2006 Goals
 

I've seen these in some of the other forums but we don't seem to have one yet so here it is...

Re: 2006 Goals
 

-Be able to correctly answer all the hand quizzes in SSHE in random order the first time w/o peeking.

-Stop calling GSSD w/o odds on the flop.

-Improve my turn and river play.

-Be one of the posters on this forum that when you read my reply you know it's based on sound principles.

-Beating 3/6 consistently.

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- Start using rakeback (havent bothered with my limits so far)

- Start clearing bonuses (too lazy for this atm)

- Start making serious cash from Poker.

- Average 2k hands each day for the whole year. This is mainly because 2k hands a year at 0,5/1 or 1/2 limits with 25% rakeback generates a somewhat nice amount

- Play more MTT tournaments and win one.

- Qualify for a big live tournament or at least play in one

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I'd like to be playing 2/4 by the end of the year.

Continue to play at least 2 tables at once for at least an hour a day (120 hands) everyday. Maybe more hours when I stay home from work with a cold. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Maybe more hours when I stay home from work with a cold. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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1/ Take at least 10 days off from work with a cold.
2/ Read heaps, post heaps, play heaps.
3/ Make 10,000
4/ win at 2/4

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Profitably playing 10/20

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So many aspirations for the coming year, but in no particular order I hope that I manage to achieve at least some of these:

1. Continue to read/study various poker books. This includes learning how to play 7 Card Stud and some of the other poker games, hopefully at least reasonably well. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

2. Get that new computer, so my screens dont overlap when multitabling. [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

3. Make enough $$$ playing to pay for that new computer! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

4. Learn basic blackjack theory (and count) before being taken to the casino to play by a friend. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

5. Not getting thrown out of the casino. [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

6. Getting a date with that [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] girl I just met. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Merry Xmas everyone. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I'd just like to be >0BB/100 at some level like 2/4 at maybe 100K hands. I also have this secret desire to satellite my butt into the wsop lol, but it's just a stoner pipedream.

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I want to be playing 5/10 by the end of 2006.

Unrealistic, maybe. But that's my goal nonetheless.

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I want a small family in Peru to starve on account of my winnings next year.

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2005 Results

Tracked hands: 151,562
Untracked hands: ~ 25,000-35,000 (maybe more)
Tracked Profit: + $5,163

2006 Goals = 300,000 hands. + $50,000. Finally run good for a change.

Happy Holidays guys and good luck hitting those goals!

Brad

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I'm still feeling fairly modest. I really only have one goal:

Beat a limit with no "." in it.

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2005 Results

Tracked hands: 151,562
Untracked hands: ~ 25,000-35,000 (maybe more)
Tracked Profit: + $5,163

2006 Goals = 300,000 hands. + $50,000. Finally run good for a change.

Happy Holidays guys and good luck hitting those goals!

Brad

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Shillx what limit are you playing? Could I not be the only one farting around small stakes games for no good reason?

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Party $50+5 NL SNGs. I hope to make the $109's my home sometime in the next few months though. I might play some mid-high LHE from time to time for good measure. It is time for me to take a more aggressive line at this game.

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Party $50+5 NL SNGs. I hope to make the $109's my home sometime in the next few months though. I might play some mid-high LHE from time to time for good measure. It is time for me to take a more aggressive line at this game.

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I look forward to seeing you win a WSOP bracelet.

You are an inspiration to this forum. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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I think that playing and beating at least 30/60 should be a reasonable and attainable goal.

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youre my boy Blue!

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but it's just a stoner pipedream.

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Stoner....pipe

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Play 100,000 hands of 2/4, 3/6 and higher.
-Currently playing 2/4 (little 1/2 to clear bonuses.)

Get bankroll just for tournaments up to the $33 level.
-Playing the 11's now. Single tables.

Try to play one MTT tournament a week. And win one of those this year.
-Don't play any now so I would like to do this one.


And Merry Christmas.

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Tie up loose ends on the casino side. Get from 2/4 to 15/30 LHE by March 15th. Get my passport and hopefully graduate. Learn a lot more about NLHE.

Edit: March 15th seems really close... maybe 2006 "dreams" would be a better title. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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My goal this year is to think about good goal for the next year.

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A goal for the year seems way too far ahead. I guess i just want to play good poker, and keep learning.

Oh, and stay active at these forums. I registered this account when i was just starting the .05/.10 games at stars, and 4 months later i'm close to moving up to $1/2 at party. thanks everyone.

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1. Win consistently at 1/2.
2. Use Poker Tracker/GaneTime+ correctly.
3. Play more MTT's

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I love how the girls come last, lol

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If I 10x my bankroll by the end of Summer, decide if I'm going to do a PhD or poker for the next four years after that.

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- Stop Smoking
- 60K+ hands (estimates: 10K-.25/.50, 20K-.50/1, 15K-.50/1*6max*, 15K-1/2)
- 10X my bankroll cashing out half of that to cover old "poker tuition"
- Reread a lot of what I've read and learn how to aply concepts better.
- Post more hands and more responses to hands.
- Get better at NL tourneys, MTT's (but not waste as much of my BR on them)
- Whore more boniii
- Find a girl
- Maybe be playing 2/4
- Help "HouseCalls" with his goals
- Stop Smoking

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1. Read/contribute to 2+2 more
2. Increase my 0.50/1 limit winrate (currently 1.36 BB/hr), goal 4.0
3. Get out of the red in 1/2 limit, and get a positive winrate, goal 2.0
4. Improve my post-flop play.
5. Play more NL cash games.
6. Play more MTTs

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Coming into 2005 my goals were:
1)Deposit $100, start at .25/.50, and build my way up to 2/4 by the end of the year
2)Become a frequent contributor to these forums

I had mixed/depressing results. Looking at my registeration date and post count, I didn't really achieve #2. So that's one thing to build upon in 2006.

Regarding my first goal, I built my BR up all the way to $2500. I dabbled in some 3/6 but couldn't beat it so I stayed mainly at 2/4 and things were good. Then December 3 rolls around, and I have my office Xmas party. I got trashed. I came home at 3am. I played Party Blackjack. I lost everything (which makes reading Diablo and everyone elses Party BJ posts in the Brag forum all the more frustrating...jk).

I woke up sick to my stomach the next morning, not from the booze, but from losing my entire bankroll. I hate blackjack. I don't know what I was thinking. I worked hard to get it up there. And now I have to do it all over again. It was an expensive lesson but Jesus Christ I can promise you I won't be drinking and gambling again in this lifetime.

With that in mind, goals for 2006:
1)Read one new poker book a month
2)Play 500 hands daily
3)Post at least 5 times daily on 2+2
4)Work my way back up to, and past, 3/6 and into 5/10
5)To not drink while gambling

As an addendum, I took a hiatus from poker after my drunken BJ debacle because I was furious with myself. I finally got my mind right and today I deposited money for the first time since early December. I played 211 hands of .50/1.00 on Party and booked a solid win. It felt good to be back, I really missed it alot.

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1. Read/reread a different poker book every month. Anyone wanna suggest a 12-month schedule for me? I'm in 1/2 right now, but *should be playing 2/4 in a couple of weeks. Probably start January with SSHE then move on to other classics. I have a library containing most of the obvious books. I've read GSIHE, SSHE, TOP, HEPFAP, WLLHE, HOH vol 1&2, ITHE, TPFAP, Weight the Odds. I own but haven't yet read Improve your Poker and PotLimit and No Limit Poker. I wonder what a good progression through those books would be. And adding some others will definitely happen.

2. Comfortably playing 5/10 by the end of the year.

3. Play in some MTT and/or enter satellites that could lead to a big score.

4. Get an A in the last two courses for my degree.

5. Don't let 1-3 interfere with 4...

6. Continue with South Beach diet and lose 40 pounds. Lost 22 already in the last quarter of this year, so hopefully I'll keep it going...

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OK my turn:

5k hands per month
Review at least 50% of my hands on PT
Post at least one hand per week
Respond to at least 10 hands per week
Be beating .25/.50 and .50/1 and be ready to move uo to limits with no decimal points
Help Nomatilda with his goals

Re: 2006 Goals
 

1. Learn to fold
2. Learn to C/R
3. Learn to bluff

This should help my bankroll significantly

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Nice thread - good to clarify these kind of things in the mind.

1. Post 2 hands per week, comment on 5.
2. Use this newfound expertise to move up to 2/4.
3. Consolidate at 2/4 and beat Absolute 2/4 for 1BB/100 over 20K hands.

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My main goal is to move up.
I've been 4 tabling 1/2 since May and have continued b/c it's an easy way to make a few extra bucks, unfortunately spent most of 6K I made from playing and from bonuses. But managed recently to put together a $1700 bankroll that I will keep exclusively online and will try to build and move up with. No specific goals but basically want to move up and get to at 10/20 by the end of the year, will maintain at least a 300BB at the current limit I play, and take mini-shots (which I think Grunchcan described) with 100BB rolls at higher limit and at 6 max. That way I should never fall below my original $1700 and should be able to move up and play without fear of losing too much $$$.

So I'm going to just jump in playing 2/4 and 1/2 6 max the next couple months, dropping back to 1/2 if I drop near $1200.

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had a good 2005.

for 2006:

I want to be playing 5/10 full time, and taking shots at 10/20.
I want to play more live poker.
Continue to contribute to 2+2.
Make 20K, maybe more, but at least 20K.
Pay my taxes for 2005.
Continue to work on not tilting.
Look into getting a coach.

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had a good 2005.

for 2006:

I want to be playing 5/10 full time, and taking shots at 10/20.
I want to play more live poker.
Continue to contribute to 2+2.
Make 20K, maybe more, but at least 20K.
Pay my taxes for 2005.
Continue to work on not tilting.
Look into getting a coach.

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well put. I'm witcha.

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I was looking back at a march 2005 goals thread I posted in, and I have met or exceeded all of them. I wanted to be comfortable at 1/2, comfortable at 6-max, and prove a solid winrate over a good sized sample. Done, done, and done.

So time for some new goals:

1: My current home/sweet spot is 1/2 and 2/4 6max. 6-max is definately the way to go, I doubt I'll EVER go back to full 10 handed ring games. Over the next year, I want to prove myself at 3/6 and 5/10 6-max games. I'm already taking shots at it, but I'm still subconsciously thinking in terms of dollars and not chips. It's the same every time you jump up a level, you need a while to adjust.

2: Since I am playing a little 3/6 and 5/10 here and there, I want to read and contribute to the SS forum more. Right now I just lurk, and I feel everyone there is kinda out of my league, so it makes me apprehensive about posting.. I don't wanna look like a fool, or give bad advice to the 'high rollers' in the SSHE forum.. I need to make the jump, it feels like I'm about to jump up limits.

3: Have the discipline to get up and leave a table if there's a bunch of TAG's playing there. I always think 'Im TAG too, worst case this should be an even game', etc.. When this happens and I stay, sometimes I win, sometimes I lose.. I get great satisfaction out of beating good players, but every time I lose, I kick myself for not leaving sooner. At the higher limits, this is gonna matter more than ever, so I need to really be aware of my enviroment, and make sure I put myself in the best possible situation.

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3: Have the discipline to get up and leave a table if there's a bunch of TAG's playing there. I always think 'Im TAG too, worst case this should be an even game', etc.. When this happens and I stay, sometimes I win, sometimes I lose.. I get great satisfaction out of beating good players, but every time I lose, I kick myself for not leaving sooner. At the higher limits, this is gonna matter more than ever, so I need to really be aware of my enviroment, and make sure I put myself in the best possible situation.

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This is one of my weaknesses as well. Nice post.

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1. post more. i've been playing since august (from .25/.50 to 40K hands so far at 1/2), and have been reading since then, but didn't start contributing til recently.

2. stop tilt-spewing and too-many-tables-spewing. both are killing my winrate.

3. know odds like the back of my hand.

4. up my aggression. i can push with the nuts just fine, but i need to stop fearing scary boards and others having the nuts when so often that is not the case.

5. continue to add position-dependent hands to my repertoire.

6. move up to and get comfortable with 3/6 full and start in on the 6-max game.

7. get better at games besides holdem (omaha is first on the list).

8. earmark some BR for a flat panel or two. purty...

happy new year everyone [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
-joanna

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2005 was a g00t year for the Dog. Pulled out a big chunk of the roll and had a great trip to Vegas. I proposed, she said yes, can't beat that.

I still lurk here, as I'll play the occasional full table clearing bonuses, and when I hit a rough stretch of variance in the SH game. I'd like to be playing 10/20 short by this time next year, but for the freaking life of me I can't handle more than 2 6M tables at a time. Ugh.

Good luck to you all, and if you see me at a full table, I'll be on your right.

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Re: 2006 Goals
 

1. To manage my bankroll correctly.

2. To manage my bankroll correctly.

3. Play my best game, as consistently as possible.

4. Move up.