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🎃 Halloween Bingo Week one have a winners: 

1. Lawv - $50
2. Ronojohno04 - $35
3. Mickhan - $25
   
4. chrismeboi2 - $20
   
5. moi_aussi - $15
   
6. r0ssii - $15
   

Harry Miller will contact all the winners.

Think you’ve mastered Halloween Bingo?

Let’s make things a little harder.

A new week means a new Bingo card and another $200 prize pool is waiting for 10 lucky members of the Cardmates community. 

The idea stays the same: complete challenges, collect chances and enter the weekly draw. 🎃

How it works

This week’s card has 9 new challenges. 

Complete one → 1 chance to win. 

Complete five → 5 chances. 

Complete the whole card → 9 chances. 

You don’t have to complete everything to participate. Just pick the challenges you like and start ticking them off.

🕷️ Week 2 Bingo Card 🕷️

🕷️ Share your worst bad beat

🕷️Comment on 2 community blogs

🕷️ Share a memorable gaming experience

🎃 Write about your luckiest session

🎃 Read 5 community blogs

🎃 Recommend a Cardmates blog

👻 Write a Halloween-themed blog

👻 Publish 2 original blogs

👻 Write in a category you haven’t used before

Some are easy. Some might require a little more creativity. That’s the point.

💰 This week’s prizes

We’re keeping the same $200 prize pool:

🥇 $50

🥈 $35

🥉 $25

4th - $20

5th - $15

6th - $15

7th - $10

8th - $10

9th - $10

10th - $10

At the end of the week, we’ll randomly select 10 winners from all eligible chances. The more squares you complete, the more chances you have. 

📌 Remember

⚠️ All blog content must be original.

⚠️ Copy-paste is not allowed.

⚠️ AI-generated written content is not allowed.

⚠️ One person can participate with one Cardmates account.

⚠️ Community activities must be genuine.

⚠️ All posts and comments must follow our community rules.

⚠️ Each Bingo task can only be counted once per participant.

Prizes are available via CoinPoker, ACR Poker, PayPal or Skrill.

✅ Completed some challenges? Let us know how many in the comments below! 

👇 One more week. One more card. 

You don’t need to be a professional writer.

You don’t need to complete every square.

Just get involved, write something you’d actually like to share and explore what other Cardmates members are posting. 

Complete a square. Get a chance. Keep going

🎃 Good luck, mates!

PartyPoker Bankroll Challenge: $500 to $5,000 | Day 1

Welcome to Day 1 of my new PartyPoker Bankroll Challenge! The goal is simple, but ambitious: turn a $500 starting bankroll into $5,000.

Thanks to a sweet $109 score the day before kickoff, we actually officially started Day 1 sitting on a healthy $656.00. Having that extra cushion right off the bat gives us great momentum as we dive into the volume!

📊 Day 1 Recap & Stats

Day 1 was all about grinding out volume and building satellite equity. We put in a solid session across 32 tournaments and micro-stakes events.

• Games Played: 32
• Total Buy-ins: $63.80
• Direct Cashes: $40.50
• Satellite Tickets Earned: $27.50 ($5.50 Ticket + $22.00 Ticket)
• Net Cash P/L: -$23.30
• Net Value (P/L + Tickets): +$4.20
• Ending Cash Bankroll: $632.70 (+$27.50 in ticket value)

🏆 Session Highlight

The highlight of the day was taking down 1st Place in the $1.10 Bounty Hunter 8-Max Hyper ($40 Gtd)!

It was a fast-paced grind, but we managed to ship the win for $18.97 (including a huge $13.16 in bounties)! Bounties were definitely key to mitigating the swing on direct cash returns today.

🎫 Satellite Success

Even though direct tournament cashes were slightly down relative to total buy-ins, the satellite run made up for it:

• $5.50 Ticket banked!
• $22.00 Ticket banked!

Adding $27.50 in high-value tournament entries into our inventory allows us to take shots at bigger prize pools in upcoming sessions without putting direct pressure on our cash bankroll.

💡 Key Takeaways & What's Next

Grind Mode: Playing 32 tables on Day 1 sets a strong tone for the volume needed to hit $5,000.

Ticket Value: Taking advantage of satellite overlay/value is going to be crucial in escalating our bankroll growth early on.

We are officially under way! Time to rest up, review a few hands, and prepare for Day 2.

Current Bankroll: $632.70 (+$27.50 in Tickets)

Goal: $5,000.00

What do you think of the satellite strategy? Let me know in the comments below, and follow along for Day 2!

You can catch me live most mornings at www.twitch.tv/discoderek

Blackjack remains my favorite casino game. I've played slots and other card games, but Blackjack just hits differently for me.

It's the only casino game where I feel like I'm actually playing, and it feels closer to a 50-50 win-or-lose game. Yes, the house always has the edge, but Blackjack is the safer bet. Your odds of winning are better than in most games, and there are some very, very good days.

If I look back and evaluate all my casino sessions so far, I don't think I've ever been at a loss on Blackjack overall. Sure, I've lost on some days, but overall, I'm still up.

Part of what keeps me coming back is that your decisions actually matter. With slots, you press a button and hope. With Blackjack, every hand asks you something: hit, stand, double down, or split. Knowing basic strategy and when to apply it can shrink the house edge more than in almost any other game on the floor, and that sense of control is a big part of the appeal.

The goal is simple; get as close to 21 as you can without going over, or finish with a higher number than the dealer. It's all mechanical calculation, constantly working out the probabilities and chasing the advantage.

Blackjack is just fun. And it's even more fun when you have money to spare. Not to bet carelessly, though. Always bet responsibly. But when you have extra cash, the experience hits differently.

The discipline is what makes the difference. I set a budget before I sit down, I know when to walk away, and I never chase losses. Winning streaks feel great, but the real skill is protecting your bankroll on the bad days so you can still be playing on the good ones.

That mindset matters more than any single hand

Hi Cardmates, I am writing to you in fear of my life!

I was given a choice…….

Give up poker

     Or else   

    Divorce!

I have been trying to give up playing poker, but I keep pulling myself back in. Now, I’m only a low stakes recreational player. I am however a Cardmates expert therefore I feel that qualifies me with the ability to produce an edge (Bull@#@#) other players don’t possess!🤣

Let us get into my winning day on GGPOKER 🥳

It started off with my daily free ticket……

  A good start!

 In the money with the second!

I then decided to give a $1 tournament a go……

 ITM just missed the FT!

Next day had a go in a couple of bounty tournaments, but no luck!

I decided to give it a go in another $1 tournament…..

 ITM & FT!

In Conclusion Cardmates, I have had a couple of good days at the tables for FREE! With a big smile on my face and all the highs and lows of poker the only trouble is, it could end in divorce! 🤪🤣🥳♥️♠️♦️♣️

• Hi Cardmates,

I blogged about my enjoyable 2 days at the poker tables…….

Today however, is very much a different story…….

• Wrong decisions 
• no vision
• bad beats
• loosing my winnings 

Just saying I can feel the tilt in my game, I cannot explain it. I am surrounded by this vibe at the tables.

Now I know there are two choices here……

1. Call it a day 
2. Grind it out

The first is the option I’m thinking, I would love to take the second option but you have to weigh up your personal circumstances. Having the time and finances to take the second option is not available to me. Also, I mentioned my issue regarding the trouble&Strife(Wife) so option one it is!

Look at me Captain Sensible, stepping away, calling it a day. I’m going to go and offer to do the dishes now instead. Here I am Cardmates, a new man making the sensible decisions keeping what chips are left in my account for another day.

Cardmates, comment and let me know what you think and feel in these situations……..

• do you know 
• do you feel it 

I’m off creeping, I look forward to your comments!