The house pro at Boylepoker.com, Peter Murphy, has challenged himself to turn €100 into €10.000 in 11 weeks. Right now he is just over halfway through the 11 weeks and he is really firing on all cylinders. No-one expected that the challenge would encourage other players to do same. Adrian McCarthy, however, picked up the challenge and deposited €100 as well and followed Murphy’s lead and after just 10 days of playing his account showed €135.000. He did this by winning six €20 sit’n’go tournaments in a row on the tables with an extra jackpot and from these victories he was already ahead of Murphy with a win of €35.000. He then went on to win a seat in a €2.5 million guaranteed tournament and came in sixth in the tournament and added €100.000 to his winnings. McCarthy wrote to Murphy at saying, "I was inspired by your performance over the past few weeks and decided it was possible for me to do the same. I spent the past three weeks reading and studying up as much as I could. After depositing €100 I had good fortune increasing it to €300 in a few days though cash and €10 six-seaters. Since I was getting on so well in the six-seaters I decided to go to the €20 Jackpot games. I won the six in a row at the first attempt taking down €35k. Anyway thanks for the inspiration, it got me to study hard and I've reaped the rewards very quickly!" A few days later he wrote at Boylepokerblog.com, "Murph that challenge of yours is looking lame now! I won a seat in the €2,500,000 tourney and came out with €100,000 in sixth place! It should be €100 to €100,000 in 10 days!!! Life is good." While McCarthy has been flying high ever since, the challenge has not been as easy for Murphy who has turned his £100 into €2,909.72 since January 23. He is still confident and believes that he will complete the Multiplier Challenge, saying, "I have four and half weeks left but I am off to Cheltenham for the races this week, so by the time I get back I will have less than four weeks left to get to the €10k mark. I might start to grind €.50-€1 cash for a while and when (IF) I get back to over €3k then I can move up and play €1-€2 and maybe a few decent tourneys here and there and hopefully I should get there."
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