Doug is a man of his word and WILL finish the bankroll challenge.

It doesnt matter how long it takes.

I will say that if you are over 50 that you may not be alive to see it but it WILL happen.

He's realized the micros are a lot tougher than he thought. Also it looks bad if an elite player like him is struggling at micro stakes - bad for his image, bad for his brand, huge opportunity cost. There's literally no upside to completing this challenge anymore.

Can you not see the difference between drama/shots and poker hands with famous people in them? Of course more popular players get views. That's what most of these videos are. If you want to fixate on the few dramatic exceptions, that's cherrypicking really, zoom out to the top 20 or more for a better idea of what typically performs well.

I don't claim to make fun of DNegs and other people for altruistic reasons. I do it because it feels good speaking my mind. I used to work for a poker company where I sometimes worried about crossing lines and upsetting the wrong people. I'm okay having fewer friends or possibly making less money down the road if it means I don't worry too much about saying the wrong thing.

I appreciate the kind words about my technical skills. I'm sure there would be opportunities for me, but it's definitely true that if I had any aspiration to potentially work for Stars, PokerNews, PokerCentral, etc. that I would be screwed. I have burned those bridges, and Daniel probably has his fingers in several other such companies too.

I like Doug taking shots at DNegs! I never was crazy about Daniel. When poker was becoming more popular around 2005 and I was playing $5 or $10 tournaments in high school with friends it was always annoying to have to hear how Daniel "made a sick read" on WPT or some other televised tournament last night

Live again for some Bankroll Challenge action.

https://youtu.be/jcrCE1pT19Q

I'm sorry you can't beat microstakes. Maybe if you focused some energy on working on your game instead of crying, you'd be able to. *sniffles*

I'm sure Thomas would be Vice President or SoS.

I can't wait to see Douglas finish this challenge after he's elected President.

I don't know what site that is, but aces and fours disturbingly similar.

Gonna need that $10K from the bankroll challenge to settle your 6K BTC bet in like a week at the rate BTC is dropping.

Where did I say that? Please re-read my post.

I hope BTC doesn't drop too fast
looks like it will indeed go below 6k but I wish doug the publicity at least for longer

I hope BTC hits zero and Doug becomes a pro poker player again.

he is beating it, 11x and he barely plays. if he played everyday it would be over fast. news flash he is better than you think

whats his bb/100 in the challenge?

Unknown. WSOP.com doesn't provide hand histories.

I’m a fan of Doug, not hating but saw some questionable plays in his last stream.

Ex- Doug opens TT from ep, BTN 3 bets to 10bb, and Doug just rips it in for 100bbs and gets a fold.

Seems like a game theory disaster. I don’t think TT should be a 4 bet from this configuration, but even if you make the argument that it is, wtf is up with that sizing?

It's game dynamics, innit? One day you'll understand. Lol.

(okay, it was pretty bad)

Perhaps having 1/8000th of his bankroll on the line in this challenge influences the occasional play.

(estimated net worth $8M based on some Bitcoin price movement info Doug gave away previously)

my dream machine plays it the same way.

How should he play it? Call and play OOP postflop? 4bet smaller and play OOP? Perhaps the player 3betting him was doing so wide.



1:41 "It's standard"

why is it bad?

Are you referring to the info he gave last year? First, lol. Second, I'm sure he's at around $100k based on how crypto's going. He might even be busto considering the money that he gave people for a crypto roll that lost a bunch.

Also worth noting that his bankroll isn't whatever you think it is. His bankroll is $1200 on WSOP. And bankroll =/ net worth.

I'd say it wasn't great if effective stacks were 100BB as only getting called by JJ+, and AK. Buy yes it folds out AQ much of the time, another TT usually, and possibly JJ. But is it maximising value against middle pairs and hands with blockers like A5s or any suited wheeled Ace that from the right kind of over aggressive opponent might 5 bet shove light to a smaller 4 bet.

Plus a smaller sized 4 bet gets the same job done most of the time and creates some balance so that when we have KK or AA we can also 4 bet to the same smaller size.

At 100BBs effective it doesn't feel like the best play to me, but I could easily be wrong. It feels like a play that is +chip EV against the button's range, but maybe only a small amount of +EV, but is it the best play?

Anyone who got in prior to 2017 is still up. A LOT.

nit

That was a joke. I'd have thought you would've gotten it considering you deal with videos where Doug pretends to cry about losing money in crypto.

Idk if your joking or not but ranges are way different heads up then 6max, so your video doesn’t really apply.

But yes , I would call or 4 bet smaller.