Yes, bad news for our two players over there: Ms. Pink and Mr. Blue. Especially Ms. Pink had her first downswing this week: down from $171 to $132.
She had a bad run on ‘her’ territory: the 9 handed $5 sng’s. After that she decided to have a shot at the 180 handed sng on Pokerstars ($5). That didn’t go that bad, she was coming close to the money but was getting shortstacked. Pocket ladies are welcome at that point:
Not funny if you played two hours to end up like this… It also looks like the party at Mr. Blue’s house has come to an end: he’s down to $205. He tried some MTT’s again after his last cash out, without much success. Then he was close to a win in a sng with 18 players, when he had a deep stack and got aces:
So that guy could dodge bullets and Mr. Blue ended up as runner up in that tournament 
. Meanwhile Mr. White is happy he finally has some bankroll and can play the $10 sng’s, which he did pretty well, leading the challenge with $279. I also had a good run and was able to upgrade my bankroll from $173 to $218, playing a mixture of hu-games and 6 handed sng’s.
Submitted by Mr. Brown
Yes, our loose aggressive fellow has taken over the lead in our challenge with a cracking $59 profit since last update, which brings his bankroll at $193. He accomplished this mainly on the heads-up tables, playing beyond his bankroll ($11 buy-in), so we expect a great downswing in a few days 
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Joining him on those tables is tempting though if you see the hands he sends me. A little example:
Why on earth does that person bluff there??? Anyway, Mr. White has lost a little since last time ($161), he keeps blaming the ‘sick bastards’ on the low buy-in tables for that. Mr. Blue’s run also ended this week, but he was able to control the damage: $115.
I’m standing between those guys at the moment with $127, about the same amount as last time. I don’t like it, but I have to admit Mr. White has some kind of a point: it’s hard to make profit on those tables with a buy-in less than $10. That’s why it’s so important your hands hold up in the final phase of such sng’s, because of the gaps in prize money between first and third place. And THAT’S why THOSE hands are so SICK:
Pfff, it’s still a long way towards that $1000…
Submitted by Ms. Pink
Because of the bizzy period some os us are having at the university at the moment, the challenge is put to a stop for a week and will be resumed in three days 
. However, a contribution today from yours truly.
To win a big tournament, you need some luck in a few showdowns. Or formulated better: if you play good poker, you need your opponent not to get lucky. This is exactly what irritates great players like Phil Hellmuth in tournaments. This phenomenon went through my head when I was watching some episodes of the 2008 WSOP and I saw the following hand (starts around 4’30″):
So besides Phil there’s the American pro Jean-Robert Bellande and the Russian Sarkis Akopyan on the table. Akopyan has a lot of chips and decides to play the T9 offsuit aggressively. Bellande moves all-in and you can see the consternation on his face when the Russian flips over his hand. Instead of being happy being a favorite in the hand, he fears the two live cards he’s against, because it’s such a typical tournament-situation to get knocked out in this way. What happens on the board is really infernal…
Submitted by Mr. White
As you can see, the most remarkable thing happening since last time is the comeback of myself . I was able to do this by making one very nice cash-out in specific while the other contenders didn’t succeed in expanding their lead.
Mr. White still leads the challenge with about the same bankroll as last time: $141. However, I’m obliged to say he had to take a very bad beat in a sng with 18 players ($5). Look at this :
He threw the hand into the calculator and preflop he has a 84,42 % chance of winning the hand. The player with KK still has a 10,54 % chance, mainly because he has two different suits. Instead he catches the case king… I’m happy I wasn’t in Mr. White’s room when that happened . Ms. Pink took advantage of this bad luck by making some profit herself on the 9 handed tables again ($5): $123. Meanwhile it seems like Mr. Brown ran out of luck on the heads-up and shorthanded tables, falling back to $106.
I also took maximum advantage of the other ones stagnating, upgrading my bankroll from $72 to $103! Most important was the first place in a sng with 18 players ($5), resulting in a $36 cash out. Below is the most crucial hand I won on the final table:
That Queen of spades was very important for my bankroll . I hope I can continue this run during the next couple of days.
Submitted by Mr. Blue
Well that’s very nice for him, but the most important news first: Mr. White is back on top of the rankings with a bankroll of $144! I had a little downswing last time, but I recovered pretty well from it. I stayed very focused and only played single table sng’s ($5) for a while, in which I made some nice cash.
I was even more cheered up when I heard that our lovely Ms. Pink had a little downswing by herself, leading to a bankroll of only $105. She’s not even on second place anymore, since Mr. Brown seems to have had a sick luck-run on the $6 (turbo) hu-tables, leading to $118 at the moment. When I saw some hands, I realised how unfair poker sometimes can be, look at this one for example:
So these are the landmines you have to avoid when playing a solid game. Subsequently I saw how some people apparently just donate their chips to their opponents on those hu-tables:
According to Mr. Brown, his ‘loose aggressive image made the other player pay off this hand’. Sure, J5 is the perfect hand to punish some loose luckbox with… (btw, Mr Brown, in the last post, losing with T7 against KK is a bad beat?! Hey, not calling with this junk will save you from this cruelty man.) Meanwhile Mr. Blue is still comfortably living in last place, altough it looks like he recovers a little bit from his missed start: $72. Btw, happy New Year everybody .
Submitted by Mr. White