Hi guys!

Welcome to my €500 to €5000 bankroll challenge. For those who don't know, I'm a full time PLO player, with my main game being 50z, and it all started here. I'd like to give something back, by starting to post some tips to help out newer players. I'd like for it to be a bit more unique and accessible to all, so instead of focusing on the poker, I'm going to focus on general bankroll building tips, such as discussing rakeback structures, using deposit bonuses effectively, and finding the softest games.

Up until now I've primarily played on stars. I would like to branch out from this, as the games are generally tougher, and the lack of rakeback means you get a lot less for the same effort at the low stakes. For players who are trying to build a roll to push higher stakes, playing primarily on stars will delay the process heavily, and potentially even stop it if you can't beat the rake.

I'll keep the roll updated in the main post, I'll also include some graphs if software compatability allows me to!

I would like to do this for two reasons mainly. The first is I'd like to give something back to the community. In terms of the people I've met in poker and the help I've had along the way, I've been incredibly lucky, and most of this came from RIO forums, which is also why I've chosen to do this on this site specifically. The second is that before poker, I wanted to be a math teacher, and while I love what I'm doing at the moment, I do miss that side of things, so starting to help out newer players could be a real sweet spot for me.

I'm not going to set any time limits or volume goals specifically just yet. Without knowing how much volume I can get at certain times on certain sites, it'll be difficult to say exactly what I can play right now. I will however be moving my attention to this full time, and this will be most, if not all of my poker playing until it's done. I'm really excited about bringing you guys this!

GLGL!

Current roll: €570
Challenge started: 1/9/2018
Last Updated: 1/13/2018