{"id":175,"date":"2007-11-18T17:13:54","date_gmt":"2007-11-18T22:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/general\/im-hoping-the-bankroll-challenge-will-take-me-to-vegas.html"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:21:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:21:56","slug":"im-hoping-the-bankroll-challenge-will-take-me-to-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/im-hoping-the-bankroll-challenge-will-take-me-to-vegas.html","title":{"rendered":"I&#039;m hoping the Bankroll Challenge will take me to Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Introducing <\/em><em><strong>James &#8220;HullJimi&#8221; Greenwood<\/strong>, the second to attempt our PartyPoker Bankroll Challenge. Nick Cantwell went first and lasted two weeks &#8211; surely James can do better?<\/em><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/amended-jg-party-poker-350-x-233.jpg\" title=\"amended-jg-party-poker-350-x-233.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/11\/amended-jg-party-poker-350-x-233.jpg\" alt=\"amended-jg-party-poker-350-x-233.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Building a Las Vegas fund: James Greenwood <\/em><\/p>\n<p>William Wilberforce. Amy Johnson. Phillip Larkin. The Beautiful South. Dave &#8220;Devilfish&#8221; Ulliot.<\/p>\n<p>Some of Hull&#8217;s finest children. And now&#8230;..me!<\/p>\n<p>My name is James &#8220;HullJimi&#8221; Greenwood and I&#8217;m based in Hull, in the North East of England. I&#8217;m 29 (OK, I&#8217;m 30 at Christmas!), and have been playing poker for the last couple of years, mainly online but periodically live, too.<\/p>\n<p>Nick has failed where Chris Ferguson succeeded, and now it&#8217;s my turn to try and transform $25 into life-changing money by applying strict bankroll management and moving up through the levels.<\/p>\n<p>The Rules:<\/p>\n<p>I am not allowed to buy into a cash game or SnG that is more than 5% of my total bank roll (although this gets ignored immediately due to the micro limits!).<\/p>\n<p>I am not allowed to enter an MTT for more than 2% of my total bank roll.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve never really applied myself in the game, always doing silly challenges but this time I mean business. I&#8217;ve a reason to get serious &#8211; I get married next year (hello, Emma!), and we aim to spend a week of our honeymoon in Vegas. I&#8217;ve never been before and I want to go armed with a serious bankroll to play some live cash and tourneys. So this time, it&#8217;s poker war and I&#8217;ve armed myself with some WMPs &#8211; &#8220;Weapons of Mass Profit&#8221; &#8211; PokerTracker, PokerAce and $25 of PartyGaming&#8217;s money!<\/p>\n<p>In the same way Nick has, I&#8217;ll be blogging on here once a week to keep you informed of how I&#8217;m getting on. I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll face some of the same problems Nick did, but I hope to be a bit luckier than he was and hopefully last a bit longer. Feel free to leave some comments with your advice, encouragement, or mild abuse!<\/p>\n<p>See you at the (micro) tables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introducing James &#8220;HullJimi&#8221; Greenwood, the second to attempt our PartyPoker Bankroll Challenge. Nick Cantwell went first and lasted two weeks &#8211; surely James can do better? Building a Las Vegas fund: James Greenwood William Wilberforce. Amy Johnson. Phillip Larkin. The Beautiful South. Dave &#8220;Devilfish&#8221; Ulliot. Some of Hull&#8217;s finest children. And now&#8230;..me! 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