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Old 12-25-2005, 12:53 PM
DavidC DavidC is offline
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Default 2/4 to 15/30 in 75 days?

Inspired by the 2006 goals thread. I've got an ambitious goal here, and I'm curious if this is possible.

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Background: about three months ago, I played 2/4, 8-tabling it, for a winrate of 2.85/100 over 86k hands. I was lured into casino whoring by the prospect of easy money, and while the money IS easy, I'm not cut out for it personally. So I'm looking to get back into poker with a vengence. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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Plan: I'd like to get to the 15/30 game, which I'm barely bankrolled for (~15k), and I'd like to get there by March 15th. Obviously I'm going to be working against a skill deficit and against variance in my journey to 15/30.

Jan 1st to March 15th is about 75 days. I plan on stopping at 2/4, 3/6, 5/10, 10/20, and 15/30. That's 5 levels. 15 days per level. I'm going to try to play 7 days per week, though I may take Mondays off.

The blind structures will be changing, and blind stealing/defense will become increasingly important as I move up. Also, I should learn the rake structure of each limit and its effects on the game. I'll have to learn short-handed play, as it will become more prevalent as I move up.

I see that some of my numbers are off a little so these figures are approximate.

2/4: 4-table for 2 days then 8-table for the rest, 5 hours per day = 28k hands.

3/6: 4-table for 6 days, 6-table for 2 days, then 8-table for 7 days = 21k hands.

At a winrate of 2/100, if I run well I should make enough cash to basically cover my expenses all the way to March 15th (I live frugally) and to put a little padding in my roll.

5/10: 2-table for 2 days, 4-table for 5 days, 6-table for 4 days, 8-table for 3 days = 17.5k hands.

10/20 and 15/30 the same as 5/10.

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This is only for 5 hours per day. I intend to use the rest of the time doing stuff like setting up autohotkey for using a Playstation controller for a mouse, playing a bit of 25nl as a nut peddler (12vpip,4pfr for my last 200 hands, I'm experimenting), playing single tables of the next limit, datamining, doing a little posting and a lot of reading, etc. etc. I might also find out that I have to stop at 4-tables when I get to the upper limits. I'm willing to accept that.

My questions are:

1) Is this possible?

2) Do you have any suggestions for poker-improvement activities in my off-time (about 3-4 hours per day)?

3) Do you guys have any suggestions for sleep, eating, or health during this time?

4) Any other suggestions??

--Dave.
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