From the 20s to the 200s in Nine Months: Interview with Django1
Updated: 14 Oct 2026Most players who join a staking team expect a straight line up. BitB Spins player Django1’s line went down before it went up. Nine months after leaving a year of solo grinding for his first ever team, he’d climbed from the 20s all the way to the 200s, but only after his first shot at the 100s became the worst month of his career. In this interview, he talks us through that crash, the coaching session that turned it around, and what he’d tell the player still grinding alone on the 20s today.
You joined bitB Spins in December 2025 on the 20s, after playing on your own for a long time. What were you expecting from a team?
I expected good coaching, some parts of the content, and to build a connection with coaches and players.
In February you told us that the games were really good, and you loved the content videos helping you progress. What was different about studying with us compared to studying alone?
The difference is huge for me. The weekly coaching is really good, and the monthly LeakFinder coaching helped me a lot to fix my game against recs and regs.
It’s really valuable to talk strategy with someone better than you and just listen and understand how they think, then work on every leak we found together.
When I was studying alone, I didn’t have the best routine, because at the time I didn’t know how to play against recs, for example, and against regs I was just using GTO.
After two months our player manager offered to move up to the 50s without you asking. He said to start with 50% of your volume. Did that seem too early for you?
Honestly, my objective is to play the highest stakes I can, as fast as I can, and to do that I have to work. If the player manager tells me to move up, I’ll go for sure. I never miss an opportunity like that.
You took your first shot at the 100s in April, and it didn’t go well. Can you take us through that month?
For that month, and for every shot I took, I had one leak, and now I know what it is: I overestimate my opponents. Like, I’d be more of a calling station in spots where they have 90% value.
I just have to keep my gameplay as consistent as possible, and it’ll be great. And keep working, of course.
I was taking my shot at the time, and I had to mix 50s and 100s that month. I wasn’t confident in my game, and I had to work on it and fix things.
What did the team do that month, and what did we not do?
I love how the team gives confidence to the student. I think the team is doing a really good job. My result for the shot was okay, but not as good as on the 50s.
In May you had your first session with DD10. What did you work on?
I’ve learned a lot from every coach. Shoutout to kiz1, who unblocked my thinking process about recs; Areanu, who talked a lot about exploiting recs and a bit about regs; DD10, who I worked with a lot on regs and some exploits. For example, what I worked on with DD10: BB vs BU check-raising on the flop vs regs, and calling on the flop from the big blind in heads-up iso pots. Shoutout to Cezarus too, with whom we continue to work vs regs and a bit vs recs, and talk about some extra poker life stuff too.
You’re in Wolle’s Monday session most weeks. What actually happens there, and why do you keep going back?
Honestly, for me Wolle is a really good coach.
I love his approach to work; we work a lot vs regs, and he gives a lot of secret tips about how to work fast and smart on some preflop and postflop exploits.
He gives me confidence, and we do extra coaching when he’s available, which is pretty huge in terms of improvement. Thank you to him for believing in me.
In June you set yourself a cEV target on the 100s and hit it two weeks later. How do you decide what to work on next?
I define what I work on every week in the spots we set with coaching. I built my own Discord server to have everything in one place, neat and tidy. I write my objectives for the week there, and I work from that. I try to find the spot where I’m losing the most EV, and from that I write a flashcard: a quick summary of the spot, preflop or postflop, versus fish or versus reg. I also have a planning channel, and whenever I get an idea I add it to a to-do list. That list is basically my leaks, the ones I find through coaching, through reviewing sessions, or through LeakFinder.
When you asked to play the 100s full time, we sent you the maths showing the 50s were probably earning you more, and you went anyway. Did you expect that answer from us? And why did you still move up?
It makes sense for me that you said it was more profitable to stay on the 50s and keep shooting the 100s. But my goal is to play the highest stakes, make as much money as I can, and reach the highest level I can.
To reach that, I have to challenge myself and build as much confidence as I can in my game.
You’ve just moved up to the 200s. How did the first games go?
Not really well at the moment. I have really low cEV preflop, but it’s a small sample, and it’s going up for sure. It’s just variance, and variance is part of poker.
You’re coming to the team meetup in Portugal next month. You’d never been in a team before, so what are you expecting?
I expect to meet some people I’ve already spoken to on Discord, and some I haven’t. Make some connections, I think party too, do activities, and enjoy the moment for sure.
You did our trial back in November 2024, but weren’t able to join the team at that time, and played alone for another year. What do you think of that in retrospect?
At that time I was on the 5s on Unibet, and I was moving to Betclic to get better cEV. bitB Spins told me it wasn’t the right time to join, because my cEV wasn’t really good at that moment, so it made sense.
Suppose there’s a player on the 20s right now, playing alone, telling himself he’s doing fine. What would you say to him?
If you’re alone in poker, it’s impossible to do well by yourself. If I can give some advice:
if you want to move up in stakes and make more money, join a team or find people who want to work and work smart. Don’t waste your time.
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