AUGUST: Goals, Challenges, Expectations

[matv]

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<font color="blue"> Goals: </font>

1) continue my shot at NL100 and be rolled for NL100 by the end of the month(if i make this goal aim for a $3000 BR)

2) play 20K hands

3) play 5 days a week 2-5 hours a day

non poker goals:

1) make a demo and get a live set at a club/rave

2) get back with heather

3) save $500 for new decks

<font color="blue"> Challenges: </font>

1) make 200 posts/replies this month on 2+2

2) add atleast 1 player to my buddy list every session

3) i'll stop looking at how much i've won/lost in a session while playing

4) i won't call bets when i say if i check and he bets im beat or if i bet and he raises im beat etc.

5) i will stop making FPS plays

6) i will think out loud when i'm involved in big pots

<font color="blue"> Expectations: </font>

1) play 10K hands

2) read the rest of TOP (this was actually a July goal, but because im lazy i only read half of it)

3) buy samsung 204B

non poker expectations:

1) save $300 for new decks

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just thought of a few more things so i changed it

[tubasteve]

goals: make enough money to take 1k to turning stone for the empire state tourney thing while leaving ~800 in my roll to play nl50 if things should go bad there

keep playing nl100 because variance says its time for me to win rather than breaking even for 3k hands, hopefully be playing nl200 by the middle to end of the month

challenges: stop tilting for the rest of my life (im getting close!)

final table some $10+1 donkaments

expectations: i will pwn all of these things because its time for me to make some cash and be awesome at poker

[jakerc]

i missed out on the july thread so this one will be a good chance [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

goals:
-get to NL$10 by the end of the month
-20k hands
-get my BR to $200 by the end of the month
-stop procrastinating on my summer assignment for school
-contribute better analysis to threads in SSNL

challenges:
-get a 3 buyin stack at one table
-stack someone on every table i'm playing at
-play a session for longer than 2.5 hours

expectations
-continue to be in black
-don't tilt
-post some hands that i'm unsure about

[fizzle]

Beat $100 NL at a good clip so that I can move up to MSNL.

[MortenTA]

Im limiting my Goals/challenges and expectations to things I have control over. Examples of this are:
[*]25 hours of play in a week. [*]5000 hands in a month.

I don't think things like BB/100 makes good goals or challenges because you really can't do anything but play your A-game. I think setting 10 PTBB/100 as a goal makes you focus too much on factors you have no control over.

Just my 2 cents worth :-)

well - off to my goals for august [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Goals:
1. play 10000 hands in august
2. move up permanently to $50NL
3. post five hands per week
4. reply to 25 threads per week
5. read NLHTAP

Challenges:
1. "Play 1000 hands in a day"
2. "Play every session with no TV"
3. "Play a session on $50NL"
4. "Try four tabling a session on $25NL"

Expectations:
1. play 6000 hands in august
2. take shots on $50NL
3. post three hands per week
4. reply to 15 threads per week
5. read NLHTAP

[PokerProfile]

<font color="blue">Goals</font>
Move up permanently to 100NL by the end of August.
Have an advertising strategy for HHE prepared for the end of August.

<font color="blue">Challenges</font>
Make $500 in one night playing the short-stack strategy at Party 100NL against the Monster fish.
Play 5000 hands per week at Hollywood.
Post at least 3 of those hands in SSNL per week.
Stop allowing aggressive players to put me off my game.
Stop overplaying hands when multitabling using a HUD.
Write 2 articles per week for my website.

<font color="blue">Expectations</font>
Read NLHTAP.
Play at least 2000 hands per week at Hollywood.
Use the strategy forums at 2+2 more.

[lorez]

My poker playing will be restricted this coming month due to getting married and going on Honeymoon. So I'll probably be concentrating more on improving my game away from the computer.

<font color="blue"> Goals:</font>
<ul type="square"> [*] Play 5000 hands [*] Win 10PTBB/100[*] Learn how to play Omaha[/list]<font color="blue"> Challenges: </font>
<ul type="square">[*] Make at least one visit to a B&amp;M to play[*] Win 8PTBB/100[*] Have a few shots at 50NL[*] Stop surfing while playing[*] Review more of my own sessions[*] Grunch at least one hand a day[/list]<font color="blue">Expectations: </font>
<ul type="square">[*] Read NLHT&amp;P, SS2.[*] Read/Post more on 2+2[*] Recognise the signs of tilt early and take action[*] Improve my river play.[*] Not to play while drunk/tired[*] Start to exercise more[*] Participate in more hand review sessions[*] To quit when "I say, one more rotation won't hurt"[/list]

[Ben Young]

congrats on your marriage!

Goals:
-play 50,000 hands
-2,000 hands/day
-reach 1,000 posts
-permanently move to 50NL

challenges:
-make $1,000
-win prop bet with carnegie in which we will see who can play the most hands without stopping
-play 1,500 hands/day

expectations:
-play 1,000 hands/day
-permanently move to 25NL
-try out 6max again

[grouchie]

<font color="blue"> Goals: </font> targets you are not certain you can achieve, but that you would like to conquer. Think of these as an aggressive self-motivating target. Examples:

1. "win 12 PTBB/100"
2. "Win $1000 Online"
3. "Win $1000 Live"
4. "play 10 hours per week"
5. "move up permanently to 100NL"
6. "increase my bankroll to 35 buyins"
7. "Finish Reading NLHTAP"

<font color="blue"> Challenges: </font> a smaller version of a goal, a challenge is a difficult-but-achievable minor target. Examples:

1. "Get everything I need into my car for the big move"
2. "Make sure I find someone to take all of the crap I cannot fit in my car so I don't have to throw away too much stuff"
3. "Drive safely across the country to Las Vegas"
4. “My first weekend out there, turn a $200 buy-in into at least $500”
5. “Hit the exercise bike at least every other day when I arrive, drop 10 pounds the first month”

<font color="blue"> Expectations: </font> these are things you reasonably expect will happen during the month. They should be less aggressive than goals/challenges, and by the end of the month you should be able to look back and say "yup, I accomplished that." Examples:

1. "win 6 PTBB/100 for the month"
2. "play 15,000 hands"
3. "Clear $500 in bonus money"
4. "take shots at 100NL until I succeed"
5. "review my sessions the day after and post hands that I misplayed"
6. “Pay more attention to opponents with low AF who suddenly want to put me all in”

[netstorm]

My goals:

-Adding one or two tables (6tables) and getting a +5ptbb/100 with them

-Posting much more and refining my play

-Read some more poker theory books.

Challenges:
-when 6-tabling, sitting at 2 buyin at every table

Expectations:

-A lot less bluffing, especially at the river.
-Win +6-7ptBB/100