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I was going to play the second challenge on Grosvenor, but after checking the free rolls out it turned out that they only paid tickets so it wasn’t much good to me.
However, I had 56c on Betsafe on the Microgamming network and I some how managed to grow that passed the $1 mark. Unfortunately I could not get it bang on the $1. So officially it’s $1.02. There is also another weird set up, the site is in € and not $.

Anyway, I have now started and today was my second day. I played for at least a couple of hours on the 1/2c tables both yesterday and today. I managed to grind my $1 into $2.06 yesterday and today I was lucky enough to double my full stack when I turned a full house and was being bet into with two other players. One decided to call my raised shove with me holding the straight to his top pair. I didn’t manage to get my stack to the $5 so I didn’t have to leave like the rules state. However, there’s no real rule in place with my small bankroll. I’m playing the lowest limit and the lowest amount I can take to the table is $1. So the plan is to keep playing these limits with my $1 buy in from now on. When it was $2.06 before the start of play today, I couldn’t have 50% of my total Bankroll on the table, so I went with the full buy in and I was going to keep to that until I had at least $10. That’s how the first challenge started, but I want this to be extra careful. I know it holds me back playing the lowest limit, but it’s the correct decision.
There’s also a weekly free roll with €3000 on offer if you rake 100 hands in a week, if you manage 400 then you get double the starting stack. Unfortunately, I’m unable to play next weekends due to commitments, but that’s what I’m going to aim for on a weekly basis.




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