Last month, I was approached by Bluff Magazine to take part in its “Bluff Poker Challenge.” For those of you who are unfamiliar with the event that will be taking place in March, a dozen or so players were invited. Each of them will start with $200 on Lock Poker and we will have the entire month to turn that into as much money as possible through only tournaments and sit and gos. The winner gets a cover and feature story in Bluff Magazine. I accepted the challenge, but it presents some very unique problems as far as strategy. Since there is no second prize, winning is definitely a priority that takes place over simply trying to maximize value. This may seem like the same thing, but it’s really not. Let’s say, for example, that there is a strategy that utilizes bankroll management that should allow me to turn my $200 into somewhere in the $2,000 to $4,000 range pretty consistently every month. That’s not a bad profit on a $200 bankroll, but I can just about guarantee it will never win the Challenge. Let’s say there is another strategy that, on average, is maybe only going to make $1,500 to ...