2006 Goals

[pif]

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

[AltarBoyCHA]

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.

[YM2K58]

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

[SauceH]

I love how the girls come last, lol

[jd_poker]

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.

[nomadtla]

- 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

[Ruhr]

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

[SmileyPSU]

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.

[Schwartzy61]

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...

[HouseCalls]

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