How\'d you do on your 2005 poker goals?
 

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I achieved mine!
-James

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Looks like 2K short for me - a -225BB swing in the summer killed me!

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I didn't have any, but if I did, they would probably look something like this:

Make more money than 2004: failed
Play more hours than 2004: failed
Play big live tournaments: failed
Play sats for big live tournaments: failed
Play online tournaments: failed

Edited to add: These are now my 2006 poker goals.

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I've achieved my original goal, and hopefully will reach my 2nd goal tonight. My 3rd goal I hope to reach by year's end. One thing (like El D) that I haven't done is play more tournaments. I played one satellite for a WPT event, and the WSOP event I wanted to play was sold out. I have a hard time justifying playing tournaments nowadays.

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Failed miserably.

Goal was to make $60K this year.
I had $51K as of June 1st.
Now I have $8K. (+ I spent about $8K).

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I have succeeded greatly, and as result, failed miserably.

That is, I landed a good enough job that spending lots of time on poker is -EV. Most of my play since March has been helping my little brother clear random bonuses. I do miss the game occasionally [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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Ive learnt to play poker in mid january this year (before I didnt know if str8 beat 3 of a kind and hadnt heard the word "holdem"). My goal after a month was to make 5k...
With little luck I will hit 100k at the end of this year so I guess I achieved my goals.
2006 will be much harder though...

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I don't even want to look, but I know I failed miserably. Like, really miserably. Like, I'm gonna [censored] shoot myself right now just thinking about it.

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Totally sucks, I put my goals post in the micro section and that isn't archived as well I guess.

I am a bit short currently on the money goal, but it will be a close race, I'm gonna need some good solid days but I have some unplanned vacations coming up. I'm still very happy and accomplished or passed some I never thought I would.

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As always, a gambler is never happy. I wanted to play a lot of live tournaments, and play regualrly above $15/$30. Well, I played a few tournaments - cashed in a few, but overall barely broke even.

As for live game (and online), I played some higher limit NL (up to $10/$25 blind live) and did fine. However, after starting well at $30/$60, I took a few wild rides - all downhill. Thirty-sixty and me, not very good company.

I should be happy, but I always want more. Good luck to everybody in the last 5 weeks of the year.

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ive been pretty down in the mouth about failing miserably at putting in hours since the summer, but at the beginning of 2005 i didnt expect to be where i am now so maybe i accomplishmed my goals.

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Right where I wanted to be in terms of everything. This year surpassed my expectations in everyway.

However I am not happy about it. As I have learned so much since January, I realise now, my expectations were too low.


This next year will be very interesting. I am not quite sure how to set goals this year.

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Your realistic goal was 50k, your ambitious goal was 80k. Did you succeed?
-James

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Totally sucks, I put my goals post in the micro section and that isn't archived as well I guess.

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Micro Edition.

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1. Quit other gambling games and sports betting.

Well I did other gambling, but down $30k on sports betting =) though I haven't bet them in last two months.

2. Tilt less.

Almost the same, 3-4 tilt sessions this year.

3. Care less about money.

No way, I'm actually caring more about it because I began saving money for house & other stuff.

4. Enjoy more about poker.

No, I still hate this game.


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

Switched back to playing mostly NL in early february and after that I have done way over my goal.

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

So far the biggest tournament win is $13000. But I will play some big live tournaments in December aswell as the usual online tournaments.
So maybe..

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I'm honing in on $80K which was my goal for 2005. My goal for 2006 is $105K for online and B&M play combined.

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My goal for the year was to pay off about $20k of college debt that just wouldn't go away by multi-tabling the party $3/6.

Well I did that, and I funded two expensive holidays, and spent a boat load more money, and I've been now running good at $20/40. Over-acheiving rules [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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my goal was 30/60 by the end of the year, i made it. sweet.

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Didn't post them, But i guess this years goal is to be play 10/20 by end of next year(end of 2006).

I'm at .25/.50 6max having played 1/2 10max.

Hopefully be at 1/2 6max by Xmas.

Thats 1/2>2/4>3/6>5/10>10/20
4-5 jumps, If i can do one every 2months i should be at 10/20 by xmas.

Cool, Wish me luck. I'd also like to make 20K this year, See what happens. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

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2005 is not over yet!!!*


*Utterly horrible, but I did manage to make some good progress on my exercizing goal, and I start an awesome new job on Tuesday, oh and number two daughter entered the world, which had an impact on meeting my poker goals.

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I'm interested to see if cnfuzzd met his goal.

Shana Hiatt.



peace


john nickle

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Yes and no. $$$ wise yes. Taking my game to the next level, no. But I will keep working at it. Good luck in 2006 all.

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I didn't set goals but if you told me in January the games I'd be playing now, the old me would have been shocked.

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I didn't have any, but if I did the only one I missed was hours/total hands.

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Well I've sort of half failed. I've played 10/20 and 15/30 as was my goal, but I've dropped down numerous times, and I'm currently playing 10/20. Also it looks like I'm only gonna get about 60% of the way to my monetary goal, which I didn't write down.

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If you had asked me if I had met my 1 year goals from January 1st 2005 today, I would say yes. I have beaten those with flying colors. I have failed at the goals I set in August/September so far. So I have done better this year than I thought I could hope for, but in the last couple months things haven't been going so well by the new high standards I have set for myself.

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Well, I started on Jan 1 '05 with exactly $100 and played 1/2 limit omaha on crypto, so not going broke there was a wonderance in itself.

unfortunately I sucked in the first half of the year and could never really build a big roll. never really got above 500'ish. part of that was due to poor play, other parts due to emotional stress in getting into college.

summer, the goal was to make enough money to have stuff to spend during college. that goal was completed.

Beginning of school (early september) the goal was to reach 3/6 limit by my birthday (couple of weeks ago), if not Christmas. I plan on playing it full time starting in December. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

A college sophomore friend of mine who knows about 2+2 but doesn't post there was in the same spot I was when he was a freshman, and now he's playing 5/10 NL and making a good bit. It's a big inspiration, and I hope to get "up there" by next winter.

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At least give the rest of us December, over acheiver!

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I didn't think anythin could make me hate you more than not waking me up for lunch the other day--I was wrong.

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I'm just mad you didn't respond to my bad beat whine on AIM.

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Well I only started poker at all in March so I guess I didn't have any goals. I never would have guessed I'd be playing 10/20 by now.

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I've been at my parents' house since Wednesday afternoon, so I didn't see it yet if you sent it after 3:00 or so.

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I didn't have any goals, but if I did I know I blew them all out of the water into outer space

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Poker Goals - Better than I could Imagine.
Personal Goals - Worse than I could imagine.

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I've been at my parents' house since Wednesday afternoon, so I didn't see it yet if you sent it after 3:00 or so.

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Oh well in that case, I've sent a few IMs about your away message. I've probably watched that clip like 40x since you've put it up.

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