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05-25-05, 04:47 PM
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Welcome to the TPF BBC (Bankroll Building Contest)...
I came up with an interesting idea for a friendly competition the other day. I don't have the details worked out, but here are the basics...
I think we should have a bankroll building contest. Everyone who participates will start with exactly $25. Everyone is free to do with it what he or she chooses, but the contest will go on until someone has turned that $25 into a significantly higher amount of money (say, $500?). The winner will be determined by how many hands it takes (not time) to accomplish this task. You are free to play any limit of any poker game. The only thing you must do is keep track of the number of hands you play. You can sit down with any amount up to your exact total ($25 to start). Obviously, everyone will need to keep records and this will all be done on the honor system. Let's say people have to post in this thread when they start and stop each session (that way, others are free to observe them play), and in the post at the end of the session, they need to say what their current bankroll is. If and when you bust out (I think most of us will bust out before hitting $500), post your total hands played. In other words: ----- Starting session 1. Current Bankroll: $25. Total Hands Played: 0. Table 12345. Sitting down with $25. ----- and then later ----- Ending Session 1. Current Bankroll: $43.50. Total Hands Played: 122. ----- or in Aeq's case: ----- Ending Session 1. Current Bankroll: $0. Total Hands Played: 14. ----- If you reload at all during your session (say your bankroll was $43.50 and you only sat with $25, you would still have up to $18.50 to reload with), just post when you do. That way, no one will suspect anyone of any funny business. To make things more interesting, we could have a little side bet going where everyone chips in $x and the winner takes it down. I think we should pass on that for now though, since it complicates things.... This is more of a low stakes bankroll building experiment than it is about the money, obviously. We'll end the contest at a set date (maybe abount a month after the start) or when everyone is busted, whichever comes first. If we all bust, the winner can either be the person who lasted the most hands or the one who peaked at the highest $ amount. If someone does get to $500, that doesn't mean they win... someone else could still get there in fewer hands. I think this will be fun. So, what do you guys think? Anyone interested? If so, let's work out the details and then kick it off on June 1st. Maybe I'll throw in a poker book for the winner (assuming they are a trusted regular here - someone with 250+ posts). |
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05-25-05, 05:31 PM
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I don't see why not. The idea of the experiment is to turn $25 int $500 as quickly as possible... How you do that is up to you.
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05-25-05, 06:04 PM
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What should we do about bonuses? Should we ignore them, or include them? We should probably ignore them. Otherwise, I'm taking mt $25 straight to Noble and paying myself a $50 bonus without even playing a hand, as per this:
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#8
05-25-05, 07:13 PM
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One of the Prima sites did something like this a while back. The BIG difference was that there were restrictions as to the limits you could play based on your bankroll. This eliminated the possibility of someone taking their $25 and getting 5-6 lucky hands at a limit far above the level that bankroll belongs at.
Seems that with all the chastising people take for playing above their bankroll around here rewarding someone who gets lucky with that would be ironic. Sounds like a cool idea, I will play no matter what, but I think adding something to follow the 300 BB guidelines (move up to the next level when you get to milestones, move back down levels when you fall below the bankroll for the level you are playing) would keep this about skill, not luck. |
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05-25-05, 07:27 PM
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.04*300 = $12
.10*300 = $30 .20*300 = $60 .50*300 = $150 $1*300 = $300 You could use somewhere between 200 and 300 BB as a range for a given level as I am sure there are 90% out there who don't want to go play .02/04 or .05/.10 (even though that is where this should start). For those that are interested what limits would you likely play? I guess my thoughts were that someone who doesn't care about the possibility of losing $25 will jump into a $25 NL table and hit a few good hands then jump over to $1/2 or $2/$4 and be done with this in a day or two. Last edited by BlibbityBlabbity; 05-25-05 at 07:31 PM. |
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