Chris Ferguson Challenge de 0 a 10.000$

Chris ha superado el récord de 10.000$ − ¡Enhorabuena!

No todo el mundo tiene un montón de dinero para empezar su carrera de jugador de póker. Pero con la mezcla adecuada de responsabilidad y disciplina usted podrá convertir unos cuantos dólares en miles. El miembro del equipo de Full Tilt Chris Ferguson quiere enseñarle cómo lo hacen los profesionales.

Durante los últimos 16 meses, Chris ha estado buscando algo. Su misión: convertir 0$ en 10.000$. Obviamente, no se trataba de dinero. A Chris le va bien. Se trataba de un ejercicio de gestión bancaria. Como puede ver en la tabla de clasificación en tiempo real, Chris acaba de acabar su misión y ¡ha cruzado la barrera de 10.000$! Lea más sobre los apasionantes momentos finales en el blog de Michael Craig en Full Tilt Poker, porque se encontraba con Chris cuando sucedió.

Encuesta de Chris

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So how’d he do it?

Starting with nothing but a Full Tilt Poker account, Chris played in Freerolls until he earned enough to graduate to games with a real-money buy-in. From there, Chris built up his bankroll by adhering to this strict set of guidelines:

  • He never buys into a cash game or a Sit & Go with more than 5 percent of his total bankroll (there is an exception for the lowest limits: he is allowed to buy into any game with a buy-in of $2.50 or less).
  • He doesn’t buy into a multi-table tournament for more than 2 percent of his total bankroll, but he’s allowed to buy into any multi-table tournament that costs $1.
  • If at any time during a No-Limit or Pot-Limit cash-game session the money on the table represents more than 10 percent of his total bankroll, he must leave the game when the blinds reach him.

As you can see on the next chart, getting started wasn’t easy. In fact, it took more than seven months of steady play until he got his bankroll to stabilize at about $6.50.



Then, on November 26th, 2006, Chris made a major breakthrough, turning a $1 tournament buy-in into to $104 in prize money by finishing second in a 683-person tournament. Even with that huge bankroll boost, it still took Chris nine more months of hard work to reach his current level.

Be sure to check this page for updates from Chris on his progress. When he reaches the $10,000 mark, Chris has pledged to donate his winnings to the Save the Children Foundation.

To learn more about how you can turn good play and patience into thousands of dollars, check out Chris’s Pro Tip on bankroll management. Remember that when you play in a game or tournament that is above your head, you are putting your entire bankroll at risk. If you plan ahead and play smart, you will be able to survive any bad beat or lousy run of cards without being crippled. Chris Ferguson knows this, and now he’s out to prove it.