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Old 01-01-2005, 04:13 PM     Post subject: New Year's resolutions. #1 (permalink)  
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Well, folks, it's that wonderful time of year when you have to focus on all your flaws and pledge to fix them... That is if you don't get too down on the fact that you have so freaking many.

I'd like to hear what everyone is pledging to do so we can bump this at the end of the year and laugh at all of your failures.

Me? I'd like to get a 3.75 GPA across my next two semesters. I need 3.5 to stay in the Honors college, so over-shooting is always a good goal.

Physical focus is on the back burner for the time being. I'm so damn sexy, changing anything about my appearence will only do harm.

Poker? I have no real poker goals beyond pushing my limits a little bit and maybe learning that silly variant known as limit.

How about you?

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Old 01-01-2005, 04:19 PM #2 (permalink)  
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Poker: $2,000 by the end of the year, more of an aim than a resolution.

Life: Find a girlfriend.
Spend more time with my grandma, who has contracted cancer.
Enough porn already!
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Secure my first class degree in physics, sort out my world travelling plans and get the hell out of here, move up in NL ring games at some point.
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Life: Find a girlfriend.
I know a guy who can help...

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Old 01-01-2005, 04:28 PM #5 (permalink)  
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Life: Find a girlfriend.
I know a guy who can help...

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Old 01-01-2005, 04:35 PM     Post subject: Re: New Year's resolutions. #6 (permalink)  
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Poker? I have no real poker goals beyond pushing my limits a little bit and maybe learning that silly variant known as limit.
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THAT'S RIGHT. WE LIMIT PLAYERS PWNED JOO!!!
 
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Old 01-01-2005, 05:05 PM #7 (permalink)  
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i need to get my grades up. i think i was just too distracted this past semester.

i want to make enough extra money playing poker that i can buy a couple plane tickets so i can visit my sister in chicago.
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Old 01-01-2005, 08:01 PM #8 (permalink)  
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My most immediate goal is to get settled into my new Co-Op apartment w/ my wife and make sure nothing get's broken in the move.

Poker goals are as follows:

Near Future: In 3 weeks going to Foxwoods to play in the Tuesday night R&A and take no prisoners.

On-Line: Never to ever complain about a bad beat again.
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Old 01-01-2005, 08:33 PM     Post subject: Re: New Year's resolutions. #9 (permalink)  
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Poker? I have no real poker goals beyond pushing my limits a little bit and maybe learning that silly variant known as limit.
-'rilla
THAT'S RIGHT. WE LIMIT PLAYERS PWNED JOO!!!
Make a resolution or get outta my thread!!

I'm gonna learn limit so that I can have a more detailed argument when I tell you limit suxorz.

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Old 01-01-2005, 08:46 PM     Post subject: Re: New Year's resolutions. #10 (permalink)  
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I'm gonna learn limit so that I can have a more detailed argument when I tell you limit suxorz.

-'rilla
That will be nice to hear, other than the normal

"NL is better because Limit Sucks!"

However I have found few full time limit players that left for NL. Beware of the dark side rilla.


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Old 01-01-2005, 08:47 PM     Post subject: Re: New Year's resolutions. #11 (permalink)  
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I'm gonna learn limit so that I can have a more detailed argument when I tell you limit suxorz.

-'rilla
That will be nice to hear, other than the normal

"NL is better because Limit Sucks!"

However I have found few full time limit players that left for NL. Beware of the dark side rilla.
See my prior post.

kthxdie.

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Old 01-01-2005, 08:58 PM #12 (permalink)  
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Earn 20k next year playing poker.

....and steal Rilla's girlfriend(s).


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Old 01-01-2005, 09:40 PM #13 (permalink)  
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My resolutions:

get my PhD
make 10K+ on poker this year
get a girlfriend
stop cheating on my wife
find a new avatar with jigglies

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Old 01-01-2005, 11:31 PM #14 (permalink)  
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fine my resolutions:

- make sure rilla doesn't go back to the NL ring once he's crossed to the dark side.
- kick some school ass
 
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Old 01-02-2005, 01:54 AM #15 (permalink)  
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85+avg school
10k+ as regular 1/2 NL ring
stop procrasinating so damn much
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Old 01-02-2005, 02:52 AM #16 (permalink)  
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stop procrasinating so damn much
gotta second that one, maybe thats why I haven't graduated yet.
or stopped cheating...

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Old 01-02-2005, 04:20 AM #17 (permalink)  
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Make sure I pass all my University papers at all costs
play the best poker I can
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Old 01-02-2005, 05:58 AM #18 (permalink)  
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guess i only have one, quit smoking. it's been a long, fun ten years, but the wife is pregnant now and i don't even want it around my kids. great thing is, she's not pressuring me at all, if i want to do it, i can.

oh, i guess i should start saving some money from now on, that would be another one.
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Old 01-02-2005, 06:02 AM #19 (permalink)  
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 Mine is to live a more healthy lifestyle.

This includes scheduling more vacations to cut down on stress and not worrying about work and other issues as much. It also means eating a little less fast food and exercising a little more.
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Old 01-02-2005, 10:09 AM #20 (permalink)  
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1. Take time off school, Travel to at least 2 continents. (Hong Kong is first on the list).
2. Quit Smoking.
3. Lead a more active lifestyle, cut down on the mc'd's.
4. By the end of the year, I want to be playing at least 2/4 NL, if I havent converted to limit by then.
5. Figure out a decent career path, Something I would want to do everyday.
6. Gotto follow suit here and stop procrastinating. Yeah, riight.
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Old 01-02-2005, 08:32 PM #21 (permalink)  
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1. Get my grades up in school and get caught up on my major (fell behind)

2. Get bettor at poker and win some good money (other then the pocket change I’m winning now)

3. Live my life to the fullest everyday (life’s to short not to)

4. Stop being so damn lazy.
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Old 01-03-2005, 12:30 AM #22 (permalink)  
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1. Learn how to play Texas Hold'em and get my $5 back from my friends
2. Visit my parents in Italy
3. Run the Los Angeles Marathon
4. See #1
5. Watch a Chelsea game... at Stamford Bridge.
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So I decided to put up some more specific goals this time...

Life:
1) graduate by May
2) get in shape and finish a triathlon

Poker:
1) 15 final tables
2) Build a 5K BR

(yeah that procrastinating think can wait till next year)

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Old 01-03-2005, 02:16 AM #24 (permalink)  
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Put in a 10k poker month.
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Put in a 10k poker month.
wow that's 120k a year! good luck!
 
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I think he wants one 10K month....

12 would be a real resolution

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woman has distracted me from full attention of studies. knocked me to 3.2 gpa. solve problem = get rid of woman? no... just find way to balance woman.... if not... deal with it
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1. Get grades up.
2. Make the jump to 10/20
3. Learn how to play a MTT
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Old 01-03-2005, 05:36 PM #29 (permalink)  
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1. save money
2. exercise regularly
3. become profitable playing poker
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1. Lose weight

2. Get rid of my acne

3. Play casino's and home games and make more money (per week) then i am on my job (min. wage)

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Old 01-03-2005, 07:36 PM #31 (permalink)  
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1. quit smoking.

2. quit drawing to inside straights.

3. quit failing to flop the nuts.
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1. get grades up...Is it weird that most of us who spend alot of time playing poker need to get our grades up.

2. fine tune my play to make 4 or 5 houndred a month
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Talk about mispent yoof!!

Concerned/doting mother: "What did you do at college today, Li'l Jonny?"
Li'l Jonny: "I played poker in between searching soft core porn sites for a hot avatar to use at FTR!"

Anyway, simple resolutions:
1. Cancel my mobile phone contract and get a pay-as-you-go. That should stop me wasting £10 a month on line rental.
2. Stop having any more children.
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