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Originally Posted by .isolated
Doug wasn't averaging anything close to 10 hours/day for every session. Maybe 8 of those sessions were 10. The majority were between 4 and 6.
I didn't say that he did average 10 hours per session, someone else gave those numbers. I only tried to point out that the challenge lasted for more than 2 years, and about 70% of his "bankroll" occurred in the last 12 hours.
I'm not saying anything bad about Doug, I certainly don't think that Charlie is anywhere near Doug's level when it comes to cash games.
But whatever Doug's final hourly was, it was incredibly low for more than 2 years. And I know that he only played x number of sessions over the more than 2 year period, but imo, the most important and difficult part of such a challenge, especially for someone at Doug's skill level, is simply sitting down everyday, fighting the boredom and frustration that comes from earning such a low hourly, and then grinding through it successfully.
Doug didn't do this at all, he played sparsely for more than 2 years, and when he did play, he was just taking shots until he finally hit a home run. That's not what the challenge was suppose to be in the beginning. And that's not what Charlie intends to do. But it wasn't what Doug intended to do either, and maybe Charlie will change the spirit of his challenge also. But I hope not.