BetFair Challenge

A challenge on BetFair was brought to my attention by Mair. Sit n Go Leaderboards for three categories of player - Lightweight ($2 to $10 BuyIns), MiddleWeight ($10 to $99) and HeavyWeight ($100 +) - with those who finish in the top 20 of each being awarded a cash bonus at the end of each week.

So how hard could it be ... ? Having played SnGs and experiencing how little traffic there appears to be, top 20 might be quite straight forward. Not so! Traffic increased promptly and after a poor Day 1 I was sitting around 30th. After good Days on 2nd and 3rd, I was sitting 32nd. I knew I had to maintain some of the good form and play and I held my own during Days 4 and 5 but Day 6 was just plain grim - a suckout-tastic day where I just couldn't win a race and rather than tilting and blowing off more, I quit knowing my challenge was over for the first week.

After Day 4 and 100 games, I was sitting with a quite acceptable SharkScope chart; (a plus ROI etc.)



My chart now looks like this though;



My expenses were paid back into my BetFair Gaming account and I have now withdrawn them along with the remainder of my Annette winnings (as you'll see from above, about £100 down).

Where will I go from here ... ? Dunno really. I now have around $100 in my Stars account after staking Mary on BetFair (Stars transfer was easier) and breaking even staking Amatay (edited 19th Oct after his 3rd place for $840 in the 4k GTD). I'm considering doing the long haul games, $20 MTTs and the likes but will have to sit down and work out where and when I'll be able to do so.

I'm going on a Stag weekend in Glasgow tomorrow and Saturday during and will no doubt end up sat at a Cash Table in the early hours. I'm also considering debuting the OfficePoker game on Saturday afternoon rather than watching the Scotland game but I'm not totally sure yet.

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