Hi everyone. I am new to this forum and I just though I would throw this idea out here. I'm currently finishing up a summer program and in two weeks I will be loose with basically a month before college starts and nothing to do. So what should I do with it? Well, I suppose I could just relax and shoot the breeze until college starts, but that seems too easy. So instead I've decided I want to try to challenge myself to see if I can stay the course and show a $2000 profit starting from Party Poker NL25 tables and working my way up.

Is this possible? I'm not exactly sure. It might be a little too much, but I figure set the bar high and see what happens. I've played a fair amount of small stakes NL on various sites and shown consistent profits over 10k hands. I can four table and I think I have a game that will really help me do this. The reasoning behind this is also once college starts I just don't have time for poker. So here is a blowout that should help teach me patience and give me enough poker to satisfy myself for the next year.

My strategy is this. I am going to open an account with Party Poker because I here they have the biggest fish, get a sign up bonus, then get the reload bonus which seems like it should be due in early August. That should give me a $300 bankroll to play with and enough to get started on the NL25 tables. Then I am just going to play four-five hours a day, maybe more if possible, and push until my bankroll gets to $600, then move up to NL50, and play there until I get to $1200, then move up to the NL100 tables and get to $2000. This might be too much, but I'd like to see what happens.

I also do a lot of running because I am training to qualify in a winter marathon for the Boston Marathon next year and have a small job, which pays amazingly well, tutoring kids. So there are a couple of things cluttering my schedule, but hopefully I can work around them. Hopefully, all told, I will be able to get ~$500 in bonuses from starting my account and two-three reload bonuses and I can make the rest in profits.

I haven't really had a chance to search for any other posts like this, and sorry if this is redundant, but I can imagine people will have some helpful insight into my proposition. Also, it would be great if some other pre-college kids wanted to join in. A little competition is always nice...

So let me just put a couple fo things out there. I know I am likely not maximizing yield here, but I have heard about rakeback and I know I can get it at Party, so they might help with my profits. My question is it looks like for rakeback you have to signup through a certain website. Can I get a signup bonus and rakeback? That's probably an easy question.

Okay, well I have to go. I have to get my computer fixed and windows reinstalled before I start this journey. Let me know what you think of my plan. Reasonable? What would make it easier/more attainable? All help appreciated, and sorry this is do long.