Poker goals this year

[BrianSwa]

I can't get netteller becuase its not avalible in Maryland, Maryland big wig's wont allow it in Maryland....but I do have firepay which is just as good I think I've never had a problem with it. I've alreay deposited on pacific so can't get there new player deposit bonus but the other two are a go. I read a article on jumping from site to site to clear the bonus and read a article about someone turning $75 into 5K in a year, im not that good to do that but I think im good enough to turn $300 into $1,500.

[omahilo]

yeah firepay is fine... I would do those bonuses tho... you will make your $1,500 playing break even poker doing those reloads and such each month. Also when pokerstars has a reload bonuses... you need to take advantage of it.

[eddo31]

the 300 to 1500 seems like a very reasonable goal, and probably is something that you can reach in the first half of the year if you bonus whore enough. it seems like party now has monthly reloads, empire does the same, stars is Quarterly, full tilt generally has pretty good ones, etc.

there is enough free money out there that you can take advantage of. plus, if you play solid poker, even at the low limits, you can definitely make some money at the tables. the fact that you post here, and probably think about how you play the game, puts you at an advantage over the usual low limit crowd.

i think that if you really want to challenge yourself, you need to make that a 300 to 3k goal. otherwise, you wont have anything left for the second half of the year.

[BrianSwa]

After as bad as I've been playing latley wanted to make a very low goal If I happen to make it by half the year then im just gonna sit back and be happy. Like my blog says I have a pretty good idea and I'm limiting my play to 3 hours a day 5 days a week so It might actully take me the whole year to hit the $1,500 and if this year goes all well in january next year you will see a higher goal. I'm hoping to stay playing .50/1.00 through this whole jorney, really dont want to move up levels the whole year, It may take me longer to clear my bonus's but I think what I learn from playing will make up for that.

[GeoffM]

Brian, I'm not sure how solid your game is, but even if you are half-decent, a 400% return on PP does seem quite low. I thought this myself at the beginning of this month, but I have already made close to $900 this month alone, twice what I made all of last year. Stick to the PP ring games and you should be able to reach this goal playing 15 hours a week within a couple of months tops.

[BrianSwa]

my game is solid until I hit a bad beat or a suckout then it goes to hell, everyone here thinks im terrible because I cry when I lose some money but they dont see how I play all they see is the aftermath of chaos. I dont really blame them If I saw it I'd think the same thing, which is one of the reasons im limiting my play to 3 hours a day 5 days a week and Im gonna pay close attention to myself and not let myself get to that point. I'm gonna use my poker chart's system to track my progress thorough the year and I'll post my stats here along with on my blog. My tornament play is really decent usually make middle of the field if not better only been out before break one a couple of times, but chips are alot easier to manage then real money is and I feel the best money is made in the ring games, I like this Idea and I think I will learn a great deal from it but before It starts Ill be re-reading all my books and buying any that I dont have yet and read them.

[Aequitas58]

Geoff, we're dealing with Brian here.

He's going to lose the $300.

[BrianSwa]

thanks for the support Lou. Because when you 1st started playing online all you did was win, win, win.....You know your soo full of youself Lou. I never claimed to be a winning player online NEVER but I believe I can become one in time which is why im doing this to get better. I dont plan on jumping to 2/4 straight from .50/1.00 no matter how much I make in my 1st couple of months I'll do It just like everyone and move up one step at a time and If that next step is to hard for me then go back down. Your gay ass sarcasim isnt welcome so just use it in another thread where someone really cares.

[Talking Poker]

Do you realize that your goal is to make $1.60 per hour (assuming you play for 50 weeks)?

I know you say you play for fun (well sometimes - now here you are setting financial goals), but I don't know... I mean, is it even worth it?

[GeoffM]

TP, you covered my sentiments exactly. See everyone, this is why I smoke a joint often before I play LOL . I'm in a much better mood and bad beats don't bother me. I welcome the odd bad beat as not only does it keep me on my toes, but it also makes me think "this guy is a moron to be calling me down with that crap", and I then can clean him out. You can't let them bother you, they happen. Have you ever given someone a bad beat? They work both ways and you just have to take the good with the bad, and make sure the good outweighs the bad in your game.

[BrianSwa]

So what do you think I should set the goal with assuming im playing 3 hours a day 5 days a week at .50/1.00? I set a pretty reasonable goal to make but if it should be higher please share.

[GeoffM]

At that limit, I don't know, I make about $15 an hour on O8B. I don't know how hold'em compares though. Should be somewhere in the area of $7.50 - $10 though I would assume.