$50 Challenge

You may have heard of some poker pros trying to turn some ridiculously small amount of money (like $10) into $100,000. Well… that’s not my challenge. What I am going to do is turn a $50 bankroll into $1,000 by playing strictly micro stakes 6-max games. I’m doing this for two reasons. One, I want to show that it can be done, and two, I want to get a feel for the micro stakes games again.

This is the same challenge that I will be posing to all of the beginning poker players that join this site. I don’t want you depositing $500 or $1,000 in a site to start playing low stakes. I want you to deposit $50 or $100, (or less if you’re willing to start off at the REALLY micro stakes) and turn it into a substantial bankroll over time. If I pose a challenge to you, I better make sure I can do it first. I also plan on making several training videos based on these sessions.

My plan is to start off using aggressive bankroll management and playing .05/.10 NL 6-max and moving up to .10/.25 as quickly as possible. If I fall below a level that I’m comfortable at, I’ll drop down and start playing lower stakes. Since I’ll be playing only about half an hour a day, I expect this challenge to take me quite awhile, provided that I don’t go busto in the first week.

I’ll post regular updates on this challenge under Blogs>Challenge until I either lose or hit the $1k mark. I’ll be sure to include my profit graphs and any interesting hands/sessions.