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£500 to £5000..the 'challenge' is abandoned
Hi dev
Hope your keeping well,I think you should have a go.
What levels?
£5:50 to start and then upto £11:00 I suggest
How have you been running since the last challenge finished?
Lee
Comments
well maybe?
been thinking about starting a new challenge.
had a few weeks off from playing seriously anyway,since finishing my last £40 to £1000 DYM challenge,
and had this crazy idea which just came to me...
£500 to £5000... another DYM challenge?
should i take it on?
especially so soon after my last challenge?
if i do...
it will begin on November 1st/2012.
anyway....
i'll leave it with you....
i don't want to 'hog the GPC' section again...
"might be able to give 'Wacko' a run for his money though" lols
"what a great achievement....£100 to £1000 in 5 days.now he's looking for £10,000. ah...maze...in.
best wishes with that btw Wacko...i'm sure you can do it."
btw...
i didn't know of 'Wacko's' new challenge until now,so please don't think that this in any way would be a rival challenge or anything...it's purely coincidental.
"could be fun though...not that i expect to be able to keep anywhere near him...
in fact,his could even be over b4 mine has begun." lolz
best wishes...
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dev
It'll all be contained in one thread, so in no way will that hog GPC. Ayway, your last challenge thread was very popular, I'm sure the new would be too.
Good luck!
i'm good m8,ty for asking.
yes i will start off playing 3x£5 & 6x£3 tables to start off with and see how we go from there.
if i can either win or break even from the £5's..great. c4p will be good,and i can either add more or less as i go.
i know i should be ok playing the £3's...touch wood,so that's my starting plan...if i go with it that is.
if i can get up to £1000 then i will start to think about adding an £11 table and again see how that goes.
it's all easy in theory,but not quite so easy to execute,as i found out previously. lols
anyway,as with my last challenge,i'll give it my best shot and that's all i can ask of myself.
since sept 20th date last challenge finished,had 6 whole days off, lols,(apart from a few freerolls)then
played some more £5 dym's...badly lols.i worked it out the other day to about £30-£40 down in total,so still not cracked them yet!!!(but i live in hope!!!)
b/roll was £569 now it's at £729(with £48.38 c4p to come), so not to bad.( but that includes £97.50 from Ryder Cup win.)
anyway,that's all for now mate,
hope you are good too & winning a few bob. lol
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dev
set the bar high, i like it
thanks mate.
yes,i'm confident that it can be done,but knowing how much it takes out of oneself ,as i'm sure you know only to well,is my biggest concern.
if i go ahead with it,i might even or have to have a break 1/2 way through i think,which i'm sure would be ok,even if it was just for a week or two.
anyway,nothing has been fully decided yet,so i've still got time to change my mind. lol
(yes,you know that 'ain't going to happen too. lol)
hope that you are good mate.
what's next for you?
still thinking about u no wot? lol
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dev
just hope it's not to high. lol
"keep up the good work yourself mate...
ONLY 11 MORE DAYS TO GO" lol
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thanks mate.
i know i would be if i was him. lol
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dev
yes,i know it 's no 'gimmy' and you could well be right.
but 2nd worst case scenario...i play £3 games for the next 8 to 10 years and get it that way.
or worst case...i quit. lols
"not the end of the world,is it."
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+1 to a break, in fact I'd advocate taking a short break (a few days) as often as once a month. Just because you're on a BR challenge doesn't mean you're obliged to play every single day. Your target is reach a number regardless of how long it takes, not to do something within a fixed time limit. Breaks will keep you fresh, this quest will probably take well over a year, there's no way just one break would be enough in my opinion.
yes,of course you are quite right...as always,there is no time limit,well i can't take forever i guess....i am knocking on a bit,53 atm. lol
having a break either each month or every so often does seem a very good idea,and one i will probably need to take...even if only to keep me from going completely mad. lol
as to how long it could take...
yes,a year is probably as you say just about the minimum i think,even allowing for me moving up levels,and i know even that won't be easy.
thanks Gary for the great advice.
hopefully will be able to chat about it some more near xmas time....over a beer or two. lol
best wishes,
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i'm definitely in two minds atm,which is a bit worrying.
my competitive side says go my sensible side says no.
think i will have to wait until the end of the month to decide.
ty mate,
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dev
Whatever you decide good luck buddy.
Regards
Mick
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dev
i'm sure you would make it - but why set yourself up for a challenge that might last years!
you can come up with a more succinct challenge - and one that would truly be worthy of you.
ie 500 double or quits - but only playing 11 dyms
thanks for posting again.
do you honestly think it could take me years to get 5k?
also,why would you suggest me playing the £11's when i'm only just starting to 'get to grips' with the £5's?
my plan would be to move up a level once i get the 100 buy-ins,so i'd hope to be playing or at least trying the £11's when up to 1k.
i've honestly no idea how long it might take or if i would ever be good enough to get to the higher levels,but i see no reason why not,as let's be honest we are not talking 'rocket science' here.
how about this as a compromise...£500 to £2500 with a view to review after that?
dev
I mean, I assume you'd continue to play on and make as much money as possible for as long as you enjoy the game, so this isn't really going out of your way to do anything different. Don't get me wrong, there's absolutely nothing wrong with that but you've been playing DYMs since the end of your last challenge and making profit anyway.
Probably just me being really pedantic, but it's more of a diary than an actual challenge lol.
But yeah I think you definitely shouldn't worry too much about the difference between £3s and £5s. I used to play £5s and I don't think there's much difference in difficulty between them and £3s, although one main difference is obviously the monetary swings you can go through and if that affects you then it's tough.
With the volume you're capable of you could make a really really sick amount of ££ just from C4P by playing £5s all the time.
Good luck whatever you decide!
ty for posting m8.
true,i think it is basically a diary but i think it also counts as a 'challenge' in as much as i've given a specific target figure to aim for,and also with some plan behind it.
yes,i could just carry on grinding as i have been doing,but it seems to me that i've got no real purpose or ambitions,and no 'real incentive' for the game.at least with this,i would have a starting and finishing point...again.
yes,we are all aiming to make some money i guess...i'm just aiming a little higher....that's all.
best wishes,
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Say you were playing 10 tables of £5s which sounds more than do-able from your previous exploits that means you're playing roughly 20 per games per hour, so earning 100 points per hour.
From what I've seen you can put some sick volume in so I'd say at the rate above, it'd be fairly easy for you to get priority every single month, so that's £280 per month, £310 per month once you've been there for 3 months, and that's based on 10k points.
To get 10k points you'll be playing 2000 games per month, so 'investing' £11,000 so even if you had a 1% ROI, you'd be making £110 per month. I'm sure you could beat a 1% ROI but even with them numbers that gives you £400+ profit per month.
GL
gl drrungood
Best of luck in whatever you decide mate. Have fun.
what you say pretty much confirms my thoughts.
if i can make priority and even with a minimum ROI,i was thinking it would get me around the £400 a month mark.
i am leaning towards 'going for it' atm,but if i do then i have decided i won't be posting each day,as i did on my last challenge,but will maybe post results either weekly or possibly even monthly.
anyway,will just see how things go 'as and when'
thanks again for your thoughts...appreciated.
dev
so
i'm sorry too if my reply seemed a little negitive.
i'm getting the feeling that what i am thinking of doing is not being perceived as 'a challenge' which i am finding hard to deal with tbh.
if i was to carry on 'grinding'then why would anyone be interested in this,of course they wouldn't,and it would then maybe come across as a kind of 'brag' post,wouldn't it?
but as i am giving specific figures here,which less face it are on the 'big' side,by that i mean i am attempting to increase my b/roll 10 fold,which isn't exactly a bad thing imo,or exactly 'easy' either.
ok,so let's not call this 'a challenge' then and simply call it 'just another grind'
if we are all happy with that?...then i'm happy too.
as for the £11's....
yes,i could go down that route i guess.
i'm sure it would be exciting and also frustrating too at times for me,but do i really want that?
isn't this all about 1 thing and 1 thing only...trying to reach £5,000?
but why risk it playing the £11's when 'my way' is almost 100% certain to succeed....i think!!!
anyway...
i thing is certain..."i can't please all of the people all of the time" so i'll give up trying.
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dev
i wouldn't even take 5000/1 on myself... lol
think that says it all.
nice idea though.
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dev
very nice words.
i just don't want people thinking...oh,here he goes again....same old same old...i could do that if i wanted to...
sort of thing.
because it really isn't like that.i think i am the sort of guy that simply 'get's bored' with the usual day in day out kind of 'grind' stuff ...believe it or not,unless...i have a reason to 'grind'...such as this would give me.
i get lazy without these kind of targets i set myself and i need them to keep on pushing myself forwards.
maybe my next one will be £5000 to £50,000...who knows?
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ty buddy.the plan atm is just DYM but i guess there is no reason why i shouldn't play the odd 'tournie' here & there.maybe on Sunday evenings i'll have a night off from dym and see what tournies catch my good eye.
only played a few 'timed tournies' but made a profit from them.
don't know if it would be possible to make a great return from them,but i guess like everything else...it's all beatable.i just find DYM suits my game the best so i've obviously stuck with them.
i did play a little nl4 cash last Friday & Saturday..6 tables, just for a change...think i ended up losing £0.03 lol.
good point you make at the end...'have fun'...always enjoy it mate..good days & bad...they go together hand in hand.
best wishes
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