New Year's Poker goals

PShabi · #1 12-29-04, 06:26 PM

I think you will find that you should be in the limit games more. I love NL, but I just fouind the 2/4 games to be too profitable to stay away from. I played strict limit for a few months and only played NL at my home game.

Now, I play SNGs, but always with one or two limit tables as well.

PShabi · #2 12-29-04, 06:41 PM

My Goals for 2005

1. 25k in profits
2. Move to 3/6 limit.
3. Win a seat in the WSOP main event through an online qualifier.

n9ne · #3 12-30-04, 06:27 AM

1) 5k in winnings
2) make a final table of a tourney with a >50$ buyin
3) win a tourney with a buyin between 5 and 30$
4) stop losing with AA and KK so much

5) stop losing multis in 11th-20th place :-|

GeoffM · #4 12-30-04, 09:49 AM

Become the #1 O8B player in the world, not just on this site (is that a challenge you guys smell

). LOL, just kidding.

To represent the pWo well, and make a decent 5K in profit, to help pay half of the year's rent (gotta love no tax on gambling in Canada).

hackers238 · #5 12-30-04, 10:49 AM

Start playing "IRL" more.

TajaUk · #6 12-30-04, 11:53 AM

Enjoy playing poker as a hobby.

GeoffM · #7 12-30-04, 01:19 PM

I can't treat it like a hobby, because if I did I don't think I would win very much at all.

I would try and treat it more like an investment.

PShabi · #8 01-01-06, 02:02 PM

Well, these were my goals for 2005:

1. LOL, not quite. I overestimated three very important things: a)the amount of time I was going to have to play poker, b) the amount of time I was going to want to play poker, and c) my ability to win money playing poker

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At this point in my career I had been playing seriously for about 6 months (2004). I had never had a "downswing" and hadn't really played as much as I thought I had. I didn't fathom I could have a losing month, but I had a couple in '05. Nonetheless, I profitted nicely in '05. I don't want to get into #s but it was a very nice income boost for the family. About a 12% boost to the income I earned at my dayjob. Not a bad bonus for a "hobby."

In '06, my goal is to make twice what I did this year. Easily attainable with a full year of 5/10 play and decent rakeback. Probably too low of a goal.

2. Moved up through 3/6 up to 5/10 6-max.
Wow, I don't know if I can set a goal here. I can see myself playing 5/10 for a while. But, if I prove that I can beat it, it would be stupid for me not to try to advance. Nonetheless, I have a long way to go. Thus, I am going to set a goal to play 13.5k hands / month at 5/10 for the next 6 months and see where it gets me. t

3. I invested no time towards achieving this goal last year. I'm not putting it on the plate this year either. I'll play in a few satellites and if I make some magic, so be it. But, I'm not going to make it a goal.