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
For the first time since the start of the challenge, all the four of us made profit in the period between two updates. However, the figures behind our names demonstrate how difficult it remains to build up a decent bankroll if you have to keep playing on lower stakes for a certain period.
You got to have a lot of patience and face a certain number of bad beats on these tables, where some people shove in their chips with any two cards. Of course, in the long (,loooooooooong) run, this is at your advantage, as Mr. White told me again this week. His bankroll increased towards $173, and he still leads the challenge. He even made a straight flush when he called an all-in from a short stack (click to enlarge):
My own bankroll rised towards $134. I stopped playing heads-up games for a while and played some multitable sng’s and MTT’s. It’s sometimes amazing to see how easy you can pick up a lot of chips on final tables because people play a lot tighter to get in the money. I also cashed in a $2 + rebuy MTT, finishing in eight place ($19,26, 189 participants). It’s really astonishing to watch chips flying in these tournaments, just because people can rebuy after going broke. Look at the following hand for example:
Well, there’s loose-aggressive play and there’s this . Ms. Pink keeps building up her bankroll incrementally: $129. No big cashes tillt his moment, but no significant downswings neither. Mr. Blue seems to be recovered once and for all from his bad start: $121 after some solid play on sng’s ($5) with 9 and 18 players. See you next time!
Submitted by Mr. Brown
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
Despite of his great confidence last times, Mr. White had to hand over the lead in the challenge to Ms. Pink again. Besides some cash outs in 9 handed $5 tournaments, she finally succeeded to finish in the money in an 18 handed tournament ($5), ending up winning it ($36). This led to a bankroll of $127.
With all the respect for Ms. Pink, cashing in a tournament becomes a lot easier when you’re a lucky ***** . Look at the following hand, which prevented her from being eliminated in the sng with 18 players:
That so never happens to me. Another cash out in an 18 handed tourney wasn’t really a matter of luck, but was caused by some donkyhead who just goes all in with a shitty pair:
Ms. Pink stated that she perfectly disguised the hand as a ‘ button steal’. Yeah, could be. Meanwhile Mr. White wasn’t able to expand his bankroll, but downgraded it towards $112. This is mainly due to the fact that he didn’t win anything: some small cash outs didn’t make up for his losses.
My bankroll is also a little down compared to last time: $66. This is really unbelievable because I was up to $95 for a moment, but then I had a little steam on the hu-tables after I faced a really bad beat in a 6 handed tournament, ending up third. I called a preflop raise with T 7 and flopped 2 pair after which somebody with KK catched a third king on the river when I was all-in. It also looks like some monkeys gave Mr. Blue action when he finally got his bullets, because his bankroll is above $50 again ($51). Happy New Year!
Submitted by Mr. Brown
The positions did not change since last update, however, the numbers behind the names did. I hope Mr. Blue remembers the way towards the cash dispenser because it looks like he owes us $200 soon .
Let’s mention right away that Mr. White expanded his lead, so we don’t have to deal with that anymore. Of course, he did well in some shorthanded $5 sng’s, upgrading his bankroll towards $124, but there’s still a long way to go. I also had some success the last few days, mainly in 9 handed sng’s. It looks like I don’t have the patience for bigger sng’s or tournaments. However, I was able to cross the $100 border: $101.
It looks like the other two guys are struggling for not ending up last^^. Although it has to be said that Mr. Brown had a nice run at the heads-up tables and climbed up from $53 to $72. On the other hand, the situation of Mr. Blue is becoming desperate: he only has $32 left. His brief reaction was the following: “Pokerstars has rigged his computers to let me loose because I already withdrew a lot of money there.” He sent me the next hand as a ‘proof’ of his ‘thesis’:
That’s poker baby !
Submitted by Ms. Pink