**Official 2006 Results and 2007 goals thread**

[GooseHinson]

Up until Oct. 13th I was crushing party 22-33$ sngs (and dabbling in the higher levels). Probably made about 22-25k from those and maybe 20-30k hands of min-bet hold them (2/4-3/6 on party earlier in the year).

Other then that, my only NL cash experience had come from clearing occasional reloads at the party 25nl and various PSO bonuses (I guess I was a small winner in the games).

After black friday, I tried continuing with my party sngs, but it was simply not going to cut it; they didn't start often enough and the competition seemed to be tougher. I tried sngs on stars but just ran terribly and became disheartened. I then read NLHTP and tried my hand at some 50nl 6max, winning a bit but then giving it back and then some...I needed more help.

I took the next 2 weeks (early november) and dedicated them to studying the game. This including getting a membership to cardrunners and watching all the videos, watching various videos of 2p2ers playing (thanks iStrong!) and reading the entire archive of monthly digests in SSNL. Finally I felt I could play with some confidence. Well things didn't start out too well at the stars 25nl (PS I hate stars) so I then created an account on Full Tilt with rakeback, deposited 600 and vowed to get on track. I played about 7k hands of breakeven/losing 25nl; the games just weren't poker and I was trying to apply principles that just didn't apply to such a game. My elaborate bluffs and squeeze plays barely if ever worked.

Out of frustration (and having the bankroll for it) I moved to 50nl in hopes of finding games were my alleged poker prowess would be rewarded. I ran hot for about 5k hands and was hooked. I then ran relatively well for another 12k and decided to try my hand at 100nl. Had a good start there too (10ptbb over 8-9k hands) and now find myself having an icky breakeven stretch.

My last 7k hands I'm down a bit, so rather then keep at it and risk giving more of it back, I've decided to take another 1-2 week sabbatical and study and work on my game some more. I hope to get back on track and ideally be playing 200NL full time by march and 400NL full time by the end of the year.

Here's my graph since nov. 15th, if anyone has any questions or comments, feel free to fire off a PM. You guys (and SSNL) helped me, although I don't post so much, I'd like to give back and help you too.

(I was actually proud of my winrates before the past week (8ptbb at 50 and 100nl...Looks like I have some work to do!)

[IsaacAsimov]

I am too tired right now from Sylvester to make a long post with graphs, but briefly I started playing limit holdem this summer. Played up to 0.5/1 limit short handed. I got bored somewhere on the way though, so I switched to NL about 1-2 months ago. Started off with NL 5 at party then switched to NL 10 then to NL 10 stars, NL 25 stars and currently I am playing 6max NL 25 party. My aim is to improve as much as I can in the next year and keep enjoying the game. I would like to get some live games in at my local casino too.
If anybody is interested in a kinda partnership for NL 25 6 max +, I would definetly be interested.

[ettorek]

2006 Results
Started to play NL25 and switching to NL50 in december: high and low while learning the game.
Also learn what variance is with a 10 BI downswing while playing NL50 and a 12 BI downswing in NL25.



Around 300 in rakeback and 600 in bonus.

2007 goals

<ul type="square">[*] Keep improving my NL50 game and then switching to NL100[*] playing around 100k hands[*] Make 3k[*] Improving my MTT game
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[munkey]

2006

Started poker in Januaryish playing minibet holdem switched to NL sometime in spring I think playing NL10 FR-&gt; NL50 /NL100 FR.

Eventually took the switch to 6max and pwned NL25 and switched to NL50 and took a shot at NL100 then dropped back then an O.K. shot at NL100 before returning to NL50.

Currently runnning meh @ Ft and well @PTY and can't remember how to play.
No swanky graphs as too many DB but I totalled up Neteller withdraws(100$ deposit) to 1700 GBPish +2.5k USD roll pre withdrawaments for a friends wedding.

2007 Goals

Get better and hopefully reach NL200 by years end and help someone else get there too [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
Learn to play PLO8.
Post more hands.
Get round to getting AIM so can chat with fellow 2+2ers.
Don't withdraw form my roll so I have a BR to move up.

Play some 2+2 fun tables and uNL donkaments.

[Jouster777]

Goals:
1. Learn to move when a LAG is to my left
2. Learn to beat a LAG when OOP (yes, I know, inconsistent with #1)
3. Play 50NL comfortably even when I can't concentrate (the usual way I play)
4. Maintain &gt;10ptBB/100

No significant bonus or rakeback in 2006

[AceLuby]

No graph (how do you get PT to display that?)

2006

Losing player had initial $300 down to &lt;$10 when I joined 2+2 in May. Won a $1/45, a $10/27 and then a $4/180 within two weeks of joining (2+2 = +EV). Kept w/ donkaments through July, dabbled in 25NL and lost 12 buy-ins.

Cashed out $450 and left $150 when the ban was passed and Party stopped serving US players. Won a couple more $4/180's and switched to back to cash (6-max instead of FR was the best idea ever!!!). Beating 25NL for about 21BB/100. Got the roll up to about $800 (not bad considering where I was less than a year ago).

Goals for 2007

--Finish up my 25k hand piligrimage at 25NL 6-max
--Move up to 50NL for 25k hands and hopefully end up at 100NL by the end of the year.
--Turn my $800 into over 10k
--Score a 4 figure tournament win

[Messiahkid]

2007 Goals

- &gt;35k hands/month
- $10k in rakeback
- $100k before taxes
- put $25k into various investments
- Travel to 3 new places in the world
- Stay/keep in good shape

[homeslice]

2007 goals

- play &gt;150K hands this year
- develop skill set to beat 200NL (&gt;4PTBB/100)
- &gt;10K roll

[Quester]

2006
I began my poker life in June 2006 back at Party, then moved to Stars at the end of the month. I played limit exclusively until September when I hit a huge downswing and decided to mix up my games a bit. NL was always a bit of a curiosity for me, so I started misapplying some concepts at 5NL. Luckily for me, I'm a quick learner and have improved and moved up. I now mix 10NL and 25NL. My meager sample size of 17k NL hands shows that I am a winning player within a decent confidence interval, so I'm happy.

Goals for 2007

Primary Goal - Pay off the remainder of the balance on my car (around 8k) from poker winnings.
Primary Goal - Have fun doing it.
Secondary Goal - Mooove up. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
Secondary Goal - Continue my 12PTBB/100 domination of NL. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[danny8]

2006

started playing properly in july, i deposited $50 into crypto and played 25nl (expert BR management i know! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]). luckily found myself in v.v.fishy games and ran kinda hot. got around ~$700, then moved to 50nl, switching back to 25nl occasionally... now im well rolled for 50nl, been there ever since! with a few shots at 100nl


Goals for 2007

play &gt;100k hands
beat 100nl for 5+PT/BB
take shots at 200nl
get a 2-1 in uni
still enjoy playing poker!