Current stakes : nl200

Current online BR : about 15k

Stakes as of midnight, May 9th : nl400

My prediction : Benny999 FTW

How long I think it'll take : under 2 months would be nice

My background/random thoughts :

Rode a rush from nl50 up to nl400 in the space of about 20k hands at the end of summer '06. Felt burned out by start of October and sick of ridiculous swings my style lent itself to at nl400. Took a month off and studied/discussed/railed/posted a lot. Withdrew a bunch of my roll at the end of October and started playing again as part of this Operation, where I experimented with an unnecessary but fun "extreme-lagg" style (I think my final stats for the Operation were about 41/24) :

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...oker-46595.htm

Having gome from a hyper-tagg (27/21 for my entire database up until my burnout) to extreme-lagg style gave me a pretty good feel for the different reactions different styles of play bring about at the low stakes.

Towards the end of the year I started coaching a few ppl and really really enjoyed that. I'm obviously by no means a guru but I think I've experimented with my game more than most ppl and have had success with different styles. I feel much much more prepared for a serious move up the limits after the hundreds of hours I've spent talking about the game, railing people and playing myself over the past few months.

I'll be leaving for Peru on July 6th and I'll have at least 2 periods where I won't be able to play for 3-4 days during the challenge. That leaves me about 50 days to make 30k. If I'm disciplined and play as much as I hope to, then I think completing the challenge before I take off will be doable.

If I had to bet on myself, I'd say I'm give myself about 3.5-1 to take it down.