Re entries make it more fuzzy, but each day I wrote down the first 50 or so games I was going to play (Was using Bankroll Lab to build the schedule). Realize now I can’t find that information so I’m going off the top of my head. Day 1: $13 Day 2: $16 Day 3: $16 Day 4: $22 Day 5: $24 Day 6: $26 So probably around $20? Averaged about 20-22 tables at a time.

5) The Dream Is Alive For years, we’ve heard that the poker dream is dead. The games are unbeatable, the opportunities are gone, and there’s no money left to be made. I don’t believe that. My experience over these six sessions reinforced something I’ve believed for a long time -- there’s still money to be made in poker, particularly at lower stakes, if you’re willing to put in the work. I made $8780 in 68 hours at low-stakes MTTs and I don't believe that number was an aberration. I'm sure certain people will dismiss it as 'run good' despite the advanced metrics saying otherwise. If I'm being honest, I think I ran below expectation. I know that's probably annoying to read, my wife told me to leave that part out. But here's the thing -- I don't even think I'm THAT good. Part of the reason I avoid playing higher is to limit my confrontations with the wizards of poker, the true end bosses. Point is, I think my results -- and my process -- are replicable. I don't think I'm God's gift to poker. I don't think I'm this brilliant person who will be remembered alongside Albert Einstein. I'm just some guy who found out he could click buttons really fast, and often, in the correct order. And if a guy like me could make it work in online poker,, why can't other people? The dream IS alive. But I realize the poker dream means something different to everyone. When I watched Chris Moneymaker win the WSOP Main Event in 2003, I wasn’t thinking about winning one tournament for a life-changing amount of money. My dream was simpler. Here was a game I loved playing. What if I could get good enough to make money at it? What if that hobby could become a side income, and eventually something more? What if I could spend my days doing something I genuinely enjoyed and earn enough to live comfortably? That was my poker dream. And more than 20 years later, I’m living it. So yeah, I'd say the dream is very much alive. That's a wrap on the $2,500 → $10,000 challenge. Thanks to everyone who followed along and supported me. Back to the usual stakes soon, probably with a sprinkle of the lower stakes stuff because of the reasons listed above. Catch you on stream.

My Thoughts on the $2,500 → $10,000 Bankroll Challenge Started this challenge for a few reasons, one of which was to break up the monotony of my grind. I was in the midst of a downswing and thought, how can I do something fun / different without sacrificing too much EV? A short term bankroll challenge made a lot of sense. Plus, I was tired of reading all the 'doom and gloom' posts about the state of online poker. I wanted to prove those people wrong and more importantly, show others that the poker dream is still very much alive. Six days and 562 MTTs later, the challenge is completed. Here's what I learned about the state of low-stakes online poker and the poker dream: 🧵