How I Turned $100 Into $10,000 Playing Poker
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2018
- At long last, I have finished the $10,000 Bankroll Challenge. Let's take a look back at this 2-year journey, recount the many high and low points, take away some lessons on how to build a bankroll at these stakes, and decide where I'm going from here.
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Upswing Article on Bankroll Challenge:
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Subscribe for more wsop vlog, news, comedy, and hand breakdowns. Poker Hands is the show where Doug analyzes live poker hands from tv poker shows such as Poker After Dark, EPT (European Poker Tour), High Stakes Poker, the World Series of Poker (WSOP), the Aussie Millions, WPT (World Poker Tour) the Big One For One Drop, and the PCA (Pokerstars Carribean Adventure). He especially enjoys reviewing hands by popular high stakes pros like Viktor "Isildur" Blom, Fedor Holz, Dan Cates (Jungleman), Tom "Durrrr" Dwan, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, and Daniel Negreanu. - Ігри
Believe or not I actually managed to turn $2800 into $23.79 one time in only 4 Days in Atlantic City!
Sounds believable. I hope you at least stayed at Fox Manor. It's the 'in' place to stay when you're headed for bankruptcy. Hey!, how is it down there since they reopened those two megas on the north end? Dying to go and check it out again but my local dive keeps tempting me with crazy offers.
You sound like a big winner. Come play at my table, I teach you good.
i am literally dead
@@ecosse1982 - Zombie alert!!
@@biggawinnacrapsa3870 can we play knock rummy instead for cigarettes?
Congrats. I did the $100 into zero a few times. I also decided to retire :)
Lol
I retired too, but occasionally I still love to go to the casino, handle some chips, make some bluffs and make some reads. It’s an awesome game! Never give it up completely
,,Never ever and ever give up" - Donald J. Trump
LOL I've been swinging from $20-$60-$20 for over two months now and I'm starting to think if it's profitable anymore.
@@gustavo_fernandez227 bruh he went bankrupt
Now do $10,000 to $1,000,000 challenge
That will be a lot harder cuz you'll face actually good poker players, you can get to 10k$ playing still very small tournaments, multi-tabling etc, but if you play high stakes i assume most players will be lot better.
Elven Mage Jr Easy, turbo. The next-step challenge would be $10,000 to $100,000.
THIS!!
He already has..
He didn’t even do 10k challenge. He gambled cause he can’t beat 6 max cash games. He had to play mtts making excuse rake to high. He has to many leaks
*Wins the challenge.*
*Gets AA instantly on the next hand*
Clemens? Wow was machst du denn hier 😂
😂😂😂😂
Poker: Psyche. Welcome back to being coolered
Thank you for the best humor, strategy and editing that UA-cam poker has ever seen. You will be missed.
Jeff Boski Bahski!!!!!
Second that. Love you man. Your editing savage and funny as hell !
Jeff I am literally replying to this comment before I even watch dougs video because UA-cam growth articles say to interact with bigger youtubers so: aodaspojds!
humor? you must have a very weak sense of humor
he isnt dead lol
So much amazing content. Thanks for years of awesome value.
gg
i love you doug
you cool
gg dude
GG pal. Thanks for so much
Your gf is pretty hot
See ya Doug. I’ve followed you since the 2016 SHRB, will continue to follow you into the future. You’re an interesting and funny man
I’m so glad I got to watch you finish the challenge in stream. Thanks for everything Doug and good luck going forward.
Thank you Doug for the countless hours of poker hand breakdowns. I can't tell you how much of a major impact you have had on improving my game. Best of luck with your future bud
beat wishes for all future ventures. thanks very much for dedicating your time to the channel. I know your own poker drive may no longer be burning, However watching your channel has definitely reignited mine. GG
You are a huge inspiration to me! Thanks for being awesome, being funny, and putting out so much content over the last few years. Best of luck on your future endeavors.
Thanks Doug. You've inspired me to do my own 100 day sober challenge (ends Oct 19!) and now you have demonstrated that the poker dream of grinding your way up in stakes is still possible. I can't thank you enough for sticking it out and finishing this challenge.
I turned $3,200 into air on bovada in one day.... felt awesome
I’ve achieved this feat as well.
Thank you Doug for all your content that you have given the poker community! Congrats on your wins, and hopefully one day in the future you will come back. :)
Congrats Doug, knew you'd get there in the end. Knew you'd move on when you did but still surprisingly emotional to be here. Thanks for all the good times, hope you find "the next thing" and that you run good whatever it may be. Was fun, thanks again!
I loved this challenge! To watch a real poker pro take on such a challenge with all of UA-cam watching is insane. Through the highs, screaming expletives and berating opponents, and lows, screaming expletives and berating opponents, the challenge shows that Doug will always have a passion for the game. I know he's not going to be active anymore, so it was a nice send off from a fantastic youtuber and poker pro. Thanks Doug, the content is as always, phenomenal
He won't last 2 months away from the tables. He'll start drinking again and all hell will break loose.
I almost never comment of videos Doug but I just wanted to say (and hopeful I speak for the majority of your viewers) I have nothing but support for you. You do what makes you happy and that's that. Your content is hilarious and we will always keep watching. All the best
Thanks Doug for adding so much to the poker community especially over the last few years. I was already interested and playing slightly more than a rec level but your UA-cam content and now the lab has progressed my playing ability to make this part time hobby of mine even more fun and profitable. I am going to miss some of the more hilarious poker content as well but hope to see a few of those vids from time to time. I am sure you will be a crusher in whatever direction you choose for the future.
It's a good journey. It's great that you're connected to yourself in a deep way, and honest enough to admit that the fire wasn't there anymore. I'm excited for what lies ahead for you!
Thank you for all the content and entertainment in the last years. Best of luck for your upcoming endeavors and looking forward for more videos about whatever topic you enjoy.
Congratulations Doug! I do believe if I made it and had a satisfying life (meaning freedom) there would be no need to grind 😉 Just happy you showed us it is possible!
Such a good troll Negreanu's masterclass is the add leading into this video hahaha
even better of a troll today
Appreciate all the content you've created. The best, most interesting, funniest poker content full stop!
Thanks for the journey and all the content Doug! Much love, and good luck with the new adventures! Will definently keep an eye on what you are up to, cheers
Always love you stuff, good luck with your future endeavors, hope to see you back the tables one day
I just turned 21 and started playing poker last week. Spent 81 hours last week (Tue-Sun) studying poker theory and practicing online. Went to the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh for my first live game 1/3 blinds. Stacked some regs and was up ~$450. Thanks for all of the advice and hand analysis!
I then proceeded to lose a big hand, along with my nerves and tilted ending the night at -$300
I know the feeling. The swings are crazy. I had a 10 hr session and flopped 5 sets and lost all 5. Super bad run outs!! Lost to 4 flushes and 1 straight 😡😡
Ur reg sir
I'm a 17 y/o chilean, I first went to a casino about 3 months ago with a friend's who looks like me identity card, and it was so slow I lost patience and $400 :) anyway, I have covered it with online poker
Classie issue. But don't step back. Work on your game. It's not a reason to leave your efforts to nothing
Where do you study poker theory? I am looking forward to get the Upswing lab but i don’t know where to learn now.
20:20 Amen Doug! Appreciate the dedication and commitment to your word! This is why you will always have me as a huge fan.
I've enjoyed the ride. Thanks for all that you've done for the community Doug! GG!!
Doug you by far had the best poker instructional videos ever made. I really enjoyed them and loved the insight into hands you would give. Thank you.
Best wishes for your journey into your new chapter of life, hope you find happiness.
wow I cant believe it. I get it because when anything becomes a grind ... well it sux. You are such a great person for the development of the whole game "Poker", and I hope that you continue to help improve the game in ways that propel viewership and participation of the game - world wide. If that is not for you then I hope the best; because when people have good values, and understanding of motivations of others (combined with a good heart) you will go very far in anything that you want to do.
Just let me know when the next home-game is 😎😀😁🤞👍
Best of luck man, and thanks for all of the great videos and commentary, I'll definitely be checking out your other/new content, rock on
I got famous from playing poker on television a decade ago and retired as well. Like you, I just didn't enjoy it anymore. And it's really hard to grind the day to day when the passion isn't there. So I wish you well in your journey Doug. You seem to have a good spirit about you.
Every time I get a bluff through on the river, I thank you. You are the GOAT!
Congrats Doug! Motivation!!!!!!!!!!!
Doug just wanted to say thank you for the content. Watching your videos has inspired me to get back to playing. Glad you are walking way from the game on your terms and looking forward to seeing your next endeavor. Cheers!
We love you, Doug. Thanks for all the awesome content. You've helped me step up my poker game a lot and I wish you all the best in your future endeavours. Take it easy bro!
4:43 lmaooo “we got first place”, “out of all the places” haha
Currently doing my own bankroll challenge 10 into 1000 at 72.41
You also making a video? Or just for yourself?
@@doysgermian9287 just for myself
goodluck sir. Enjoy the grind!
I'm going to try to turn this $2 into 200 million in Wednesday's drawing.
@@biggawinnacrapsa3870 remember me if you do!
Doug, it was a big pleasure for me to watch all your videos. You inspired me a lot and i'm grateful for that. I will also miss your humor, you're the best :D Thank's again !
Hey Doug. I know I'm super late, but huge respect for you for stepping away on a high note and doing what makes you happy as opposed to just mindlessly grinding yourself into dust. Going to miss your content, but props to you for going for it, making it, and knowing when to call it quits. Wish you the best.
Sucks you’re shifting away from the game, but I appreciate all the content you’ve created. You’re truly a great person, hilarious while controversial. But you’re such a real person that doesn’t fear speaking his mind. This is gay and deep but I see you being successful doing whatever you attempt, you’ve got the drive that others don’t
Much appreciated Rolando, that's what I like to aim for. (Will still be making some vids here though!)
Or deep
Just don't be deep in gay.
@@MntRprznt Fucking hell 😂
M3nt2 R3pr3z3nt Wow you are so out of pocket 😆 😆 😆
It's time for the 10,000 to 10,000,000. You can do it. I'll be rooting for you.
Doug, i appreciate all the content, been super entertaining and fun, sucks you wont be playing as much, but do whatever makes you happy, you have definitely earned it!! GG Bro!
Thank you so much for all the laughs and interesting insight you have provided us with over the years. Good luck with all your future endeavours!
How can you retire when Unfold Poker is just getting started?
Pokerstars are removing it already. Epic fail for them.
Anthony Nappi he he 👍
I never bothered to try it. I just want to play classic hold em. The game with the power ups is fun tho I have to admit!
“We got first place, out of all the places”
😂😂👍
Good for you Doug. Enjoyed your videos and will continue to follow up with your future endeavors
Its been fun watching you Doug! At the end of the day they only person you have to look in the mirror is yourself. You do what's best for you. Good luck in your future endeavors.
There is a line in poker history... before and after Doug polk dude! Simply the best rep of a trully grinder! Hope we can see u soon! Vamoooo
big big fan here, also you probably dont remember but, im a UPSWING LAB creation and lots of our YT contents for brazilian came from you! Sure i signed lots of others "poker schools" but i REALLY identify my self with u man! Logical thougth with sense of humor and concience rep your image step by step.... i followbefore this poker challenge and said in BR comunity about you and how promisse you where... and now we are here dude... you definently a inpiration for poker comunity and u diserve to hear! MA BEST in any project u wanna get into! you will make it happen man! big fan, but man, why dont u play at pokerstar ????
GG! vamoooo
you could always take over my position at the airport. i parked jets. they let me go, though, because i kept locking the keys in them. one day i was out there on an 86 foot high step ladder trying to get in the window with a coat hanger. that was the last straw for them and i was terminated.
Can't tell if sarcasm or not
@@lucasng4712 can't figure out if airplanes have keys or not
planes dont have keys
Stick to space cowboy, you don't know anything about planes.
You see a lot of 86 foot high step ladders where you live? How about jet cockpits that are 80+ feet off the ground?
Doug...i appreciate everything you’ve done for poker. You’ve helped me and millions of others so much. Keep doing what you love and believe in and you’ll be just fine.
Total respect brother! I wish you nothing but a successful future. Thank you for many hours of great entertainment on the vlogs. Keep on rocking forward! ✌
Screw hand histories, I wanna see how many times the giveaway was mentioned
Great achievement. Congrats.
Thanks as always ^^
Thanks for all the content Doug. Learnt a lot from you. Good luck!
Bazam!! Congrats on the challenge and thanks for all the free top notch content. GL and best wishes for the future.
" also i knew one of my strengths was 10 tabling cash games " fukn beast doug chug one
And let that be THE lesson here boys and girls - quit while your ahead - well done Doug
Here's another lesson, boys and girls: when you write something where you are trying to say 'you are' but want to use the contraction, you write 'you're' instead of 'your' so that you don't come off sounding like an ignorant moron.
Bigga Winna Crapsa That’s fair. You’re an asshole. I’m working on my contraction game.
Someone in twitch chat told me Dougs quitting because he is broke
Luke Merrett - and you believed it!! Here's a hint: when someone is smart enough to take 1st in a poker tournament whose 1st prize is 3.7 million dollars, they're also smart enough to live well on it for the rest of their life.
Bigga Winna Crapsa HAHAHA you should have quit after you made a valid point. MANY poker players who possess the skills to successfully navigate though a field of players DO NOT have the skills necessary to manage their money dip-shit.
Love you bro! You've done so much for the community and I'm eternally grateful for that. You'll never leave the game, its way to beautiful but at a professional level, that ship has sailed for you as it should since you have reached great heights when you did. GG
Thank You Doug Polk for everything you have contributed to the poker community. You always stayed yourself while showing an honest and fair picture of the poker environment whilst changing it for the better.
Thanks for the countless hours of stream, youtube videos, free strategy and upswing-lab-content, thanks for being authentic and honest and thanks for the autograph im gonna get at the WSOP 2019.
Greetings from Austria,
Johannes
6 weeks !!! More like 6 years!!! Get Wreckkked!
...it was a joke. "Good work" - Austin Powers
"The poker dream is alive"
"Every poker player has moved on"
Thanks for always being real and keeping it FUN Doug.
And for being smart enough to walk away when it stopped.
And you ended on a nice luckboxed UpSwing :)
doug, I am 18 years old and have been playing poker for some time now. i decided to take a shot at playing poker except i wanted to do it without using a single cent of my own money. I started at $0 about a month ago in the mist of the drama of your bankroll challenge and now have an account balance of $74.13. The fact that you turned tat $100 into 10 grand shows that its still possible for someone who is really dedicated to have an edge in the game. Thanks for all you did for poker doug the community will miss you.
I love you!!! I'm here... Just lemme know what you doing! I'll be tunned :)
Great vid. For all the people out there who think about career in poker - that's a lot to think about. If it took even such a great player like Doug 58 days straight to make 10k (with days off it would be like 80 or something) - it's around 45k a year - pretty mediocre income to say the least, imagine how hard it will be for an average winning player or even more for a complete beginner! Not even talking about downstreaks, about field getting better and better, and much more. You will be much better off doing something else.
He played about 40 days of micro stakes so you are ACTUALLY wrong :) it was like 10,000 in 15 sessions, so it's almost 150,000/year
@@su2sa1li4 he caught a huge upstreak. You should take that into consideration.
Bruceylancer
If he started out with 10k and played 58 sessions he would probably make more.
Ofcourse your not expected to earn the same money as a good career when you start trying to build a bankroll from just $100.
@@JKenny44 I've already said it, but I'll repeat: he caught a huge upstreak at the last day. Good luck running like that all the time.
Bruceylancer He didn't run like that all the time he was playing for 58 days.
It's no coincidence that the upstreak was on the last day...
How would he ever finish the challenge on a losing day 😅
Great closing. Completely agree with your decision to step away. You're doing it right, end on a high note, come back and play every now and then but go find what you really love doing. Thanks for all the videos. Been a lot of fun watching.
Your videos were always very inspirational and kept motivating me to try harder. You actually were the first to decode poker and pass it freely through your channel and your website to all of us poker noobs out there, and i 'ld like to thank you for that. Gl with your life's next chapter Doug... One thing is for certain poker related Polker news will be surely missed :P
Doug you went grey doing this challenge, hope it was worth lol
fairly standard for late 20's/early 30's.
Start video blogging about getting into stand up comedy. I can see you being pretty good at that. You're naturally funny.
Thanks for sharing this with us Doug. Enjoy your new journey. And catch up soon.... Big up from the UK
Thank you for all the videos and analysis and funny jokes and controversis and so kuch more. Wish you the best with your new challenges. Go get them!
I want you to take the "Governor of Poker" challenge on Facebook Games hahahahaha ....
Wait I thought vanessa selbst retired years ago
Old joke, not original
Retired from being a woman maybe
Original or not, I lol'd
Lol nice troll
thats a gay joke now lamer
Thank you for all these videos and your time spent to show to everyone that's really possible to play well and play winning poker at the micro stakes , cheers from France Doug !
Looking forward to your future content. I am proud to "know" you and wish you well. Thanks for including me on the ride. Stepping away from poker is a wise choice. It will be here if you want to return. I learned late in life to enjoy the journey. Glad you are learning earlier.
I love Doug and the bankroll challenge and watched a lot of the live streams. He got me excited to take some time away from my business to play again to see if it was actually possible to run up a roll on WSOP.com. I love poker in general, but have taken a lot of time off in general to focus on my business. Let me share you my experiences so that it can help a lot of players out there. I would say that it's a lot harder than it looks as a lot of the players on WSOP are conservative on average and not going to punt away a buy-in that easily in a .10/.20 or .25/.50 game. In the 9-ring seems to be a lot easier to wait for hands, but everyone seems to be doing that as well so you run into a lot of cooler situations KK vs AA and the opponents immediately go all in on you after you 3-bet. It also makes it difficult to play AK because you end up a lot of the times up against hands that have you beat or slow played set on the flop after you hit your hand. If your opponents are willing to call any of your bets majority of the time you seem to be beat unless you have notes on them that they are speculative. Now I took a lot of notes on everyone and there are a lot of regs that I see everyday in and out. I do admire people who stick it out to play day after day, but not fun to play against them. Now occasionally there would be players who are making weird plays and ready to punt off a buy-in at less than 100bbs and I took notes of those players as well and always searched for them when I logged into the site several times a day. Those players don't last very long. In the 6-max at .25/.50 the players are fairly aggressive again and there are a lot of regulars that I see day after day on a lot of tables, but it seemed like a fair amount of times they did have it when I got 3-bet and I tried to bluff catch or 4-bet or get it in with AK so had to be more selective in these spots. I went through a lot of buy-ins trying to play against this player pool and I did run it up one time to almost go back to even, but then just more tough hands and tough spots to get back on a down streak. At times I like Doug's analysis and playing style and going with a theory based approach, but I find the opponents I'm up against aren't balanced or tend to be on the tighter side the majority of the time so the bluff catching frequency or trying to bluff them off their hand seems like a losing proposition. I tried going with Doug's more balanced approach and that did work for a bit, but reverted back to a player based approach of fit or fold against players who are just generally tighter and also going back to game selection to find games with at least 1 action player to go up against vs an entire table of very tough and competent players. I'm more of a live player and have over 10K hours in live play and so I do have an easier time sizing up my opponents when I can see them. For me its tougher to play in these micro stakes since I'm used to playing for bigger buy-ins against more speculative players and for me it can be easy to go with a hand or situation for $20 or $50 a buy-in, but they do end up adding up, but these are just excuses vs really trying to beat these games against tougher opponents. I don't want to discourage anyone from trying their own bankroll challenge, but I do agree that you have to want it and work harder than anyone else on the site as your opponents are tougher in general and put up with a lot of ridiculous and crazy situations. But what I do like is Doug does have a plan to battle his opponents and I'm sure his upswing labs has a lot of theory and techniques to beat these games, but I think you definitely need to put in tons of hours to get through the variance and the coolers to get to the good spots. I wish I could see more of Doug's online sessions and I have looked both on twitch and on youtube, but he didn't record all of his sessions. I'm sure I will get a lot of criticism, but I'd like to hear what other players experiences and opinions are on the site and building up a bankroll in general.
I play microstakes and pretty much just pay the bills while my wife is pregnant. She makes more money than me. What you are saying is 100% true, but I am one of those players who puts in the work and I am a pretty consistent winner...I suffer through variance too but I dont play beyond my means and during a downswing im able to re-adjust and play smaller and for more hours to make back money that I have lost. It def is a struggle but I am managing. Thanks for the insight.
"At times I like Doug's analysis and playing style and going with a theory based approach, but I find the opponents I'm up against aren't balanced or tend to be on the tighter side the majority of the time so the bluff catching frequency or trying to bluff them off their hand seems like a losing proposition."
I tend to have similar issues at low/microstakes and have two pieces of advice.
1) If your opponents aren't bluffing enough, you can exploitatively overfold.
2) Even if you don't change your calling frequency in these spots, you should be able to more than make up for it in other areas. If opponents are only getting stacks in/raising with nutted hands, when they show weakness you can bluff them more and value bet them somewhat lighter.
What kind of odds will I get to bet he plays again?
So good to see some more of your content, This is my second favourite channel on you tube (Shout out to Chicago Joey), Loved watching all the twitch streams. It was one hell of a ride. I wish you well in your future endeavours and i look forward to every single one of your uploads so keep doing your thing WCG
Best of luck Doug. You're a great player and I wish you the same success in your next venture that you had in poker
What is up with that hair?
I'm happy for you my man,but this makes me sad.
Thank you for the inspiration Doug. I watched a lot of the stream, especially the final day. That was epic.
Thanks for all the content you've provided bro!! All the best for your future endeavours 👊👊👊
Proper English Police...just checking in. You meant "extract" not "extrapolate" @7:37 You're welcome.
Jeff Mitchell someone beat the shit out of jeff mitchell pls
anything but Crypto
Congrats Doug. This is very motivational bro! Ive been watching this grind and Im glad you were able to silence the haters. Although, they'll keep coming. you'll keep proving them wrong. Great work again.
Good luck with whatever you choose to do next. Have loved following your streams and videos and I wish you lots of success.
Did you mean : "How I got lucky with poor bankroll menagment ?"
You think Doug Polk has been lucky over the course of his whole career or just with this? Because he is one of the greats.
I know how good of a player he is, I just wanted to post a troll comment because he is playing with like 15BI, I know that he is aware of it......
Trolling Doug is fun because he trolls you right back lol
Yep true, it's not really a BR challenge because of the way it played out, it stops being that once br management goes out of the window. The majority of the micros demograph are stuck in micros because of the shots they take outside of their br
How do you turn 100 into 10k? River a straight flush... lol that's how
When's the next giveaway though? Haha good luck dude. You are a huge inspiration and the time alone that simply goes into making your videos is incredible. Thank you so much for all the laughs and strategy over the years. You will be missed.
Good call Doug. I subscribed to pokergo so that I could watch you win the won drop. So awesome. You're the most fun to watch. I have moved on from poker since but I still enjoy the game and your content. Best Wishes!
Hi Doug x
Well done, I knew you gonna make it. Thank you for showing ppl the dream is still alive. It’s a shame I couldn’t see much of a challenge as I was travelling most of the summer :-‘( Well, I still hope I’ll see you play again one day.
Good luck with all the new things you wanna do x
Thank you Doug Polk for everything you do. Congrats on such a great poker career! It’ll be there if you ever want to come back. Fan no matter what!
As a fan, I most want you to just enjoy your life and do what you love! Best wishes, man, thank you so much for all the content, and here's hope that in a year or two you'll feel like hopping online for some fun tournament or two!
good on you for sticking it through. As a beginner who plays micro stakes and house games for fun I'm now more motivated to actully put the time in to learn how to play better rather than sticking with the limited knowledge that I have.
I want to personally thank you for completing the challenge. I'm a microstakes poker player that can pay the bills so to see this lets me know that I can do it...I can make more money and be happier than what I am now (if I put in the work) so thank you! 👊I am going to miss seeing you on the tables Doug but I get it. Follow your dreams and good luck bud...you are one of my heroes! 💯
GG man. I wish you the best of luck on your new journey and hope you find something you can really put your soul into. Making this decision wasn't easy, but it was one you had to make. doing something you don't like and lying to others about having fun while playing it is way worse than the truth. Therefore I appreciate and respect your choice, there is no way I wouldn't follow your journey anymore man. You're an awesome dude, I hope you know that.
Thank you for the great content that you provided over the years.
Well done Doug, congrats on an amazing poker career. Looking forward to whatever it is you choose next, I'm sure you'll be successful! 👍