10k challenge

DBC2007

hey, im kinda new to boards but basically im startin a 10k challenge on gjp. http://chrisardis.blogspot.com/ this is a link to my blog for any of you who are interested. all comments appreciated thanks. details of myself and how i came about playin online poker as kinda semipro lol can be found here. thanks all and gl at the tables. for anyone wondering what the 10k challenge is. its bassically i start of with nothing in that acount (as i play boylesports ft ps) and try and get it to 10k.

DBC2007

DBC2007 wrote: »

hey, im kinda new to boards but basically im startin a 10k challenge on gjp.

Kinda new? Post 1 seems pretty new.

Welcome anyway. Good luck with the 10k challenge but, what are the terms? Time limit? What level are you playing at? What kind of results have you had?

If you are just doing this to win the 10k then it's not really a challenge so much as what every online player is doing more or less. The challenge element only arises if you say something like "I'll do it in 6 months" and then take bets against you doing it, or start from €0 and try and spin it up via freerolls etc.

Lazare

Good luck with it. What's the details btw, levels etc..

cooker3

Took me 2 and a half years!

Theresalwaysone

I could make it if i keep running like god.

cooker3

Theresalwaysone wrote: »

I could make it if I don't go on super money tilt

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Theresalwaysone

cooker3 wrote: »

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DBC2007

thanks for the support people. yea i shuda give more details. basically im trying to have it done b4 xmas. most people ive heard have allowed a year but ill try and put 3hrs in a day. and yes im starting with nothing in the account so 10cent giveaways lol will have to go well in order to get somethin goin. im startin tonight so ill put up a post later on my blog http://chrisardis.blogspot.com/ which i hope to update about twice a week. thanks again:)

Theresalwaysone

DBC2007 wrote: »

thanks for the support people. yea i shuda give more details. basically im trying to have it done b4 xmas. most people ive heard have allowed a year but ill try and put 3hrs in a day. and yes im starting with nothing in the account so 10cent giveaways lol will have to go well in order to get somethin goin. im startin tonight so ill put up a post later on my blog http://chrisardis.blogspot.com/ which i hope to update about twice a week. thanks again:)

Your starting with nothing? Why? Why not start with 400dollars and play 20nl?

Wow.... I would rather scratch my eyeballs out that do it from 0

DBC2007

yea i no wat u mean. of course that would be easier but i want it to be as hard as possible which means if done it will be a really good thing. anyone could get 400 up to 10k with a good run but if u start with nothing you kinda have to grind the whole way. another rule is i only play tornament if i can pay for 20 goes and sng if i can pay for 5 of them. ill try and keep cash to a low as i think there a scud on my account when it comes to cash.

jimmii

It took Chris Ferguson 18 months or something to do this if you can do by Christmas that would be amazing.

Pulsar Eagle

lol just about to post the same thing jimmii.
Any way good luck with the chalenge DBC.

cardshark202

DBC2007

lol gud one cardshark:pac:. but ill hope to prove u wrong.

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

best of luck with it sounds like a form of self inflicted torture though

zuutroy

yeah starting from 0 sounds like an absolute nightmare.

DBC2007

yea fran i think your right there:pac:..well i know the lower stakes will be anyway. thaks anyway though. its a shame i didnt get on quick enough to buy some of your %. ive seen you play live quite a bit now and hope you get a result in vegas.

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

DBC2007 wrote: »

yea i no wat u mean. of course that would be easier but i want it to be as hard as possible which means if done it will be a really good thing. anyone could get 400 up to 10k with a good run but if u start with nothing you kinda have to grind the whole way. another rule is i only play tornament if i can pay for 20 goes and sng if i can pay for 5 of them. ill try and keep cash to a low as i think there a scud on my account when it comes to cash.

don't want to be mean or anything - but this type of writing is not going to make your blog 'must read'

jimmii

I'd prefer to do WGCs one over this. If you are good enough to get from $0-$10k by Christmas then you are good enough to beat 25nl/50nl 3 or 4 times that over the same period. You could set up a challnge to make more part time playing low stakes poker than working an average full time job!

jimmii

Roundtower2 wrote: »

don't want to be mean or anything - but this type of writing is not going to make your blog 'must read'

So basically change the way you write and change the challenge and you have a good blog!

DBC2007

what would you reccomend roundtower. i plan to start my own blog with my personal game but this is just for this particular thing nothing else. but i do get where u are coming from.

DBC2007

jimmii exp[ain cause i didnt get that:pac:..playing low stakes is the whole point. do you mean just do like a spinup.

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

jimmii wrote: »

So basically change the way you write and change the challenge and you have a good blog!

lol, boards.ie - helping people to be better people

hotspur

There's only 2 reasons why anyone ever does this:
1) As part of prop bets which makes it financially worth the effort
2) They have no bankroll and are randomers

Going from 5k to 100k is a lot more rewarding than going from 0 to 10k imo.

cokedrinker

[nick] did something similar starting from a free $10 http://10dollarchallenge.blogspot.com/

It will be a nightmare grinding the uber micro stakes!

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DBC2007 wrote: »

what would you reccomend roundtower. i plan to start my own blog with my personal game but this is just for this particular thing nothing else. but i do get where u are coming from.

first thing - best of luck with the challenge

i was just saying that you need a better style of writing if you want people to actually read your blog. txt speak is for text messages.

jimmii

DBC2007 wrote: »

jimmii exp[ain cause i didnt get that:pac:..playing low stakes is the whole point. do you mean just do like a spinup.

A lot of people would love the idea of being a poker "pro" but just assume that they need to play pretty high to do it. You could have a challenge where by you played a set number of hours a week (say 15) and you set yourself a target profit ($30kish) not a massive number but not much less than a lot of people are earning. Most people do these playing cash games to show that you can grind out a solid living 24 tabling and playing abc be interesting to see how it would work out with tournaments as it would be super swingy.

jimmii

Roundtower2 wrote: »

lol, boards.ie - helping people to be better people

go team

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

DBC2007 wrote: »

yea fran i think your right there:pac:..well i know the lower stakes will be anyway. thaks anyway though. its a shame i didnt get on quick enough to buy some of your %. ive seen you play live quite a bit now and hope you get a result in vegas.

Have i played with u, know u?

DBC2007

yes i get what you mean now roundtower. and hotspur the reason i am doing this is simple. it is something that if done is a good achievement plus you cant do your doe as you had none to start with. yea sure i could sit into a 5-10 game with a grand but wheres the challenge?? and yes your right about the prop bets. i do have a few on with mates and fellow poker players who gave me a nice price:D

DBC2007

i know what you mean jimmii but this is just extra. i already play online full time on boylesports. and im putting 2-3hrs a day into this. you might not no me fran but ive been to drogheda a few times just. thats were ive seen you play deepstack festival etc.

jimmii

Are you going to play a site that gives you free money to start or actually start with $0. It would be so sick if you did it. Best of luck with it I will keep an eye on it for sure. When are you planning on starting?

DBC2007

im doing it on gjp as it has 10cent giveaways lol. and yes starting from scrath mate.

jimmii

DBC2007 wrote: »

i know what you mean jimmii but this is just extra. i already play online full time on boylesports. and im putting 2-3hrs a day into this. you might not no me fran but ive been to drogheda a few times just. thats were ive seen you play deepstack festival etc.

Ah I see. This would be a fun side thing to do then. What sort of price are you looking for on doing it? What are the games like on boyles is it the sort of standard we have come to expect from poker rooms on sports betting sites!

Tar.Aldarion

If you are looking for money then don't do it, for a challenge definitely do it. Start with 0 baby, I like that stuff. I'm on 2nl on one site and 5nl on another trying to build from 0. It's like starting with a conference team in a football manager, I just have to do it and build up for the challenge.

jimmii

You could always challenge your friends in a total profit bet. Three of them vs just you at the same stakes that would be fun.

DBC2007

boylesports is pretty bad now for 3-4 outers and stuff. but you hit as many as u recieve so it balances out. well one of my mates give me 50/1. yea tar.aldarion it is just a challenge but the money would come in handy as a buyin etc for ept or something. good luck with yours to.

Theresalwaysone

This guy is a level. Definitely.

jimmii

DBC2007 wrote: »

50/1

Wow your friend has belief in you! If you are on $9910 with a day to go give me a shout we'll play a $100 HU I swear I will try......

DBC2007

whats a level. remember i aint been on poker boards before

jimmii

Theresalwaysone wrote: »

This guy is a level. Definitely.

It would be a pretty lame one really.

jimmii

DBC2007 wrote: »

whats a level. remember i aint been on poker boards before

Basically a wind up.

DBC2007

yes thats what i thought:pac:. well think what you like but its true. and i dont even see what i could be winding you up about.

Tight Ted

I would only attempt this if I was already very wealthy from poker and had achieved a lot. There's so many other pokergoals I'd want to achieve before this. This is a lot of work with very little relative financial reward (as you've already said, you could make this in a week playing 5/10). If you achieve this fair play to you, you're definitely one of the top online players in the country.

jimmii

When are you starting? If you are just going to play on Boyles how many freerolls do they have a day? Is it going to be possible to fit enough in to get going? I think Ferguson took 7 or 8 months to get upto a couple of dollars! Once he got it up to $20 or so it was easy it was the first few that took forever.

DBC2007

thanks ted but im definately not saying im one of the best. dont want you thinking im like that. i just make a good amount from it and this is like a hobby if you will or as i have been saying a challenge

DBC2007

no im doing it on green joker poker. they have like 10cent SnG 10 players 1st-5c 2nd-3c 3rd-2c and work from there. they are capped at 25 per day so its just getting started i guess is the hard part.

jimmii

If you can get from $0-$10k in that time frame then you are without doubt one of the best in the country.

califano

Dentists are very cheap in Banbridge arent they, i went there to get a crown as they rip you off in Dublin for things like crowns.

jimmii

rounders123 wrote: »

Dentists are very cheap in Banbridge arent they, i went there to get a crown as they rip you off in Dublin for things like crowns.

Some Nigerian guy told me he'd sell me a Crown if I sent him $10k as he was a Prince or something. He ripped me off too. Nothing to do with Dublin though.

DBC2007

not sure rounders:pac: sorry..i know that portadown are good but for dentists