Phase III

Primary Goals:

Get to $3,000 - Double my bankroll. Easy, right?

Play more hands - Let's try this again! I spend almost as much time reading and posting about poker as I do playing it. My sessions tend to be short and somewhat infrequent. I know I'm capable of logging more than 18k hands a month, so lets do it already.

Experiment with half-stacking - At some point, probably when my BR is up to $2,000, I would like to try this out. Buying in for 50bbs at 100NL is the way to go, right? I think buying in for $25 at 50NL would be a step backwards. Anyhow, I'll give it a shot and see how it affects my winrate. If things go well I might stick with it until the end of Phase III.

Secondary Goals:

Get more involved at FTR's NL Strategies and SH forums - I read both of these forums regularly, but for some reason I hardly ever post there. Most of the time I don't feel that I have anything of value to add to the discussions, especially with HHs for higher limits. Still, I think it would do me alot of good to participate in some of the threads.

Post more hands - I can be quite lazy sometimes. When I put off reviewing sessions in PT for a while and the database piles up, I sometimes find myself looking only at the biggest pots I played. Alot of them look standard, and sometimes I'm wrong. I always say things like "I'll post some hands tomorrow", but alot of times I never do. I know there are at least 2 or 3 very nice, helpful people who read this thread regularly and I'm not giving them much to work with. I'm also wasting a great resource at the other forums on FTR by not posting any hands there.

Identify leaks and plug them - The never-ending quest.

Reread everything - I read alot of material in Phase II, but I don't much of it stuck. I need to comb through the 2+2 digests, FTR digests, smackinyaup's guide, and anything else I can get my hands on. More importantly, I need to soak it all up and try to apply some of it to my game.

Decide how to manage the bankroll - I'm not sure when I'm going to take shots at 100NL. Half-stacking doesn't count. My shot at 50NL almost failed miserably, and I would hate to struggle at the next level because I didn't give myself enough cushion. I may or may not dabble in 100NL in Phase III. It's something I'll have to think over.