What are your goals with poker?

[snowbank]

Curious what people's goals here are.(short term and long term) Depending on your answer, why are the goals you stated your goals?(interested in specifics)

[kslghost]

$$$.

That's seriously it really.

I would like to make enough money to support myself doing it, and creating enough capital to consider investments and small business opportunities, but my first goal is make money. And it's semi-fun. When winning. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

I consider the freedom well worth the roller coaster ride.

[snowbank]

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$$$.

That's seriously it really.

I would like to make enough money to support myself doing it, and creating enough capital to consider investments and small business opportunities, but my first goal is make money. And it's semi-fun. When winning. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

I consider the freedom well worth the roller coaster ride.

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What about specifics? How much money is your goal?? What will you do when you reach that amount?

[viper930]

To get enough money to buy up all the RE in Tuscon and turn it into a large amusement park where I can host a variety of activities for children.

[kslghost]

To be honest, my goal was sitting around 8-10K per month (if I play just 100NL), but it has gone down now with the recent legislation and such. I am not as confident right now in being able to win around 10PTBB at 100NL (something that was going well for me at PP). Right now, I'd just like to make a few K per month playing limited hours.

My first goal is around 20k or so, at which point I would move out from my parent's house. I don't have a particular time frame, but sooner is always better.

My goal yearly would be from 100-200k. I think it's reasonable, but not too easy. I havent played seriously for very long, so I'm not sure how well it would go.

I made about 5k in 140 hours playing 25-100NL, and considering that's not even a month's worth of playing (though it was over a few months of time), I'm sure if I were playing 400NL or so, I would be making pretty good bank. Problem is, future valuation per hour may fall with all this legislation crap. Kept me up at night occasionally.

My biggest question and concern for myself is putting myself in front of the computer and playing enough hours. Though I'm highly considering going to some local live NL games (correction, spread limit with a huge bet cap) which would probably be very loose and very easy. When I sit live, I can play 10-12 hours at a time. When I'm at home, it's hard to sit down.

[loveminuszero]

my goal is to continue increasing my winrate at 1/2 and build a big enough bankroll to play in the 10/20 NL at Cascades, (id need a 40k bankroll i guess and that's super hard to save up) which's the biggest game in Vancouver, within the next 5 years.

[gimmetheloot]

10k+ a month hopefully, right now.

Im at ~7k this month so far, so just 3k to go. I would really like to eventually play 5/10 or 10/20 NL as my main game within a year or so, but I think I may be being overly ambitious.

my roll is only 5k atm, so I am taking a small shot at 400NL, and really praying it goes well so I can move up.

Would be cool to go from 50NL-400NL in a month, after pissing my roll away playing 5/10NL after a brutal downswing (12.5 BI in 2 days). Some bad play in there too for sure, but still.


I hope that I manage to make enough in my 5 years of college so that I can invest a shitton in something and really not have a use for whatever degree I get.

[aislephive]

You've made 7k this month and your roll is 5k? AND you're playing $2/4? Wtf?!

[bottomset]

my goals

*learn how to beat tight players at 6max NL

*start playing SH limit again, start at 3/6 move up once I get comfortable

*get PT Omaha, and start playing O8 and PLO more than just screwing around

*get PT Stud play Stud8, and H.O.R.S.E games

*if stars/FT adds draw games, start playing them as well

*move up to the 105 HU SnG's and eventually 210 and higher, learn how to play all of the above games HU, but mainly LHE, PLHE, and NLHE

*get to a level where HU cashgames are feasable, rake at SS HU is insanely high

[Jay Riall]

My goals

*Continue to support myself playing poker (never working a retail/construction job again would rock) while maintaining good grades at university.

*Move up to 100NL fulltime by mid-week.

*Move up to 200NL by the new year.

*Move up to 1000NL someday.