“Over the past 14 months, I’ve won eight tournaments, earning a total of BDT 147,000. People often ask me: am I incredibly lucky OR do I know some kind of secret? Honestly? I’m moderately lucky, but I know one thing: tournament strategy is fundamentally different from regular play. Once you understand that, your chances increase dramatically.”
Fahim is 32 years old, works as an engineer in Chattogram, is married and has a child. His casino hobby focuses almost exclusively on tournaments – competitive events where players compete for points in a limited time. While his friends spin the slots alone, Fahim systematically ‘hunts’ for tournaments every weekend. This approach has turned a regular hobby into a profitable side job.
Discovering the world of tournaments
Fahim started playing about a year and a half ago. At first, he played regular slots, where the results were standard: sometimes he was in the black, sometimes in the red, with his balance hovering around zero.
“Then I accidentally entered a freeroll (free tournament). Two hundred participants competed for a prize fund of 25,000 BDT. I took 47th place and received 300 BDT. The prize was small change, but the process itself hooked me: the race with others, the live leaderboard, the thrill of competition. It’s a completely different energy.”
He began to study the theory and realised that the rules of the game were different here. ‘In regular slots, you protect your bankroll. In tournaments, you bet the maximum and take risks – after all, you’re playing for tournament credits, not real money. It’s a completely different psychology.’
Tournament mechanics in numbers
The standard format for Fahim looks like this:
- Entry fee: 500 – 2,000 BDT.
- Tournament credits: 10,000 – 50,000 (virtual points).
- Time limit: 10 – 30 minutes.
- Goal: Earn as many points as possible.
- Prize pool: Distributed among the top 15 OR top 50 players.
Example: Entry fee 1,000 BDT, 100 participants (prize pool 100,000 BDT). You have 15 minutes AND 25,000 credits. You don’t take these credits for yourself — you fight for your position in the table. The winner can get 25,000 BDT, and the 15th place winner can get 1,500 BDT.
How Fahim calculates his path to prizes
‘My philosophy is simple: in a tournament, you need to be a predator, not a spectator. Caution is a direct path to the bottom of the table,’ Fahim is convinced. His method is based on maximum aggression. While other players enjoy the animation, he squeezes everything out of the slot: he always bets the maximum amount of tournament credits allowed and turns on turbo mode with autoplay. His goal is to make 400 – 500 spins in a short 15 minute session. More attempts mean a higher chance of catching that multiplier that will propel you to the top. There is no room for emotions here: Fahim does not waste time rejoicing over a win or lamenting an empty spin. Every second is a resource.
But reckless risk-taking is not his style. Fahim has developed a clear ‘traffic light’ system for selecting tournaments, which helps him avoid wasting money:
- Green light: Ideal conditions. Buy-in up to 1,000 BDT, moderate number of participants (50 – 150) And a wide payout zone — when more than 20% of players receive prizes. Fahim always plays here.
- Amber light: Increased risk. Buy-in up to BDT 2,000 And up to 300 competitors. He enters such tournaments selectively, only if he is confident in his abilities And knows the specific slot.
- Red light: Taboo. Expensive entry fees (from 2,500 BDT) and huge crowds of 500+ people, where only the top 5% win prizes. “Once I blew 3,000 BDT in such a meat grinder, with only a 3% chance of winning. I’m not falling for that again,” he recalls.
Even when it comes to rebuys, he keeps a cool head. Fahim only takes a second shot if there is still plenty of time left before the final and his current position in the table is weak. If he is already among the leaders or time is running out, he simply locks in the result.
Family and future
Fahim’s wife was sceptical at first. ‘I was afraid of addiction and debt. But when I saw the table where he records every contribution and profit, and realised that it was 47,000 BDT in profit, I calmed down. That money paid for our son’s school and food for three months.’
Fahim’s goal is to achieve a net profit of BDT 100,000 by the end of 2025. He plans to create a blog for players from Bangladesh to teach them not just to press buttons, but to understand the mathematics of tournaments.
Fahim’s results
| Indicator | Only winning tournaments (8 games) | Overall statistics (40 games) |
| Number of participations | 8 | 40 |
| Contribution costs | 7,800 BDT | 45,000 BDT |
| Total payouts (prizes) | 62,200 BDT | 92,000 BDT |
| Net profit | 54,400 BDT | 47,000 BDT |
| ROI (Return on Investment) | — | 104% |