2005 New Years Poker Goals...

[snowbank]

Just curious what your poker goals are for 2005? (For example, making $30K as a side job like Entity) Let's have em.

[Diplomatdcm]

make +150K
don't do anyhting really stupid
play less

[A_C_Slater]

Sweep the WSOP events. Limit HE, Pot limit Omaha, 7 stud, Omaha Hi-Lo,etc. Do talk shows and SNL and become world famous and then meet Drew Barrymore backstage at Letterman and have a whrilwind romance and then marry her. /images/graemlins/cool.gif


Edit: Or build a Bankroll for 10-20 and grind it out to pay for the rent.

[snowbank]

If you are the real AC Slater from "Saved by the Bell," it will happen because he was the man. Not as cool as Zack, but still cool.

[A_C_Slater]

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If you are the real AC Slater from "Saved by the Bell," it will happen because he was the man. Not as cool as Zack, but still cool.

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Balls. Morris was a closet queer.

[uw_madtown]

No 2005 goals, but I have some goals for January through June.

- To post more constructive responses in the SS forum, as opposed to just my own hands, or joking around.
- To be a Carpal Tunnel without spamming or running up post count.
- To reread every 2+2 book I own (which is almost all of them) at least twice, and HEFAP & SSH at least four times.
- To refrain from spending my roll (I do this a lot).
- To build my roll to $15,000 without including rakeback.
- Setting rakeback aside to hopefully pay for at least one, maybe two WSOP events (looking at the $1.5 NL and Limit Hold'em events -- that'd mean $500 in rakeback per month).
- To be eight-tabling 3/6, and doing it well.
- To learn to play 6-max.
- To improve at playing NL tourneys (no interest in NL cash games, I tend to spew money too easily).
- To beat the everloving hell out of my local 20/40 game at least once, and 20/40 or 30/60 in Vegas if I attend the aforementioned WSOP events.

[Entity]

Well, 30k is one goal. I know I'm dedicated enough to pull that off, and I think I'm intelligent enough to figure out the game at that level, but we'll see. This game has many surprises. /images/graemlins/smile.gif

I'd love to do much better than that, but we'll see how quickly I can progress through 2/4 and 3/6. I know 5/10 has killed many a better player than I.

Currently, my goal is to beat 2/4. Hence my post asking about time/game selection.

Rob

[snowbank]

Make a successful switch over to limit and be making $2,500 a week part-time at school at the 10/20 and/or 15/30's by February.

[uw_madtown]

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If you are the real AC Slater from "Saved by the Bell," it will happen because he was the man. Not as cool as Zack, but still cool.

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Balls. Morris was a closet queer.

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You two were supposed to be a secret?

I mean, everyone I talked to thought it was pretty clear that you two were doin' each other.

[snowbank]

"To reread every 2+2 book I own (which is almost all of them) at least twice, and HEFAP & SSH at least four times."

You must be a very fast reader.

[A_C_Slater]

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If you are the real AC Slater from "Saved by the Bell," it will happen because he was the man. Not as cool as Zack, but still cool.

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Balls. Morris was a closet queer.

[/ QUOTE ]

You two were supposed to be a secret?

I mean, everyone I talked to thought it was pretty clear that you two were doin' each other.

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Whatever. It was sooooo Morris and Screech. Why do you think he hung out with that dork?

[uw_madtown]

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"To reread every 2+2 book I own (which is almost all of them) at least twice, and HEFAP & SSH at least four times."

You must be a very fast reader.

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I am. I've read SSH at least four times since September, along with, like, 10 other 2+2 books.

Which is why I'm going to have to reread them a couple more times, because no way did I digest it all.

[uw_madtown]

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Whatever. It was sooooo Morris and Screech. Why do you think he hung out with that dork?

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I'm guessing because Screech had a meth lab in his basement.

[snowbank]

"I've read SSH at least four times since September"

DAmnnn. I'm on page 19 in "Theory of Poker." I started that over Thanksgiving break.

[A_C_Slater]

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Whatever. It was sooooo Morris and Screech. Why do you think he hung out with that dork?

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I'm guessing because Screech had a meth lab in his basement.

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You know all the episodes. Don't you? /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[Reef]

be able to crush 4 tables of 5/10 full

[snowbank]

"be able to crush 4 tables of 5/10 full"

What would you consider crushing? And where are you at now?(stakes, bb/100)

[MarkL444]

beat Evan.

[uw_madtown]

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beat Evan.

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Oh, man. This reminds me of more goals.

- Beat Rob (Entity).
- Beat Jaran more than I already do.
- Play in one of these insane live low-limit nutjob games I hear of from the regulars over in SS where CDC makes it 5 bets blind.

[Skjonne]

25K

[snowbank]

"25K"

what stakes?

[on_thg]

Whore like crazy.

What's this poker thing we keep talking about?

[raccon]

I have been beating 0.5/1 4.5 BB / 100 for 14,000 hands, so I at least have a clue about winning play at my current limit..

In 2005 I wan't to get to better player, move up several limits and feel comfortable about my play. I really hope to move to 2/4 soon.

[ctv1116]

To never be playing poker while not clearing a bonus. That's right, I'll be exclusively bonus whoring this year.

Secondary goal: make more than I did in my first year of poker (10K).

[Grisgra]

Move up to 10/20 SH -- or, at least, comfortably 4-table 5/10 at 3BB/100. But I really want to learn how to crush 10/20.
Learn a lot more about playing HU.
Clear ~30k.
Maybe learn how the f*** to play correctly on the bubble in a SNG . . .

[Sponger15SB]

realistic goal $50k

ambitious goal $80k

also I want to play more (I know this sounds funny given how many hands I've played)

[OrangeKing]

Since I've just recently finally started playing 'serious' (at least, for me) poker, and finally realize that I can recognize the mistakes my 0.5/1 opponents are making and take advantage of them consistantly...my goals for 2005 are pretty modest:

1) Work my way up to playing 3/6, and beating it by a healthy margin.

2) Earn enough money to supplement my income with a few hundred dollars a month - that extra boost would be more than enough to get me into my own apartment. /images/graemlins/smile.gif $5k for the year would make me very happy, and give me plenty to build on for 2006.

3) Play in, and hopefully cash in, at least one tournament at one of the major Foxwoods events (either the NEPC or the WPF). Not the main event (baring a miracle), but just one of the smaller tournaments.

Modest goals, but I like knowing I can probably do them without it being a major stretch.

[KingOtter]

Heh, I started making this post and I figured out I don't know enough about my poker game to make these goals yet.

I'd like to be able to supplement my current income/job with poker earnings.

I'd like to be able to play in some real-life tournaments.

I'd like to become the best poker player that I can be, so when I go to Vegas / Tahoe / wherever that has card-rooms I can go in, sit down and have a good chance of holding my own.

KO

[Justin A]

Work my way up to 10/20 6max, then six tables of 15/30. That is all.

Justin A

[cnfuzzd]

Shana Hiatt.



peace


john nickle

[Boltsfan1992]

Hiya -

Currently play Party's .50/1 so I would like to move up to $1/2 by the summer and stay there or move up to $2/4 by the end of the year. (Not even sure it's possible for me at this point...hit my first 100bb downswing...currently rereading SSH and other books as my confidence is shot)

PB

[jaybee_70]

I would like to be playing 5/10 by the end of the year.
I would also like to win my way to Auba at UB. (Goal is to spend $500 trying to win a seat)

Joe

[Firefly]

Play 2/4. Currently at .5/1 and bonus whoring to get the funds to by PT and get a decent roll to play .5/1 or 1/2. I'd love to have Poker as a 'side' job to help pay for school next year. Just a couple hundred bucks a month whould be fine.
Also I'd finally like to win a MTT. I also finally want to win an entry to one of the bigger tournaments (I still can't get over how fishy I played in my first one). That is all.
Firefly

[Benal]

My 2K5 Goals:

1- Multi table more.
2- Play higher limits than party 200NL. (I'm strictly a NL player)
3- Qualify for a WPT event
4- Qualify for the WSOP main event.
5- Make more $$$ than this year.

[BAK]

My plan is to stop being a fish early in 2005 (if not sooner!)

[SomethingClever]

Avg over 1K/month playing 40 hours/month at 2/4 and up. Including rakeback and bonuses... I think this is pretty doable.

[lacky]

Get my bankroll back up too 20K+
Move back up to 15/30
Move up at least one level in sng's (currently at $55's)
Not be such a dam pussy when I hit bad times after moving up!
Not be such a dam pussy when I hit bad times after moving up!!
Not be such a dam pussy when I hit bad times after moving up!!!

Steve

[mctommy015]

- Tell my parents I play, make good money, and somehow explain to them its not luck.

- Pay my parents back the 5K I owe them (don't drink and drive)

- Stop taking funds from my bankroll

- Learn to play shorthanded and move up to 5/10 6max

- Make 20K

[greg nice]

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Make a successful switch over to limit and be making $2,500 a week part-time at school at the 10/20 and/or 15/30's by February.

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wow.. this is exactly what i want to do. its pretty amazing how similar we are. right now im playing 100nl small stakes NL. i think it will take longer than you expect to become proficient enough to beat those high stakes limit games. my timetable is to have a $10k roll by February by playing NL games under 3/6. at that point i will be ready to start at limit 1/2 to learn and quickly move to 5/10 and learn a lot there. hopefully by summer i can play 10/20 or 15/30

[Womble]

Lol, I really should tell my parents I play too. They frown upon any type of gambling so I want to be sure I am a winning player first

1) Move up to 2-4 (0.25/0.5 at moment)
2) Escape the prima site and get a good rakeback at party
3) Earn ~$150 a week to help subsidise university (UK here)
4) Stop making so many stupid flop mistakes /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[Girchuck]

Learn to make $1000/week playing 20 hours a week. Probably $5-10 short tables. Move up after nine months.

[wbrumfiel]

Just started playing 2 months ago but I hope to get and read some 2+2 books and continue getting bonuses and playing well enough to pull in a couple hundred a month. Just enough to help with a car payment or something.

[the_joker]

Learn as much as possible. The money will then take care of itself!

[Cardzy]

Well just moved up to $1/$2, so I would like to be playing 3/6 as my regular game by the end of the year and making some good cash at it. This year I made around 2k total but I just began playing in January and it has been a long learning process.

Money goals for next year, would like to clear 10k for the year. Should be a very reasonable goal. I actually hope to overshoot that by a lot, but hey, I want a simple goal I will be very happy with and that would be 10k. Any extra is bonus for this coming year.

[mmbt0ne]

I started playing the .10/.20 tables on Paradise in mid-August. Right now I'm playing 1/2 full, but I've got the bankroll for higher, so this is probably just a 20k hand stop.

In 2005 I really want to learn how to play SH. I've datamined about 30k hands of 1/2 6-max in the past week, and would like to get about 50k-70k total, teach myself how to win, and then be able to beat those games. There's no reason I shouldn't be beating 5/10 SH by year's end if I'm willing to put in the time and effort.
I'd also like to learn to play 6+ tables at a time (only on 4 right now), buy a laptop/upgrade the desktop with poker money, and play at LEAST 20k hands every month. If I can only accomplish 3 of these 5 it's been an unsuccessful year.

[Sponger15SB]

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Learn as much as possible. The money will then take care of itself!

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booo! /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Rudbaeck]

Be bankrolled and skilled enough to play 4 tables of 15/30 on Party while also withdrawing enough to support myself.

Play 30k hands each month - 7.5k hands each week, 1.5k hands each day. (At 2bb/100 at 3/6 this would be $3600/month. With bonuses and rakeback atleast 5k/month.)

[Popinjay]

To become an expert player in Hold 'Em, Omaha, 7 Card Stud, Omaha/8, and 7 Stud/8.

[afk]

-Actually spend some of the roll. I might take the lady-friend away for a weekend in the new year.
-I'd like to be a solid 2/4 player, which is realistic.
-But I'd also really like to start learning shorthand and become good at it.
-Start dipping into the weird world of SNGs and make some money (I've played two, and finished 8th and 6th, respectively /images/graemlins/grin.gif)
-As for a dollar figure - I'll say 5k.

[GuyOnTilt]

1,000 hours. Save up and invest six figures outside my BR. Improve my Stud and Stud8 and NL games. Purchase a home.

GoT

[yoadrians]

- To stop playing SNGs when I come home from the bars.
- To stop playing SNGs when I take Tylenol P.M. or Nyquil.
- To stop playing SNGs when I'm watching Lost, The West Wing, NYPD Blue, 24, Alias, The Sopranos, Deadwood, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Six Feet Under, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Law and Order, CSI or Without a Trace on TV.
- To stop playing SNGs when my wife is trying to talk to me.
- To stop playing SNGs when I'm eating.
- To stop playing SNGs when I'm also trying to feed my son his bottle.
- And finally ...


- To ONLY play SNGs when I have the time to two-or-three table and focus on ONLY the games and not worry about being drunk, tired, what's on TV, what my wife is trying to say, why my son just spit up all over my shoulder or why my eggs are burned.

Simply put, my No. 1 goal for the year: To focus better. Because when I focus 100 percent, I'm a winner. When I don't, well, I'm not.

Money-wise: This year, poker paid for all our Christmas presents and carpet for the new house. Next year: Have poker pay for a new deck outside of our house, a hot tub with a gazebo and a 70-inch HD-ready wide-screen for the family room.

That's all from me. Happy holidays!

[billyjex]

Move from 2/4 up to 5/10 6-max.

Or at the very least, be able to beat 3/6 full for 2/bb 100.

I play four tables of 2/4 and have the BR for 3/6 but I don't think I'm solid enough of a player yet.

[BigBaitsim (milo)]

To suck less.

[fsuplayer]

>$100K

[Ian J]

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>$100K

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Ditto here. I play the 15 on Party/Empire and would like to think of myself as a pretty good MTT player.

[Monkeyslacks]

I would like to have my student loans paid off by the time I graduate(May.) They are around $60,000 I think.

[Gravy (Gravy Smoothie)]

win the bad beat jackpot woooooooo

On a more serious note, learn SH play, learn to play within my bankroll, learn to be a more patient player, and be consistently 4-tabling $1/$2 6-max or $2/$4 full by about March.

[MasterShakes]

-100,000 hands at 1/2 full (hopefully for $6,000+)
-100,000 hands at 2/4 full (hopefully for $8,000+)
-100,000 hands at 3/6 full (hopefully for $12,000+)
-Start paying down my debt
-Get my game psychology more under control
-Try to learn no-limit with proper stacks at PokerStars
-Play live for the first time
-Find a better place to live
-Graduate from law school by August
-Lose weight (I know... the poker goals work against this)
-Ask my girlfriend to marry me

[Equal]

This is actually a great thread for me because it's forcing me to look ahead to 2005 - which I havent even considered.

- Earn $150,000
- Take a shot at the Stars 100/200 and hold my own
- Invest some of the roll in real estate, preferably buy purchasing two condos, a house with a suite, a duplex, or a small apartment building.
- Cash in a WPT event
- Cash in a WSOP event
- Qualify for the WSOP ME
- Improve my NL cash game skills to be able to earn more than in limit games
- Continue to develop my poker website
- Take over first place on the money list at my local casino tourneys

[lostinthought]

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>$100K

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yeah that's my goal as well at the party 10 short and 15..

[Richie Rich]

What kind of BR do you have right now? And what are your latest stats? Last I remember, your VP$IP was less than 15%...has your game changed when you moved over to limit?

[bisonbison]

Let's see in 2005:

- Make the Party 15/30 game with a 500BB roll.
- learn to play short-handed well enough to beat the highest Party 6-max
- Do more poker coaching (feel free to contact me)
- Get some articles published.
- succeed in getting content moderators for these forums.
- memorize the odds tables for good this time.
- have a 12000 hand day.
- meet the east coast SS crew for some NY or Foxwoods gambling.
- blah blah blah

[1800GAMBLER]

All my goals:

- Earn $400k or earn $200k and travel for 6 months.
- Learn investing, reading at least 8 books on it, make my own financial portfolio, discuss it with a financial advisor, invest 3/4th of my earnings.
- Get more passive income through advertising/poker business/website/affiliate.
- Start moving back up limits again, log lots of hours in 100/200 and 25/50 NL again, hopefully try some 150/300.
- Play in 3 major tournaments.
- Learn o8.
- Have more sex. Be able to cum in sex.
- Learn more buddhism.
- Drink less.
- Achieve a high level at squash.

[bicyclekick]

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U silly. BK rules.

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[1800GAMBLER]

I replied in the wrong read. It was meant to be in a NL thread to richie rich and the BK i'm referring to was BK_ not you. You are ok though *HUG*.

[KINGOFINLAND]

1. Quit other gambling games and sports betting.

2. Tilt less.

3. Care less about money.

4. Enjoy more about poker.

5. Do enough(5k/month) from sit n gos and tournaments.

6. Win one big tournament, 1st prize >$50k


I quess thats enough.. /images/graemlins/wink.gif

Edit: And one more thing, play much less!

[zCereal]

my main goals are to
1. stop my winners tilt (playing bad cards after a big pot)
2. move from 1/2 to 3/6 by end of april. (current roll is 900 bucks)
3. earn atleast 15k between april and september without having to get a summer job.
4. be able to support myself with my poker winnings (apartment and a car + pay for my schooling)

[smurph]

60k

[bicyclekick]

-Learn to play live better. I get there, am focused for perhaps an hour and then kinda lose focus. Also train myself not to get bored and play a few too many hands.

-Learn the ins and outs of NL. I can play it and beat up on fish, but I'm still pretty damn bad.

-Learn stud/8 O/8 so I could at least hold my own in a game. I can play these now but I'm definately the sucker.

-Get more of my friends involved in serious poker.

-figure out tommy angelo

-cut down the number of times I bet/check and realize that it was a horrible decision right as i'm clicking and it's too late.

-make 250k

[DoubleupDinan]

Just trying to think of something that would be reasonable. I am just starting off - so firt things first lots of reading to do, hope to get SSHE read at least once before 2004 is up. Then from there go over it again and again in 2005.

After improving in Limit throughout the year I hope to be able to be very comfortable in $3/6 and maybe $5/10. This is my last semester in college, and it is gonna be an easy one so I hope to get a lot of hands in before I start actually working in Fall 2005, I think a reasonable BR for me as a begginer (If I get a lot of hands in) is $15,000.

I don't really have anything to gauge this number on cause I have not really gotten serious about Limit yet, but this is the year to find out.

Good Quesiton Snowbank... /images/graemlins/shocked.gif

[Rudbaeck]

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Let's see in 2005:
- have a 12000 hand day.

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12-tabling 6-max tables for 16 hours is bad, mkay?

[bisonbison]

12-tabling 6-max tables for 16 hours is bad, mkay?

hehehehe. Some day in the next year, I'm going to 8-table .5/1 for 24 straight hours.

I'm not saying it's a good idea. But it's my idea. And I'm going to do it.

[MrFroggyX]

1. Increase my hourly win rate to $100 or more.

2. To make $100k or more (including rake kickback).

3. To post atlest one hand a week in the NL forum.

4. Start working out twice a week.

5.To get laid more. (Hopefully if manage number 4 this will come naturally /images/graemlins/tongue.gif)

[sin808]

[ QUOTE ]
- Do more poker coaching (feel free to contact me)


[/ QUOTE ]

reeaaaally....I might very much be interested in that in the coming year. I'll send you a pm in a couple of weeks.

[James282]

[ QUOTE ]
1,000 hours. Save up and invest six figures outside my BR. Improve my Stud and Stud8 and NL games. Purchase a home.

GoT

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Holy [censored], you and I have basically the same goals, except I'm too young to buy a home, and I'm older than you! But yeah I think investing 6 figures and maintaining a roll for bigger games has got to be the next step, and I am very tempted to buy real estate in the Spring and just rent it out for a while...I'm having trouble finding banks who will offer me a reasonable down payment and mortgage with my current means of income.
-James

[TT_fold]

Hopefully by posting here I'll feel more pressured to meet my goal:

Win $800/week playing 20 hours/week at the $5/10 6 max tables. For now I'm 4-tabling NL $25 6 max on Party to build up a roll. (Reminder to self to hit 10,000-hand benchmark before New Year's!)

[AlphaMeridian]

1) Have Fun.
2) Learn postflop play. I've been trying to improve my postflop game so far, but it's been pretty slow. It wasn't like when I started, learned some starting hand charts, and then played weak tight. Learning this...is somewhat hard for me. But by the end of 2k5, if my postflop game is decent, then I'll be very happy
3) Maybe 2/4 by the end of 2k5? The limits don't really matter to me. While I fantisize about playing with all the big boys of 2+2, I don't think I'll ever have the skills or the bankroll to do it. However, maybe I can be a decent 2/4 player online and a 10/20 player IRL. Although, my IRL game improves more slowly becuase AC is 3 hours away, so I can't go there every weekend.
4) Figure out what to do with the winnings. So far, the thought of spending the poker bankroll (outside of my stated goal of trying to move up the limits) is rather weird, it's almost like I have a problem. I can't explain it well.
5) Maybe get my own homegame going. Maybe.

-Alpha

[Saborion]

Average $6k / month in poker-related income, meaning I'll be forced to learn how to play.

[nykenny]

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1,000 hours. Save up and invest six figures outside my BR. Improve my Stud and Stud8 and NL games. Purchase a home.

GoT

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Holy [censored], you and I have basically the same goals, except I'm too young to buy a home, and I'm older than you! But yeah I think investing 6 figures and maintaining a roll for bigger games has got to be the next step, and I am very tempted to buy real estate in the Spring and just rent it out for a while...I'm having trouble finding banks who will offer me a reasonable down payment and mortgage with my current means of income.
-James

[/ QUOTE ]

haven't you guys won enough to pay for a house with cash? sheesh...

Kenny /images/graemlins/smile.gif

[nykenny]

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have a 12000 hand day.

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i believe i am the only one that can do (came close b4) this in 24hrs ... but i could be wrong.

anyone else has tried 12 tabling too? /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Sponger15SB]

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have a 12000 hand day.

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i believe i am the only one that can do (came close b4) this in 24hrs ... but i could be wrong.

anyone else has tried 12 tabling too? /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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yeah a few weeks ago i did like 6,500 hands in a day 12 tabling. I was so burnt though, couldn't play any more.

[4thstreetpete]

Good thread!

A few things I'm considering are:

- I've already surpassed this year's goal of 100K+, I'm looking to achieve close to 200K this year but I'm not sure how realistic this is. This would require me to actually work less at my job and devote more time into poker which I'm having a hard time doing. Nonetheless I will try to get as close as I can.

- A bigger focus for me this year is not as much the money I should strive for (ie 200K) but the fact that I should get more hands in. I will be looking to make the jump to 8 tables, but I'm doing well now and haven't bothered to experiment any more just yet but will be soon.

-I have also spent a lot of time studying and investing this year with some success. I will be definately looking to pursue this more in 2005 and build a more impressive portfolio.



-looking to actually come in first in more MTTs. I had a few real big scores this year but not too many, I however had a LOT of 2nd place finishes. I'm still trying to figure out why this is so. I'm thinking that I'm way too aggressive but I don't think that's the case. I'm a huge overall winner in MTT and have won lots of Sit and Go's but for some reason I come in 2nd a lot in MTT. There is a definate leak, either that or I'm getting outclassed by better players once I make it to the end.
My last 2nd place finish was a complete heartbreaker. For the first time ever I actually folded AA preflop heads up with another player on the final table. After all that I still came in second to the same player after amassing a substancial chip lead but losing to him when he got lucky in the end. I really thought I totally outplayed him but came out short, this was the first time I came out of an MTT winning a substancial amount of money coming in 2nd and was steaming mad. I now understand why people who win so much money in a tournaments get so upset when they didn't win it all. I kept replaying the hands in my head over and over again.

-will try to improve my NL game. I don't know how I'm doing in NL since I'm mostly a limit player. I only play NL in tournies so I don't feel like I got a good grasp of the game. I feel I have lots to learn in this area.

-I'm doing way better than I can ever imagine in Omaha and it's variations. I will try to focus on this as I believe in the future this will be just as profitable for me as holdem will be (ie spending equal amount of time in both games). I actually have a higher winrate in omaha/omaha hi lo than any other game. This will be a bigger focus for me this year.

this is all I can think of for now, will post more when I can think of it.

[jasonHoldEm]

Six figures if I decide to continue to play professionally, or $40k if I end up getting a real job.

J

[twang]

1. Grind my way up from 2/4 to a solid 5/10
2. Stop valuebetting at the wrong places
3. Start valuebetting at the right places
4. Start paying attention. (Today I played two orbits in a 2/4-game before I realized it was actually a 1/2-game.)
5. Stop assuming that 99% of my opponents are idiots
6. Face the fact that some of my actions are less than optimal. (See 4.)

/twang

[sin808]

- I'd like to make about $30k in the next year and a half (on top of BR growth).
- put back the money I had to withdraw from my BR and not do it again
- get to 5/10SH, hopefully at a positive bb/100
- improve my HU game, and my game in general
- add a fourth table
- get a coach- for full ring, and SH play.

There's more I'm sure but that's all that comes to mind right now.

[Alobar]

150K

Learn NL.

Continue to try my best to improve and play the best game that I can.

[Ponks]

Well, this will be the start of my second year playing.

I'd like to make 80k+ playing poker (including rakeback).
Get better grades in school.
Be able to play sessions longer then 1 1/2 hours.
Get my hourly rate back above $100/hr. (multi-tabling 5/10 6 max)
Datamine the 10/20 6 max and be able to beat the game for 1.5bb/100 while multi-tabling.

Ponks

[BusterStacks]

15/30

[BreakEvenPlayer]

[ QUOTE ]
- To be a Carpal Tunnel without spamming or running up post count.

[/ QUOTE ]

This is cool and I wish some others would follow suit.

[Cerril]

Depending, it took me between a day and a week for each serious readthrough of TOP, SSH and HEFAP. Of course I don't always do a full readthrough.

[Packerfan1]

200,000 hands at $40(2BB)/100. (3 or 4 tabling 6max)

Good luck to all on achieving your goals.

Pack

[snowbank]

"Quote:
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Make a successful switch over to limit and be making $2,500 a week part-time at school at the 10/20 and/or 15/30's by February.


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wow.. this is exactly what i want to do. its pretty amazing how similar we are. right now im playing 100nl small stakes NL. i think it will take longer than you expect to become proficient enough to beat those high stakes limit games. my timetable is to have a $10k roll by February by playing NL games under 3/6. at that point i will be ready to start at limit 1/2 to learn and quickly move to 5/10 and learn a lot there. hopefully by summer i can play 10/20 or 15/30"

I agree Greg. It probably will take longer than that to beat the high stakes limit games. I sometimes like to set my goals a little high, so that if I can't reach them, I will still be happy with the success I have achieved even if I fail. As of right now, I am probably making the switch from NL to limit sometime between Jan. 1st and Jan. 14th. I go back to school the 14th, so I'm deciding whether to start the New Year with limit, or try and put another couple thousand in my bankroll over those couple weeks and start limit when I get back to school. Let me know if you would be interested in doing some sort of "challenge" against eachother. It may help both of us if we are currently at a similar level, and are trying to reach a similar goal. I'll probably be starting at at least 2/4, because I might not play as seriously any lower than that. Let me know if you are interested, and maybe we can try and make the transition together.

[klagett]

-Make 70k
-Invest Some
-Pay for the wedding that is in April 2006
-Start Posting/Replying to hands. (no clue why this is so hard for me)

[snowbank]

After thinking more about it, and reading some other people's posts, I'd like to add to my previously short list of goals for 2005:

-make a successful switch to limit and be making $2,500 a week part time playing 10/20's and/or 15/30's(by February or March)
-start a new company
-invest in real estate
-start coaching more poker players(currently coaching lower stakes NL players)
-win a multi-table tourney
-learn from and/or work with someone who has built or helped build a multi-million dollar company
-sell most of my sports card inventory so I have a lot more room and can focus on other investment opportunities
-get jacked

[snowbank]

"also I want to play more (I know this sounds funny given how many hands I've played)"

How much are you trying to play?

[joker122]

Play less, study more.

[snowbank]

"Play less, study more."

School study, or poker study?

[invast]

2005 Poker Goals:

Be a winning 3/6 player (at .5/1 right now)

Have a bankroll of $5000 (at $300 right now)

Cashout $2000

Learn and become good at both SH and HU play.

[O71394658]

1. Become proficient in draw poker

2. Improve Stud game

3. Incorporate more math into my game (odds tables, keeping track of pot sizes...)

4. 3/6 & $10 SNGs

5. Play in a casino

[sfer]

[ QUOTE ]
meet the east coast SS crew for some NY or Foxwoods gambling.

[/ QUOTE ]

No teasing Peter. I'm holding you to this. As an alternative, I'm trying to talk CDC and Josh into going to Vegas during their Spring Breaks (I'm assuming they have them at the same time) so I have an excuse to go and buy Ed Miller a beer.

Also, in the interest of thread economy, my poker goals for 2005 are:
1. Stop sucking

[uw_madtown]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
meet the east coast SS crew for some NY or Foxwoods gambling.

[/ QUOTE ]

No teasing Peter. I'm holding you to this. As an alternative, I'm trying to talk CDC and Josh into going to Vegas during their Spring Breaks (I'm assuming they have them at the same time) so I have an excuse to go and buy Ed Miller a beer.

Also, in the interest of thread economy, my poker goals for 2005 are:
1. Stop sucking

[/ QUOTE ]

A 2+2 Spring Break at Vegas is something I can get behind.

[James282]

SS folks going to Vegas? I'm free anytime from now til June so let me know.
-James

[bisonbison]

I know I'll be in MA in the summer for a wedding, so there's no reason I can't stick around and woop it up with you schmucks.

But I would also be happy to meet you guys in Vegas.

[sthief09]

[ QUOTE ]
"Play less, study more."

School study, or poker study?

[/ QUOTE ]


he's talking about school, and I'm with him, but I want to post less, play more, and study more

[bisonbison]

How did that Art History paper go? I NEED CLOSURE.

[sthief09]

[ QUOTE ]
How did that Art History paper go? I NEED CLOSURE.

[/ QUOTE ]


I got a B+. I pretty much left the thesis statement you made for me as is, so thank you for that. I also thank grade inflation.

[Malcom Reynolds]

Study goals:
- learn how to play shorthanded
- learn how to play NL cash
- read MLHE, Harrington on Hold'em
- reread: TOP, SSHE, HEFAP

Playing Goals:
- move from 4-tabling 3/6 to 6 tables, and 8 by the end of the year.
- learn to play middle limits.
- make $50k while still getting good grades in my last 8 months of school ever.
- be a winning 5/10 player online.
- be a winning 10/20 player live.

[RYL]

Poker goals for 2005:
-Build my bankroll to $25,000 and consistently beat $5/$10 NL.
-Make a successful transition from NL cash games to limit cash games after I consistently beat the $5/$10 NL.
-Play more MTT tournaments.
-Try to get a seat in the WSOP main event.

Goals (not poker related) for 2005:
-Finish college.
-Help my father with his business.
-Learn real estate investing through my uncle(hopefully invest my poker winnings into some real estate for income and capital appreciation).
-Workout at least 3 times a week and incorporate some cardio. ( Hopefully I get a six-pack for this summer)

[nolanfan34]

This thread has merit.

Some goals for 2005:

- Finally make a permanent move to 2/4
- Stop spending my roll, creating an excuse to stay at 1/2
- Earn enough through poker to take my wife on a well earned vacation when she finishes dental hygiene school
- Qualify for a WPT or WSOP event through a satellite
- Visit Vegas
- Win POY in my home tournament circuit, after choking in the final event in 2004, and finishing 3rd.

Probably others, but I can't think of them now.

(although mobilizing a squad of 2+2ers to infiltrate Bison's .50/1 tables if he does his 24 hr challenge thing would be cool. j/k Bison. /images/graemlins/grin.gif)

[bisonbison]

(although mobilizing a squad of 2+2ers to infiltrate Bison's .50/1 tables if he does his 24 hr challenge thing would be cool. j/k Bison. )

Trust me, when I do the 24 hour challenge, it will be announced with all the subtly of an artillery bombardment. I expect to play in shitty games for most of the day.

[nolanfan34]

[ QUOTE ]
(although mobilizing a squad of 2+2ers to infiltrate Bison's .50/1 tables if he does his 24 hr challenge thing would be cool. j/k Bison. )

Trust me, when I do the 24 hour challenge, it will be announced with all the subtly of an artillery bombardment. I expect to play in shitty games for most of the day.

[/ QUOTE ]

I'd expect nothing less. I can't wait to see this when it happens. Woe upon the Party .50/1 players who stumble upon one of your tables once the evening hours hit. They'll be easy to find too, since the average pot size will be like $25, and the waiting list will be 10 deep.

[MicroBob]

I am SOOOOO going to sit on bison's left.

I think the 24-hour .50/1 marathon is an insanely wonderful idea and I wish I had thought of it first.

[AncientPC]

[ QUOTE ]
realistic goal $50k

ambitious goal $80k

also I want to play more (I know this sounds funny given how many hands I've played)

[/ QUOTE ]

I'm with Sponger.

Life goals:

-Get my ass back into college and graduate. /images/graemlins/frown.gif

-Pay off credit card debt. It's about ~$7k and doable atm, but I would be left with a very small bankroll to play with. Plus it's on a 0% interest card until July '05.

-Rent a small house. So I can have a garage for my car and a yard for my dog.

Poker goals:

-Realistically? 4k / month, easily attainable as long as I keep playing poker and stop taking 2 week long breaks. Ambitiously? 6k-8k / month.

-Right now I'm playing .5/1 NL. I would like to be able to do well at 2/4 NL. As long as I have the bankroll, how hard can it be when the tables I see have a flop seen percentage of 60%+?

-Get better at PLO8. Possibly make the switch back to limit if the money dries up at higher level NL.

-Vegas trip.

[BullChip]

build a +25K BR. I'll be content with $20K /images/graemlins/cool.gif

not go broke

exercise most optimal dedication of patience, focus, discipline, and money management.

[HesseJam]

[ QUOTE ]
Play less, study more.

[/ QUOTE ]

same here

Play less, study more -> win more.

Play no hands on "auto-pilot", play all hands as if I was sitting at the WSOP final table (so that I am already used to that feeling when I finally get there /images/graemlins/smirk.gif).

[Chris Daddy Cool]

my goal in 2005 is to not go broke playing poker.

[cjromero]

1. Crush the 4/8 and 8/16 games at Bellagio from January 13-15
2. Rebuild my bankroll that will be partially depleted from paying for the Vegas trip
3. Go back to Vegas in July during the WSOP
4. Progress from 2/4 to 15/30 by the end of the year
5. Learn NL and SH
6. Take more advantage of PokerTracker and my poker library
7. Limit the effects of tilt when I start a session with cold cards

[madmisha]

1. Make 1k/month to justify not moonlighting
2. Becoming at proficient at using gametime PT
3. Beating 5/10 by the end of the year

Someone should bookmark this thread for 12/2005 and everyone can report back on how they did.

[La Brujita]

Thought I would chime in:

1. Keep recognizing my weaknesses and working on them, for now:

a. improve blind defense

b. improve play in heads up pots in a full ring game holding marginal hands like middle pair no kicker or gutshot and one overcard

c. slightly increase button stealing rate (this seems to require better ability to play marginal hands shorthanded in position)

d. improve at heads up play (have bought Poker Academy with this in mind)

e. become quicker to release marginal hands in small pots

2. Separate too closely correlating my win rate with my playing ability. In other words trying to understand the "luck" factor of the game and worrying about process and letting results take care of themselves.

3. Move up to higher limits as seems natural. I took my time playing 15-30 online (have been doing it since August 2004 or so) even though I was playing 10-20 online and a bit of 15-30 online (and live) in late summer 2003.

4. The reason for the break was a short love affair with multitable tournaments. I still have feelings and would like to consider qualifying for the wpt or ept but I don't think it is a high priority because realistically other players at wpt would make it -ev for me I think.

5. Play a few of the smaller limit events at WSOP. I might or might not do it, it is not a huge goal for me but I will probably just buy in if I do.

6. Learn to enjoy and feel comfortable with live games. I was a bit nervous in a 4-8 game at Foxwoods while waiting for a bigger game. Heck I have played at least 50-75 hours live so don't know why I am such a slow learner. I decided to stop waiting and go to the bar instead.

7. Continue my poker education through books and tutoring if necessary.

8. Make sure I still enjoy playing the game.

9. Play a maximum of 25 hours a week. I am a little bit like El Diablo that I don't love to grind it out and play too many hours.

[meep_42]

I'm going to think through mine right now, so skip it or bear with me a moment... :P

Currently:
12k hands at .5/1 with a good/very good win rate.
2.5k hands at 1/2 with a paltry (but positive) win rate.
A 400+ BB BR for 1/2.

Goal:
Finish 15k hands at .5/1, with a winrate that could be termed as "crushing."
Move full time to 1/2 when that is complete.
Finish 15k hands at 1/2 with a 3.5+BB/100 win rate.
Play 10k hands of 1/2 (6 max) with a 3.5+BB/100 win rate to learn shorthanded play better.
Move to 2/4 full time by May.
Get a rakeback deal.
Enroll in classes at random_local_university with the intention of clearing the memory of a crappy undergrad GPA and securing recommendations for Grad/Law School.
Become enough of a winning player at 2/4, 3/6, or 5/10 (6m) to be able to support myself decently in '06 if I get into school full-time.
Play in more MTT and SnG.
Learn $25NL.
Play 60,000+ hands (all levels)

-d

[swede0530]

Continue moving up in on-line limits without making a deposit.

Play at a B&M at least 4 times (surpassing this year's 3)

[DJMaytag]

After starting out playing in August, playing limit for a little over a month and after getting killed, i said "what the hell" and tried playing the NL penny tables on UB with my remaining $3 (only invested $25 and haven't dropped another dime into my account yet). Three months later, i'm up to almost $600 and have moved up to .05/10 (briefly) and then .10/.25 (currently winning 10BB/100 but have only played 4k hands at this level, but my stats are pretty much in line with the lower levels, ie borderline Rock/TAP with similar BB/100).

SO i figure at the current growth rate, i should be at about a 7 billion dollar bankroll by this time next year. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

Realistically, I think $10k by the end of the year is a modest goal, as my true winrate in PT shows $4+/hr and i play about 400 hours a month right now. If i could do that or better, that sure wouldn't be too bad for a $25 investment!

[ctv1116]

I really hope that 400 table hours and not just 400 hours.

[DJMaytag]

[ QUOTE ]
I really hope that 400 table hours and not just 400 hours.

[/ QUOTE ]

I know i play alot, but i'm sure it's 400 table hours. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

I'm averaging about 450 Ultimate Points a month for my time at the tables, so I'm assuming they give ya point for each hour at each table.

[B Dids]

Avg over 1500 hands a week. (I suck at playing poker, volume wise).

Become comfortable 4 tabling.

Build a BR for 10/20 6 max.

Have "Dids's Foxwoods (and AC maybe) Adventure".

Learn NL/PLO

Grow more gambool. I'd like to be comfortable taking a shot at something like 15/30 if it looks good.

Play live with more frequency (or like, at all).

[chezlaw]

1) learn NL/PL

2) stop having sessions where I play like an idiot

3) arrange joyful union of claw hammer and trusty alarm clock

4) get multi-monitor setup.

[Skjonne]

[ QUOTE ]
"25K"

what stakes?

[/ QUOTE ]

Currently NL100 and NL200

[TimM]

To have a winning session again. /images/graemlins/mad.gif

[Schneids]

1. Better time management.
1a. Work out more often.
1b. Eat healthier.

2. Log 250,000 hands or more on the year while doing #1 above.
2a. Swim more frequently in stakes higher than 30/60 online for hold em.

3. Develop skills at other games.
3a. 7stud/8.
3b. NL ring and tourneys.

[Raiser]

[ QUOTE ]
To suck less.

[/ QUOTE ]

Ditto.

[TimM]

[ QUOTE ]
To never be playing poker while not clearing a bonus. That's right, I'll be exclusively bonus whoring this year.

[/ QUOTE ]

I like it.

A-B-C. A-Always, B-Be, C-Clearing. Always be clearing, always be clearing.

[aslowjoe]

1. Play better poker
2. Make 50K

[Talk2BigSteve]

My Poker Goal for 2005 is to win enough to buy a Saab 9-5 for my Birthday in August.

Living, Learning, and Laughing.
Big Steve /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[The4Aces]

My poker goal is to build up a bankroll to above 10k starting from my orginal $880.

[Escape]

- Reading SSH a few times
- Whore a lot
- Learning how to play 1/2 6 max and 1/2-2/4 ring games
- Post more hands at 2+2
- Getting less fustrated when I get beat on the river.

[OrianasDaad]

- Learn NLHE.
- Move up to at least 3/6 limit.
- Learn PLO.
- Final Table a big MTT online.
- Get the rest of the 2+2 books for my library.
- Be making $1500/week at the end of the year. (12.5 table hours a day, 20 days a week, at 3/6)

[Casinoexploits]

To make about 30k this year in Casino Exploiting (bonus whoring alone)

To make a conversion from NL to Limit successfully by jumping directly into the fray at 5/10 6 max.

Then.. To be able to play 10/20 6 max 4 tables.

Shouldn't be so hard.

Overall Goal is to gross over 120k this year.
Casinoexploits

[snowbank]

"To make a conversion from NL to Limit successfully by jumping directly into the fray at 5/10 6 max."

I'll be extremely interested to hear how that goes for you. Keep me updated if you could.

[Pete]

give me 20k in '05!

[meep_42]

After reading this thread, my girlfiend has informed me that I missed 1 goal:

Make lots of money so I can buy her presents.

-d

[goofball]

Poker goals for 2005:

1. 200k
2. play in a WSOP limit holdem event
3. play in the WSOP main event
4. win 3BB/100 at the party 15/30
5. venture into bigger online games
6. improve to a top tier no limit tournament holdem player
7. play only my A game

[snowbank]

also:

make sure I keep perfect records every day on all poker, and business related activity

[Spartan1983]

2005 goals

1. Be an overall winner, and a consistent winner.
2. Move up to $3/6 by the end of the year and play well at this level.
3. Continue to evaluate my game and to improve.
4. Post more response to other players hand history's and questions.
5. Post more of my hand history's and questions.
6. Avoid tilt.
7. Learn when to fold profitably on the river. ie. don't make so many "crying calls"
8. Enjoy poker, but don't be as obsessed with it as I am now. ie. more time with the family.
9. Keep better financial records. /images/graemlins/confused.gif

[AviD]

Ala list fashion:

1. Pay off the CCs
2. Pay off my student loans
3. Rack up enough to get a 2001/2002 white Chevy Tahoe Z71 (will give my pop the Jeep Cherokee I have now)! /images/graemlins/wink.gif
4. Poker wise would like to reach 30/60 to 40/80 level by years end, but given the spending that may occur per the above I may be hanging in 15/30 and 20/40 games for awhile, which is fine by me. Currently playing mostly 10/20 and 15/30, but plan on moving to 20/40 pretty soon.

I haven't spent much of my winnings until recently, just bought a new snowboard, bindings, and boots...and had LASIK surgery on my eyes. Note how debt apparently fell back on the list last year, and instead I created more...good times! /images/graemlins/wink.gif Hopefully I can make my goals my resolution as well.

Good luck to all in your own goals.

[turnipmonster]

1) learn sit n gos
2) improve my PLO and stud8 game
3) get better at 6max
4) play online more frequently, move up to the 15/30 game.
5) learn to recognize subtle signs of tilt/boredom and respond accordingly (usually by getting up)

--turnipmonster

[cjs]

1. get to the party 5/10 short game
2. improve my PLO8

[cbfair]

Poker Related Goals:

1. Play at least 4k hands weekly staying at .5/1 until I'm certain I've crushed the game over at least 40k hands (>3bb/100)
2. Get second monitor and successfully 6-8 table
3. Move up in limits still playing min. 4k hands/week
4. Build BR to 500BB for 3/6
5. Beat 3/6 > 2BB/100
6. Keep accurate records

Non Poker Related Goals

1. Keep household spending to a minimum
2. Pay down at least 27k in debt
3. Exercise 4x per week
4. Lose 30 pounds

[Deathbear]

1. Read, read, read. I just started reading SSHE last night and even after reading the first chapter there were a few eye openers.
2. Set daily win/loss limits for myself so I don't get carried away.
3. Try not to tilt when playing extremely loose players on Interpoker. /images/graemlins/grin.gif
4. Slowly move up the limits until I have a very comfortable bankroll.

[mackiee]

I am just trying to get out of the deficit... because of stupid play beginer play. Just play consistently throughout the year.
Read and re read SSh, and WLLHe

[fsuplayer]

5) learn to recognize subtle signs of tilt/boredom and respond accordingly (usually by getting u


one of my biggest problems. ditto that.

[Wayfare]

1: Don't let gambling (poker included), drinking, wasting time interfere with anything more important. This includes school, family, and girls.

2: Work ass off in law school and make 3.8 GPA.

3: Get in real shape by continuing to work out 5 times + a week and not putting [censored] food into your body.

[Benjamin]

Net > 125k.

Quit the square job by mid year.

Improve every aspect of my game, especially heads-up play and post-flop play.

Exercise more, start lifting weights again.

Keep the alcohol use strictly reined in.

B.

[DMBFan23]

be playing 3/6 full by the end of the year.
play 10/20 somewhere live, once.
be good enough to play NL 50 (but I'll probably play more limit)

become slightly proficient at 7 stud


Non poker goals:
grad school
be able to throw a frisbee 70 yards, backhand and forehand
get laid more (duh)

[meep_42]

[ QUOTE ]
get laid more (duh)

[/ QUOTE ]

Did we have to explicity state that?

-d

[Emmitt2222]

-Maybe spend a little less time reading everything on these forums (like every response to this thread up to this point).
-Post a few more hands.
-Get the Dell monitor to 4 table more effectively.
-Go from .5/1 [verge of 1/2] to 3/6 with a good long stopover at 1/2 6max which I think I will enjoy.
-Make enough money, at least 5k, to prove to my parents that the game is profitable and that I am not a gambling addict.
-Get good and feel like all of my reasoning for all of my actions is strong, this being the most important to have a high BB/100.

[bear187]

1) Begin my poker career a winner.
2) Read everything reccomended to me.
3) Forfeit a social life for the premise of a better one once I'm rich :P
4) Become rich and never work a day in my life @_@

Shoot high :P

[Dave H.]

CASH IN ON THOSE SKLANSKY BUCKS!

[KidNapster]

Goal:
Win a $2500+ buyin live tournament.

[theBruiser500]

Learn limit really well, hopefully up to 100/200, earn enough to invest in real estate.

[meHIGHyouLOW]

To become world best PLO8 player..ok at least winning at 10/20plo8 game! Making decent income from it and playing some big nl holdem tournaments.

[Tosh]

I'd like to have logged 100k hands at 15/30 by the end of the year.

[zaxx19]

Learn limit holdem...Im awful. /images/graemlins/confused.gif

Master low limit 8 o B 2 BB an Hr will suffice.

Start playing STT where I make the most ROI by far but for some reason rarely concentrate on playing??

Take the Lsat again and try to ace that damn thing..logic games grrr.

Actually take my classes seriously and not constantly seek the easiest way to B+ (last semester I averaged like 15 hours of work in each class..total....Im not even joking or bragging...this is a pathetic waste of time opportunity and money)

Ask out that Brazilian girl Ive been lusting over for 2 yrs now..have her say yes(G-d if you see fit only to give me one of these goals lets this one be it)

Start lifting seriously again get my bench back to at least 365(yes it is an ego thing)

Floss more regularly, did you see that nutjob who was in the WSOP event Thunder Keller won...I like my teeth I want to keep them.

Dont forget any anniversary, holiday or B-day in my family.

[Fabian]

1. Learn to play more hours. This is the most important one. I hope to be able to log at least 25 hours a week consistantly, 6 to 8-tabling. This is also probably the most difficult/unrealistic goal.

2. Do season 3 of 60k in 60 days in a few months. If no one beats me to it.

3. Make at least 200k-250k. Hopefully 300k.

4. Stay away from a) single table tournaments b) multi table tournaments c) stupid NL cash games d) basically anything else.

5. Improve on the emotional aspect of my game. Completely stop feeling bad about big losses (almost there..), never semitilt, always playing my A game, etc.

Probably some more I'll think of later.

[Trix]

1K+ hours

[gazarsgo]

[ QUOTE ]
I am just trying to get out of the deficit... because of stupid play beginer play. Just play consistently throughout the year.
Read and re read SSh, and WLLHe

[/ QUOTE ]

It took until page 6 until I found someone with goals similar to mine!

I started playing in December 2003. Now it is January 2005.
My net poker 'winnings' are roughly -$6500. In the next year I want to do whatever it takes in terms of bonus whoring (POKER ONLY) and staying at $10+1 SNGs and .5/1 limit (NO NL RING THIS YEAR) to both build a bankroll and win back my losses.

I need to re-read WLLH this year and buy, read, and re-read SSH as well. I found the bonus thread Homer made just today and I will hit every Crypto site every month to help my roll.

Ideally, poker will pay for me moving out of my parent's house. Realistically, I want to be able to make my car payment without hurting my roll by the end of the summer.