Also, as a side question, anyone know of any good players out there that stream cash games? I've seen tons of tournament players but I haven't really found many on twitch that play cash.
Anyways, thanks for the feedback!
Marc
