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I just hope I'll play more poker this month.

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goals:

work towards getting even for 2007, win money and buy a car

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Goals

1. A new FTP payment processor so that we can get paid within a week at a minimum.
2. 20k hands of 5/10 with a little 10/20 mixed in. Average over 5 PTBB/100. (I play part time).
3. FT a FTOPS event.

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VEGAS. Ill be down there on feb 19th-25th with Requin if anyone wants to give us a shout.

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1. put in some more hands
2. keep track of earnings (i only keep track of current assets and subtract expenditures daily, meaning i have no idea how much i currently make a month before spending)
3. stick to 2/3 and 2/4 only where the games are soft, and take shots at 3/6 ONLY (read: not 10/20) when the games are good.
4. WIN A MTT

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Well, Jan sucked pretty much but I ended up a little so whatever. Feb goals:

- 5/10, 30k hands, $30k monies
- DO NOT [censored] TILT, DO NOT MOVE UP TO CHASE LOSSES
- MAAAYBE play some 10/20 if I'm playing/running well
- Get up earlier in the mornings, be more productive throughout the day
- Work out more
- Read more

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-40,000 hands
-$10,000
-pwn 2/4 hardcore style
-play very well

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Try and learn how to play tournaments- play the ftops and hopefully do well.

Establish myself permanently at 5/10 and play at least 50k hands this month ($50k is my unrealistic goal but it is there nonetheless)

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I'm quickly approaching my weird go-pro date. So basically develop my game and build my bankroll in preparation for going pro at the worst time in history. Be able to support myself (and get rich) from poker alone. Become a winner at 10/20.

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Goal for this month is to play my A-game, all month.

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60k hands @ 2/4 play good 3/6 & 5/10 tables

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Goal for this month is to play my A-game, all month.

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Your A minus game?

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i posted this in the last thread but i'm sure a lot of ppl didn't see it cause the month ended, so...

how long of sessions with what kinda mt ratio's do u guys usually play? and if you play for like 2+ hours how do you stay focused? lately it seems like i open up 6 tables and after an hour i'm losing concentration and have to stop.

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I'm quickly approaching my weird go-pro date. So basically develop my game and build my bankroll in preparation for going pro at the worst time in history. Be able to support myself (and get rich) from poker alone. Become a winner at 10/20.

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What made you want to change paths?

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I'm not changing paths. I'm just taking 3 months off from work to play full-time. I will then go back to my job. I am doing it because I am really hitting the burn-out point at work and need to take a nice long break, and also because I feel like I have not been able to come close to my potential at poker because I play so sporadically and my mind is always on other things, so I wanted to give myself the shot to see how good I can be.

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I'm not changing paths. I'm just taking 3 months off from work to play full-time. I will then go back to my job. I am doing it because I am really hitting the burn-out point at work and need to take a nice long break, and also because I feel like I have not been able to come close to my potential at poker because I play so sporadically and my mind is always on other things, so I wanted to give myself the shot to see how good I can be.

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awesome, good luck man

Hit me up on AIM sometime this week. I finally moved up from 200s after being the most overrolled player in online poker. Bout time right?

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I'm not changing paths. I'm just taking 3 months off from work to play full-time. I will then go back to my job. I am doing it because I am really hitting the burn-out point at work and need to take a nice long break, and also because I feel like I have not been able to come close to my potential at poker because I play so sporadically and my mind is always on other things, so I wanted to give myself the shot to see how good I can be.

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so if after 3 months you do get as good as you can be, especially profit wise, you will turn your back on this and go back to your job? i only say this as this is why i am not deferring a year, as even if it goes well, it could be a bad thing in the life-term.


as for my goals:
for feb: play as many hands as possible. only play 1-2nl.

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I spent the last part of January working on my game and playing with tougher players, using no game selection or anything. I'm going to start this month by game selecting again. I can game select FTP by datamining/Sixth Sense. How are people game selecting Stars? I've got basically no experience on the site so I don't even know who the regulars are. I'd be willing to pay for a comprehensive Stars 5/10, 10/20 buddy list.

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one thing though TWP, im sure this is the right thing your doing (not that you need me to say this) but just remember that while playing that your playing for 3 months, not to see if it would work going pro. but then maybe going pro would be the right thing to do. who knows.

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I'm not changing paths. I'm just taking 3 months off from work to play full-time. I will then go back to my job. I am doing it because I am really hitting the burn-out point at work and need to take a nice long break, and also because I feel like I have not been able to come close to my potential at poker because I play so sporadically and my mind is always on other things, so I wanted to give myself the shot to see how good I can be.

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so if after 3 months you do get as good as you can be, especially profit wise, you will turn your back on this and go back to your job? i only say this as this is why i am not deferring a year, as even if it goes well, it could be a bad thing in the life-term.


as for my goals:
for feb: play as many hands as possible. only play 1-2nl.

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j kane,

why are you just playing 1/2?(I ask because I was doing the same thing up until this week, so curious about others who do the same)

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and cts could you please add to your list of feb plans:

"give john kane bankroll for 3-6nl or 5-10nl and he will make me lots of money passively"

or

b."i will combine my winnings with john kane's winnings and then we will go 50:50 on the total amount"

pppllllleeeeeaaassssseeeeee.

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How are people game selecting Stars? I've got basically no experience on the site so I don't even know who the regulars are. I'd be willing to pay for a comprehensive Stars 5/10, 10/20 buddy list.

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Basically the games on stars are always great, the only table selection you need it to stay away at all costs from tables included Deanrover6 (rumored to be bldwsttrs alt. account).

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I'm not changing paths. I'm just taking 3 months off from work to play full-time. I will then go back to my job. I am doing it because I am really hitting the burn-out point at work and need to take a nice long break, and also because I feel like I have not been able to come close to my potential at poker because I play so sporadically and my mind is always on other things, so I wanted to give myself the shot to see how good I can be.

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so if after 3 months you do get as good as you can be, especially profit wise, you will turn your back on this and go back to your job? i only say this as this is why i am not deferring a year, as even if it goes well, it could be a bad thing in the life-term.


as for my goals:
for feb: play as many hands as possible. only play 1-2nl.

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j kane,

why are you just playing 1/2?(I ask because I was doing the same thing up until this week, so curious about others who do the same)

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i was about to link the thread in BBV where i moaned about having won lost 4 buyins in 1,000 hands at 2-4nl when i tried to take a shot but i guess it got deleted.

basically i can beat 1-2nl for around 7 to 8ptbb/100 with mt ratio of about 7 or so and its a comfortably hourly rate.

ill move up only when i feel ready, which will hopefully be after a month of winnings lots at 1-2nl

it does suck, im a winner at 2-4nl, a winner at 3-6nl, i just dont fancy the swings at the moment.

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-Play 100 hours of cash games
-Take shots at bigger games when Matusow is tilting or the games are great
-Continue to game select well
-Finish my taxes
-Final table a FTOPS event

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Hoosier, who are you on ftp?

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all i want is to play a lot of poker and to not blow my brains out before feb is over

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I spent the last part of January working on my game and playing with tougher players, using no game selection or anything. I'm going to start this month by game selecting again. I can game select FTP by datamining/Sixth Sense. How are people game selecting Stars? I've got basically no experience on the site so I don't even know who the regulars are. I'd be willing to pay for a comprehensive Stars 5/10, 10/20 buddy list.

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how does sixth sense work?

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Hoosier, who are you on ftp?

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'Hoosieralum'

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all i want is to play a lot of poker and to not blow my brains out before feb is over

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You are the guy at my table who had set 777< set JJJ in that huge pot on day one of the PCA right? Or did I get the name wrong?

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GOAL - don't play a hand of online poker this month

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all i want is to play a lot of poker and to not blow my brains out before feb is over

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You are the guy at my table who had set 777< set JJJ in that huge pot on day one of the PCA right? Or did I get the name wrong?

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yeah, did you end up cashing?

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all i want is to play a lot of poker and for josh's girlfriend to hook me up with hot victorias secret models

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all i want is to play a lot of poker and to not blow my brains out before feb is over

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You are the guy at my table who had set 777< set JJJ in that huge pot on day one of the PCA right? Or did I get the name wrong?

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yeah, did you end up cashing?

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No, which is pathetic bc I had 60k going into day 2. I had a ridiculous day 2 table draw with two monster stacked(100k+) good players both seated to my immediate left, plus Aaron Kanter with a good stack and Robert Williamson as a short stack (Kanter played well). I got owned, ran bad, and was card dead. Not a good combo.

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Fifty thousand poker hands, fifty thousand united states dollars.

Write one good- no, great- post. This post has been a long time in the making.

Beat MDMA in the HU match if we play.

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I want Josh's gf to hook me up with Adrienne Grenier, but whatever.

And after three months, I will go back to working full time, playing part time, but hopefully with a roll and the game for 10/20. that will be nice. btw, i will make more at my job (and potential future jobs) than i ever could at poker. so it's nice to make some cool poker money now, but long term it doesnt really matter. for instance, doug kim is on my team right now at work and he didnt even come close to making as much money last year as my director did. (Doug finished 7th in the WSOP ME for those that dont remember).

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goal: stop playing when losing and keep playing when running well - not the other way round...

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Get good at 8-tabling
50k hands @ 2/4
10k hands @ 3/6 & 5/10
$20k