2014 Poker goals??

Ok so some of us are rebuilding and some have been grinding up the micro/small stakes for some time. We've all been guilty of something or another that is stopping us from getting better or higher in the stakes. This is going to be the thread to put it out there. What are you guilty of, and what are you going to do differently in 2014 to make use of your time and BR? I'm going to use this thread to keep our regular members on track in the next year, so long as you stay posting on FTR. How will be up to me. THe ultimate goal of this thread is to promote as much of us into posting hands into the SHNL or FRNL forums. I have a few plans to do some things for FTR members in the near future to help us all build a bigger BR.

What is your biggest reasons you haven't progressed out of the BC? What are you going to do differently?

going to first to post.... took me 2 years to get from 2nl to 25nl and then 1 year to be a winning 50nl... not a big winner, just 1.5ptbb/100 and that's under the average winning rate for solid 50nl players.
1st goal, get over my fear of loosing money this hand, today and try to see more the long term. in principal this why i dont evoluate and why it took me so long to get to 50nl. i know the theory, although there is a lot more to learn, but i still cant aplly it 100% in my game
2nd goal , get to at least 3ptbb/100 at 50nl.
3rd goal , try to at least brake even at 100nl, i cant manage that.

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Originally Posted by Razvan729

2nd goal , get to at least 3ptbb/100 at 50nl.
3rd goal , try to at least brake even at 100nl, i cant manage that.

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I do know a few things about goal setting and managing your expectations. These are not goals you can set, these are results. It's admirable that you want these, but setting these as your goals fails to identify what you plan to do to achieve this. You need to figure out what it is that will allow you to make these targets and make those actions your goals. Does that make any sense?

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I do know a few things about goal setting and managing your expectations. These are not goals you can set, these are results. It's admirable that you want these, but setting these as your goals fails to identify what you plan to do to achieve this. You need to figure out what it is that will allow you to make these targets and make those actions your goals. Does that make any sense?

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Yah I agree with jyms, these are the 'end', but you need to establish the means to the end. The methods for getting there.

Your goal of being 'less scared to lose money' is definitely a good goal. Especially as you move up, you'll have to embrace variance more and more. So you can't be afraid of making mistakes.

You can learn from mistakes. If I'm faced with a 0 EV decision between calling or folding I probably always choose call. Calling I can see hands, I can get a better idea on ranges and how ppl play in certain spots. Certainly I've made a lot of 'calling' mistakes in my past, but that has also helped my hand reading today.

yes it does. then the only goal is the first. :)

stop beeing so afraid and nitty, aply at least what i know now into my game, learn more and then aply that also/// seems so easy when talking about it :)

just one example. BTN 4bet range is KJs+,KQo, ATs+, AJo, TT+ and his 5betjam calling range is AQs+, AK, TT+.( 2.5k sample in zoom )
i know it's profitable to 5bet jam JJ here, but i dont, i fold thinking why risk loosing 45$ more so many times when my 3bet was profitable if i fold now( because his BTN foldto3bet is 67% and i only need him to fold 40% ).

hope i am not confusing you.

I'm really bad with things like this, never really know what to write.

I have been grinding micro-stakes for way too long, a lot longer than I anticipated. It's frustrating for me because I'm playing so well live and I don't understand why that hasn't transferred into my online game. There are obviously huge leaks in my game somewhere but up until now I haven't managed to identify them, never mind plug them.

1) Try to control my tilt. I suffer ridiculously badly with entitlement tilt, and I just can't take it when a fish wins a huge pot of me (I'm also ridiculously competitive and just hate losing in general). I believe I am much better now at controlling it than I used to be and I can also identify when I am about to tilt as well. I'm gonna keep focusing on this and trying to get to the point where I just don't tilt anymore.

2) Focus on board texture in relation to bet sizing. I have been watching a couple of videos on this topic and it's something I have been (and will continue) to focus on for the coming months.

3) Stop making marginal/hero calls. I play way too many marginal hands and get myself in spots that I just don't need to be in. I don't think I need to be winning/playing these kinds of hands at 10NL so I'm going to try and cut that out as well.

4) Stop chasing money. If I'm down a BI for the day, I might play a little longer than usual to try and recover that money and be in the '+' for the days sessions. I need to stop doing this and just realize that sometimes you're going to be money down.

5) The end goal of this; I would like to finally be playing 25NL by the end of January.

I don't want to clutter jyms thread with un-related strategy / GTO type stuff, but Razvan maybe start another thread on this if you want to discuss it further.

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I don't want to clutter jyms thread with un-related strategy / GTO type stuff, but Razvan maybe start another thread on this if you want to discuss it further.

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Not at all. That's the point. Let's get some conversations started around something other than the hand analysis. 99% of the hands we post and discuss are barely anything important, as much as what the conversations will help you with the processes

Alright, Razvan - can you elaborate where you got those 4b ranges and 5b calling ranges from. The 5b calling ranges almost seem looser than I would expect at these stakes. Also that 4b range seems a lot less polarized than I would expect. Could be accurate, but just checking where you got these starting points.

Cobra
3) I think this happens when ppl focus too much on their particular hand, and not enough on their RANGE of hands. I feel like a lot of hero calls can be alleviated when you think about how many other better hands you have in your range that play the same way.

4) I think this is SUCHHHH a common one. I have this as well for sure, where I'm down and want to get even. There's something about a streak of green sessions in HEM together that looks so nice, but yah poker is a long term grind, not a short term one.

gonna make a new thread, maybe in blogs, you are right.
that was just an example, in theory, not a real villain, just a random example about type of +EV spots that i miss because i am not willing to risk a stack , i am more focused on mow much i am making today rather then trying to see the year.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerfo...59#post2186259

can continue here if you have time and patience for stuborn/ nit donkey likme me :D

Goals for 2014:

1. Play at least 40k hands every month.
2. Maintain goldstar for every month played.
3. Reach platinum star for at least one month (then cash out my fpps).
4. Create a blog.
5. Review hands. Diligently. Every 10k hands. Donate 1 buy-in for every missed 10k hand review (where to donate it, I have no idea)
6. Post more hands.
7. Get a good grasp of GTO (what it is, how to create a strategy, when to use it, etc etc).
8. Not be conscious about my win-rate which leads to overplaying/underplaying hands.
9. Learn how to estimate equities better.
10. Have the discipline to keep tab of every session I played: what I'd like to work on, how I did, what I learned, etc.

Not done thinking of all goals, but these are already too many I think. Once I've settled everything down I think I'll trim it down to 5.

Some early thoughts:

Intentions:
- work on tilt control
- work on folding more and a more rounded approach to calling by regularly working through combos and flop textures
- use my train commute to study for at least half the journeys
- grind more
- have the balls to step up a level sooner than I feel completely comfortable with

Ideal results:
- beat 50nl consistently in the early part of the year, 100nl for the latter part
- $10k profit
- make a run at Supernova (subject to hitting 100nl)

Winning

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You have to play to win. And FWIW, you are one of the ones I would love to see back in the strat forums. I was going to PM you as well as some others this weekend.

Nice thread idea Jyms, here's what I got...

Poker Goals
:spade: Not quantifiable but work my ass off & see where it goes. Hard work always pays off, don't half ass it.
:spade: I suppose a good rule would be to put in 80 hours per month between studying and playing with around a 60/40 split, at least for now. So that would be a 48/32 hourly split, which is easily doable when RL is not kicking my ass.
:spade: In addition to poker theory, put serious work in on the mental game. Emotional control, time management, and strict routines are such an essential yet overlooked skill in poker... and IRL obv.
:spade: A true measurable and optimistic goal would be to at least taking shots at 100NL or higher by the end of the year. It's only achievable by sticking with the above.

Life Goals
:spade: Continue to eat healthy and lean. I've eliminated soda completely but need to kick the junk food cravings.
:spade: Stay on track with bodybuilding. Get bigger and stronger. Reduce body fat by say another 5-6% by summer.
:spade: Spend more quality time with my daughters.
:spade: Be less miserable about pointless shit and enjoy life more.

I promise to come back here at the end of 2014 to either fist pump or eat crow. :p

My goals are the same as last year. Get a profit, and start playing some more midweek. I play most of my poker at the weekend, and I feel it's not enough for me. But I must take care not to play on midweek evenings when I'm tired from work.

I've also decided to go back on cash, and try to play some more S'n'G' on Stars in 2014.

I currently have a 50$ bank, my goal for 2014 is to make good bm and never loose it all, as it has happened lots of times to me in the past

I've already touched on this in another thread, but here is a better place.

Motivation and discipline are the two biggest factors holding me back. I honestly think I'm smart enough to succeed in poker, but analysing sessions, studying strategy, posting hands, quitting when I'm not playing well, calling raises lighter vs donkeys who I have notes stating they owe me (thus turning myself into a donkey), these are things that I am having problems with.

My goals for 2014 -
- get comp fixed/replaced so I can run a HUD,
- read at least one of spoon's recent articles per week,
- post more hands in the BC,
- discuss more hands in FRNL, SHNL and MTT forums,
- analyse losing sessions,
- be winning 25nl player once more

Hopefully this time next year I'll be saying my goal for 2015 is to get to 50nl while bragging about cashing out $1k to spend on me and family for xmas.

Good luck to all FTR'ers for 2014!

I would hope that in a year you can move up more than 1 stake.

I guess I will post in here since this is the reason for my thread. I need to spend far more time working on pker and less time playing. My biggest problem has never been playing hands, in fact I am willing to bet I have played more hands of poker than most FTR members over the last 6yrs. Playing hands has never got me success. I love to play poker but hardly take enough time to really improve. I have list of who's who in FTR's higher stakes members list that have worked with me over the years and every one of them made me much better but playing 100's of thousands of hands a year and failing to continue with improving makes me regress horribly.

Goals:

1) Study, study, study. I will spend at least 3 hours a week on poker related material, that isn't FTR. Books, videos and connversations either through skype, rails or on some chat medium.

2) Really start to focus on BRM and tilt. The other reason I know I fail to maintain any progress in poker is I play out of my roll at the lower stakes. I have gone up and down between uNL and SSNL for the last few years becasue I barely have 10 BI's sometimes before moving up. It's hard to give a shit about a $150 BR when you spend that on dinner some nights. But I also refuse to ever deposit again. As fro tilt, I need to stop watching my BR. Stop looking at the cashier and stop caring what my BR is. It's all tied together. My tilt, BRM, looking at the cashier (sometimes 10-20 times during a long session) has been my failures to play better poker. I regress because I don't look after the things I do have control of.

3) Lastly, I need to pay of a poker debt. He's been good about it. I know it's there and needs to be paid. It will be paid off before June 1.

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I would hope that in a year you can move up more than 1 stake.

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We'll see about that. 25nl to 50nl is, as far as I'm concerned, a fucking huge step up.

2014 goal

I am going to fucking own zoom tables.

Objectives:
Starting with 10nl.
Play 20k hands per month.
Spend 2hrs per week reviewing sessions.
Post hands in bc.
Study articles and associated math for 2hrs per week.
Move up to 25nl by 1st march.

Objective 2.
Same as above but for 25nl.
Move up to 50nl by 1st July.

Everyone's goal should be to spend 30-50% of total poker allotted time per week studying, imo (at least).

If this isn't part of your anticipated goal, then I recommend you re-visit your goals!

Well I'm pleased to say my goals incorporate 5 hrs playing time and 4 hrs studying per week.

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Originally Posted by griffey24

Everyone's goal should be to spend 30-50% of total poker allotted time per week studying, imo (at least).

If this isn't part of your anticipated goal, then I recommend you re-visit your goals!

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I agree. I think my #1 leak over the years has actually been playing too many hands and not doing enough. I have almost every poker book and have had subscriptions for many of the video sites over the years and don't even take advantage of those. What's worse is just as I decide I am going to spend less time playing, Stars starts a milestone hand promotion and are giving away a ton of cash this week.

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2014 goal

I am going to fucking own zoom tables.

Objectives:
Starting with 10nl.
Play 20k hands per month.
Spend 2hrs per week reviewing sessions.
Post hands in bc.
Study articles and associated math for 2hrs per week.
Move up to 25nl by 1st march.

Objective 2.
Same as above but for 25nl.
Move up to 50nl by 1st July.

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I just bailed on the Zoom tables. I'm getting worse, playing too fast and just racking up hands without any growth at at all. I have a real issue with playing robotic and not taking notes or making reads. when that happens I get loose and stationy. I'm going back to reg tables.

That and the 3 betting is rampant at $10NL zoom. It's like playing short stack poker all the time.

If I want to get any decent volume I think zoom is my only hope. 5 hrs pw playing plus 4 hrs studying while at work is feasible so I may be able to actually stick to it.

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That and the 3 betting is rampant at $10NL zoom. It's like playing short stack poker all the time.

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Simple solution - 4bet wider. My 4bets rarely get action, especially bu vs bb.

But yeah I get your point about robotic poker. I've played a huge amount of volume at 10nl zoom over the last month or two, as you'll be aware. I'm definitely not playing as well as I can be when I'm 4-tabling zoom, but even if I'm winning half what I'd win on a standard table, but getting in 3x as many hands, that's better, surely?

As for note taking, sit out all tables and make your note. This is an extremely important thing for me to do because I'm playing without a HUD, but I'd still want my notes even with a HUD. If you make a bad play, sit out all tables, replay the hand and make a mental note of what you did that was stupid. Take regular breaks, like every 30 minutes or so, where you can post hands, visit the ww thread, make tea/coffee etc.

When I finally get back to 25nl, I won't be playing zoom. I'll m-table 4 standard 6-max tables and play slower, but at 10nl I'd rather get in tons of volume because I don't feel like I'll win that much more on regular tables to make it worth playing less hands.

I can see the merit to grinding out promo's but this is honestly SOO short sighted. I don't know what these promotions are, but I can safely assume that whatever gains you're making in the promotions can be made so much faster and well surpass these if you are able to move up faster and play higher stakes.

Not to mention that I'm also assuming that grinding these promotions is coming at some cost (expense to winrate, due to increased tables). So the amount you're actually winning while grinding for the promotion is potentially less than what it would have been without the promotion grind.

Games are getting harder and harder. I think it's at the point now where study time is needed to STAY AFLOAT. This, in itself, is not enough to go beyond the avg reg at 50nl + I'd imagine. If you don't even do this baseline, then you're just falling behind imo.

personally instead of 4tables of 10nl 6max i'm lagging it up 14tabling 5nl FR buying in for 250bb playing my 6 max game for this promotion. points earnt are slightly better and increased chance of actually getting dealt into a milestone hand .more tables,deeper and worse opponents make for same or better $/hr in winnings.

I do agree with griffey in that if I don't get my game in gear then what's the point. I'm never going to make a nickel if I am always trying to grind a BR. My Goal is to get to $50NL and actually have a chance to make a little money again playing this game. I have no chance of being a $200NL grinder with my skills or study habits and I don't want to be sitting at $25NL for the whole next year grinding FPP's and 40K+ hands a month. I'll be very happy playing 6 tables of $50NL with a decent winrate and some spare change for some extra shopping trips.

My ultimate poker goal is an income in the region of $300+ a week. I don't think that's possible at 25nl so I guess 50nl has to be my ultimate goal. I just don't really want to pressure myself into making that transition over the course of 2014. First thing's first - get a roll that can get me to 50nl, so $3k-$4k seems about right. Having that much money online is not easy for me, it's so easy to cash out $1k and treat myself to a nice holiday, this is why I don't think it can be done over the course of the next year. I need to not only improve my current game, I need to also have enough IRL income that I can consider my online funds as pure bankroll.

Ong, sell more dope obv.

I live next door to my landlord's brother. Growing is out of the question and selling is more hassle than it's worth. Also, I grown weed beofre and the paranoia is not easy to deal with.

Pussy!

Speak to supa, he used to sling ice.

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I live next door to my landlord's brother. Growing is out of the question and selling is more hassle than it's worth. Also, I grown weed beofre and the paranoia is not easy to deal with.

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mix 10 chunks of carbon with 15 units of hydrogen and infuse with nitrous oxide (available from most good body shops, too soon for fast and furious jokes? RIP Paul Walker).

C10H15NO meow


Poker Goals?
I have Wishes and Aspirations, but will mostly be playing recreationally.
I don't really expect to have enough time to devote to any goals.
Is that wrong or life?

Biggest Reason for not progressing, probably lack of goals.

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My ultimate poker goal is an income in the region of $300+ a week. I don't think that's possible at 25nl so I guess 50nl has to be my ultimate goal. I just don't really want to pressure myself into making that transition over the course of 2014. First thing's first - get a roll that can get me to 50nl, so $3k-$4k seems about right. Having that much money online is not easy for me, it's so easy to cash out $1k and treat myself to a nice holiday, this is why I don't think it can be done over the course of the next year. I need to not only improve my current game, I need to also have enough IRL income that I can consider my online funds as pure bankroll.

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maybe you should be looking to drop down a stake in order to get that sort of income.todays session +15 buyins for 5nl FR
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Fucking hell you must be the leading 5nl player on stars, that's a sick winrate. Is this a fair reflection of an average day?

Also, stop slacking in UTG+1

dunno ....don't normally play 5nl. just jumped on another 12 tables of 5nl FR while the kids were in the bath

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Fucking hell you must be the leading 5nl player on stars, that's a sick winrate. Is this a fair reflection of an average day?

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Yeah, 49bb/100 is DEFINITELY a maintainable winrate. If you're playing 6max you should be happy enough with 15 over any decent sample imo. Reg tables that is.

My poker goal for 2014 is as usual, try to move up one level and I don't play full time so moving up one level is for me considered a very big achievement. And of course try to play more satellites for a big payday tournament as we never know.

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My poker goal for 2014 is as usual, try to move up one level and I don't play full time so moving up one level is for me considered a very big achievement. And of course try to play more satellites for a big payday tournament as we never know.

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These aren't goals you have control of. If you want these acheivements or targets to be met you need to make definable goals that will help you acheive this. What are you going to put into action to allow this to happen? What are you going to do to improve and what kind of timetable are you expecting to do it in?

This thread is going to be used to hold you guys to your goals, not help you with a Xmas wish.

I'm in the US, so I can't play any significant online poker. But I do have some goals regarding poker as a hobby:

1. Play in at least 1 WSOP circuit event near where I live (it usually comes around in early fall).
2. Leading up to the WSOP circuit events, improve my tournament skills by grinding out some micro-stakes tourneys on Merge and doing hand history analysis to find obvious leaks and ways to improve.
3. Go to the casino more often to play live 200NL.

Be less lazy and put in a decent bit of volume for online MTTs and a little live NL cash.

Poker
- Winning 100nl zoom reg
- Supernova
- Spend no VPPs (except possibly sats for goal below)
- Play Live tournament
- Build a Database, if it fucks up import hands from start of year into new one.

These will get fleshed out when I make a blog for next year.

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These aren't goals you have control of. If you want these acheivements or targets to be met you need to make definable goals that will help you acheive this. What are you going to put into action to allow this to happen? What are you going to do to improve and what kind of timetable are you expecting to do it in?

This thread is going to be used to hold you guys to your goals, not help you with a Xmas wish.

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It is a poker goal, it's just that I did not mention the schedule thing in order to achieve this. Yeah I have one, I will only play full session poker on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Sundays only if I won a ticket for a tournament or a +EV private tournament. The rest days no poker should be played.

Things I need to improve.

Reviewing hands at least one hour each day I play poker and mark hands for review in HM more often and post them in forums for help.

Watch/read a couple of strategyvids/articles each week.

Do something about my push/fold and callingranges in MTT's MTSNG's So take a look at charts and use things like Pokerstove more often.

Might put in some more time also in talking strategy in Skype groups.

So overall being less lazy with these things.

Things to maintain in 2014.

Gameselecting very well.

Mindset.

Profit/winrate :D

Mountainbiking 2 clear head and being in shape.


Winning a live package! I have been very close 5 times this year and twice the year before within 1-3 places of the packages :(
Play a major online tourney twice a month and play it well +$100 BI
Play more small online tournament series (lazy part again) :D

OMFG already achieved one goal in day one so fckin sick

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See, this thread is gold. It will bring your goals to reality if you're concise in how you plan to achieve them.

Anyone else lurking that would like to start posting and see your poker goals come to fruition.

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You have to play to win. And FWIW, you are one of the ones I would love to see back in the strat forums. I was going to PM you as well as some others this weekend.

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Hey, sorry I didn't see this until just now.

My winning is all away from the tables and computers now. Work, wife etc don't leave much time to play let alone the study required. If US opens up its poker doors I could see my self back more. And then I'd stalk Griffey and the gang for advice etc before touching a table.

regards strat forums I assume my advice would be behind the times so I don't tend to bother. Pm me though whenever you feel.

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I guess I will post in here since this is the reason for my thread. I need to spend far more time working on pker and less time playing. My biggest problem has never been playing hands, in fact I am willing to bet I have played more hands of poker than most FTR members over the last 6yrs. Playing hands has never got me success. I love to play poker but hardly take enough time to really improve. I have list of who's who in FTR's higher stakes members list that have worked with me over the years and every one of them made me much better but playing 100's of thousands of hands a year and failing to continue with improving makes me regress horribly.

Goals:

1) Study, study, study. I will spend at least 3 hours a week on poker related material, that isn't FTR. Books, videos and connversations either through skype, rails or on some chat medium.

2) Really start to focus on BRM and tilt. The other reason I know I fail to maintain any progress in poker is I play out of my roll at the lower stakes. I have gone up and down between uNL and SSNL for the last few years becasue I barely have 10 BI's sometimes before moving up. It's hard to give a shit about a $150 BR when you spend that on dinner some nights. But I also refuse to ever deposit again. As fro tilt, I need to stop watching my BR. Stop looking at the cashier and stop caring what my BR is. It's all tied together. My tilt, BRM, looking at the cashier (sometimes 10-20 times during a long session) has been my failures to play better poker. I regress because I don't look after the things I do have control of.

3) Lastly, I need to pay of a poker debt. He's been good about it. I know it's there and needs to be paid. It will be paid off before June 1.

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Some quick thoughts just to throw something out of the box at you.

- don't study in your home if possible. Never works when studying for school/college so why for poker.
- if studying requires a laptop, see point 1 above :)
- regards tilt, make a list of goals for each session covering times checking cashier etc (when allin on a flip I used to put my hand over the cards/screen until the money was shipped, i did this when i help i could be emotionally tilted by the falling cards. the end result never tilted me). Gauge after the session how you did compared to the list. Grade for A B or C game, try have more A games as time goes by. See tommy deangelos book for rough reference to this.

Main Goals of 2014
-Re-Learning all push fold ranges for Mtts (just having the chart open for under 15bbs while deep until I make less mistakes)
-20k hands of cash a month on top of Mtt volume
-Start being active in studying the game again including watching videos and posting on FTR
-Try to be involved in as much strategy discussion as possible and reignite the fire I used to have for poker !
NOTPOKER
-Quit smoking cigarettes
-Quit drinking pop

I keep saying my goal is to move from Omaha hi/lo 2c/4 games to 5c/10c, however a lot of poker sites do not have the table volume to
accomplish my goal.
Also, I would like to move to bigger stakes, but as soon as my bankroll hits $2500, I do a $500 withdrawal. This usually occurs two
to three times a year, which is preventing me from moving to higher limits. Being a U.S. player has its limits. Any site can confiscate my funds.

No goals, last year I said here I wanted 10K and only earned 5:)

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OMFG already achieved one goal in day one so fckin sick

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Congratulations dombo. It looks like that this will be your lucky year :)

Put together a decent poker set-up & STOP playing on a sh1tty laptop + extra 24" monitor. I'm freak'n tired of using the extra display off on an angle the way I have it. This includes building the new computer, grabbing another monitor, & a new mouse.
Purchase Stack & Tile & re-new pokerprolabs for a full year.
Join up to a Training site (again).

Set-up a decent schedule/calendar, setting aside 2x full days & 2x 1/2 days for the pokerz & start grinding a bit of volume, setting short term volume goals along the way.
Depending upon how schedule is working out along with job/work committments (or lack of them) come February look to set longer term volume goals for the year.

Win!

I have managed to achieve my short-term goal of being rolled for 25NL, a little ahead of schedule as well!

Looking forward to taking my first shot.

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I have managed to achieve my short-term goal of being rolled for 25NL, a little ahead of schedule as well!

Looking forward to taking my first shot.

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I might add, you have been the most active BC poster this year starting threads and discussions. Seems only fitting that you are achieving your goals. It just goes to show what putting in the work here at FTR can do.

Reaching 100 nl by the end of the year and berate players that play ' microstakes' once i get there

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Originally Posted by dombo

OMFG already achieved one goal in day one so fckin sick

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Congrats on the win. Now take it from me dawg, sell the package for cash. No one who posts in the beginners circle forum has the bankroll to play a 3000 dollar crapshoot.

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Originally Posted by Poker Orifice

Put together a decent poker set-up & STOP playing on a sh1tty laptop + extra 24" monitor. I'm freak'n tired of using the extra display off on an angle the way I have it. This includes building the new computer, grabbing another monitor, & a new mouse.

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Finally purchased the new poker puter tonight - - my $1k poker puter setup!
i5-4670
ASUS H87M-PRO
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2x 4GB)
Samsung 840 Pro Series 128GB
Western Digital WD Black 500GB
SeaSonic SSR-450RM 450W
ASUS 24x DVD
Windows 7
Fractal Design Arc Mini 'R2'

This should get me motivated to get on the puterz some more... no more sh1tty lagging either!
(added another monitor > Dell 24" Ultrasharp)

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Originally Posted by jyms

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2) Really start to focus on BRM and tilt. The other reason I know I fail to maintain any progress in poker is I play out of my roll at the lower stakes. I have gone up and down between uNL and SSNL for the last few years becasue I barely have 10 BI's sometimes before moving up. It's hard to give a shit about a $150 BR when you spend that on dinner some nights. But I also refuse to ever deposit again. As fro tilt, I need to stop watching my BR. Stop looking at the cashier and stop caring what my BR is. It's all tied together. My tilt, BRM, looking at the cashier (sometimes 10-20 times during a long session) has been my failures to play better poker. I regress because I don't look after the things I do have control of.

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bolds are cause and effect pretty much. Move up with 20buyins having won enough to do so at the lower stake. That will remove the likely reason for feeling the urge to monitor bankroll while playing, and that's going to do good things for your mental state while playing.

* eliminate range-creep
* quit sessions when it's appropriate to do so (i.e. not too soon, not too late)
* stay mentally active and involved during sessions, remove auto-pilot risk.
* Don't play long table-starting HU sessions with regs when i already have a bunch of tables vying for my attention (unless the edge is substantial).
* conservative bankroll management above 50nl
* study - identify what to study, prioritise, get through the list. Rinse. Repeat. If i feel like i'm legitimately beating the games i'm in for a decent clip then spend more focus on generating $$ and moving up. If I'm nearer to breakeven in the games i'm in then spend more focus studying/improving than playing.

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Originally Posted by The Bean Counter

Some early thoughts:

Intentions:
- work on tilt control
- work on folding more and a more rounded approach to calling by regularly working through combos and flop textures
- use my train commute to study for at least half the journeys
- grind more
- have the balls to step up a level sooner than I feel completely comfortable with


Ideal results:
- beat 50nl consistently in the early part of the year, 100nl for the latter part
- $10k profit
- make a run at Supernova (subject to hitting 100nl)

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Revised goals now I've started a new job and have an idea of the workload:

Intentions:
- weekend is for grinding, midweek is for relaxing/studying (playing midweek just isn't profitable for me)
- work on tilt control. A lot.
- use my train commute to watch poker-related videos and read TMGP2, MOP, etc.
- have the balls to step up a level sooner than I feel completely comfortable with
- no stupid rakeback/VIP level chasing

Ideal results:
- beat 50nl consistently in the early part of the year, 100nl for the latter part
- $8k profit with RB

1. Improve my nlh tournament game. I am already an above average tournament player but need to clean up some leaks to increase my profitability. Some things I can improve on are hu play, deep mtt play, and tilt control.
2. Improve my mixed games. I dont want to make mixed games my main game but I would like to get better and gain an edge when I play.
3. Seek coaching. I have already had one session with a coach and am planning more in the future mainly for help in mixed games.
4. Final table a major event. I will consider a major event anything with a 4k+ top prize.
5. Make 5k from poker.

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Originally Posted by Cobra_1878

I have been grinding micro-stakes for way too long, a lot longer than I anticipated. It's frustrating for me because I'm playing so well live and I don't understand why that hasn't transferred into my online game. There are obviously huge leaks in my game somewhere but up until now I haven't managed to identify them, never mind plug them.

1) Try to control my tilt. I suffer ridiculously badly with entitlement tilt, and I just can't take it when a fish wins a huge pot of me (I'm also ridiculously competitive and just hate losing in general). I believe I am much better now at controlling it than I used to be and I can also identify when I am about to tilt as well. I'm gonna keep focusing on this and trying to get to the point where I just don't tilt anymore.

2) Focus on board texture in relation to bet sizing. I have been watching a couple of videos on this topic and it's something I have been (and will continue) to focus on for the coming months.

3) Stop making marginal/hero calls. I play way too many marginal hands and get myself in spots that I just don't need to be in. I don't think I need to be winning/playing these kinds of hands at 10NL so I'm going to try and cut that out as well.

4) Stop chasing money. If I'm down a BI for the day, I might play a little longer than usual to try and recover that money and be in the '+' for the days sessions. I need to stop doing this and just realize that sometimes you're going to be money down.

5) The end goal of this; I would like to finally be playing 25NL by the end of January.

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I think I need to update this.

I no longer have tilt problems, obviously not completely disappeared but I feel I have really good emotional control now. I am really good at recognizing what makes me go on tilt and when it is starting to appear which has reduced any further problems significantly.

I don't like the number 2 goal I set, so I'm just going to discount it.

I have nearly stopped doing this altogether, unless I have very specific reads, I am no longer bleeding 30-40bb w/ marginal hands which I am really happy about and my win-rate has increased significantly.

I have completely stopped doing this. I fixed this problem by not checking my PT or PS cashier account at all during a session which was a really bad habit that I had. I can go 2 days without checking it at all, and I was only checking to update my blog. Now that I am changing my blog to a weekly basis, I am hoping to go a full week without looking at it at all. How can I chase money when I don't know whether I am up or down for a session (barring extreme run good/run bad)

New Goals for 2014

• Playing 100NL by end of year
• Save up for a new PC system so I can play extra tables and be more comfortable for longer sessions
• Win an MTT
• Play a big live event

My goal at the beginning of this year was to learn poker strategy. Considering I'm a very new player I think that's still a pretty viable goal but I would also like to add a sub topic to that goal. Learn how to extract more value for each hand played.

#2 goal is to continue studying but watch more videos.

#3 learn how to use a HUD. I have no clue and find it very confusing but then I'm not much of a tech guy.

#4 move up to .05/.10

Those should keep me busy for this year :)

was playing tourneys really well and leaking it all to cash....

almost two years ago i worked furiously on my live cash game w/ help from all the posts on this site and am happy to say that i'm doing phenomenal this year in $2/$4 limit and $1/$2 no limit.

It took me awhile to grasps a lot of your online concepts and transpose them to live play as I haven't played online since black Friday. At the middle of last year I finally started working out Ev's for live hands that i goaled myself to record at least 3- 5 hands a session.

My graphs used to be very jagged with huge deviations and with just the armament of goals set for EV, reads, and better BM i have a much linear slope w/ small jags this year to date.

My other goals for this year is to practice more combinatorics, play more tournaments for an overall balanced game (i've pretty much forgotten how to play tourns!), to not deviate from BM, study 1- 2 days a wk, sign up at a training site.

THank you FTR.