Hi Phoebus,

Whilst I really think BR challenges are great for motivation and accountability in playing good volume I wanted to point a few things out to you so you dont overindulge in fantasy as to current ROI capabilities.

Lets do some quick math on your goal:

– You want to build a roll to at least $10000. Therefore you need (10000 – 450) = $9550 profit.

– Lets say you play 1k games a month. This is 6k games from January to June.

– Your avg. profit per game to reach this would need to be $1.59 ($9550 / 6000)

– This is >100% ROI (106% in fact)

With your $450 roll and using your BRM considerations you would be starting at the $1.50 45 mans and this sort of ROI is not attainable even at these games over the long run.

Didnt mean to burst your bubble of having high aspirations, just wanted to point out the realistic expectations. 

For great goal setting it is handy to use the S.M.A.R.T goal setting formula. This can be found with an easy google search.

I wish you the best

I didnt take that into consideration as I should have. I personally grind the 45/90/180s on PS for BR building and use the profits to dabble in MTTs on other sites where the variance is generally lower due to player fields size and softer in general. Grinding these games is a bit of a hard slog as I only generally play 3-4 sessions a week due to working full time and university full time as well. It can be disconcerting when seeing your BR hover/slowly build over the actual time spent playing. If you've got the time and patience then it can certainly be good for the soul.

You can generally make some 'good' money when you are playing the 7+ 45mans, 3R and 8+ 180s. My goal was to initially use those profits for low to midstakes mtts in search of that bink to cut down the volume in such SNGs and grind the mtts fulltime.

Keep this thread updated, i'd like to follow along in your journey.

Good luck