The Challenge

The rules for the challenge against Heiko aka Swapshop have now been set. Starting this Wednesday, there will be 12 days to play as much as possible, limited to 3.5 hours during the week and 5 hours/day during the weekend. The ultimate goal is to win as many stacks as possible during the just under 40-hour period we each have to play. Because of the slight difference in stakes, we've calculated Heiko's avg. stack size at €200 and mine at €900. In theory, it is easier to win a stack at NL200 or NL400 than it is at NL1k or NL2k but I still have confidence that I can come out a winner.

Each of us can take 2 days off where we either don't play or just don't have our results judged for the contest, obviously to be determined before the session starts. Besides the evident goal of winning the challenge, I am hoping to come out of this with several new stacks to my name! The motivation for winning the challenge is also made up by the prize that the winner gets from the loser. Some examples (taken from the Jochen Schweizer website): skydiving, helicoptor flying, racecar (palindrome btw) driving, plane flying or Ferrari speeding are all valid suggestions that the winner can pick if he chooses so.

For any readers who predict the winner before Thursday at 23:59, we'll pick one at random and he/she can choose between Super System II, The Theory of Poker and the FTP Strategy Guide. Just drop a note in my comments and in Swapshop's comments as well using the same screenname.

I'll be playing pretty much only at CelebPoker, although I may need to sneak in a few iPoker tables if there isn't enough action at Celeb. Most of the time I'll be playing between 6-8 tables simultaneously, which will hopefully continue to run just as good as it is right now. I've been on a pretty nice heater these past few days and that is a great confidence booster going into the challenge.

Let the challenge begin!