Poker goals this year

Talking Poker · #1 01-24-05, 03:39 PM

Do you realize that your goal is to make $1.60 per hour (assuming you play for 50 weeks)?

I know you say you play for fun (well sometimes - now here you are setting financial goals), but I don't know... I mean, is it even worth it?

GeoffM · #2 01-24-05, 04:14 PM

TP, you covered my sentiments exactly. See everyone, this is why I smoke a joint often before I play LOL

. I'm in a much better mood and bad beats don't bother me. I welcome the odd bad beat as not only does it keep me on my toes, but it also makes me think "this guy is a moron to be calling me down with that crap", and I then can clean him out. You can't let them bother you, they happen. Have you ever given someone a bad beat? They work both ways and you just have to take the good with the bad, and make sure the good outweighs the bad in your game.

BrianSwa · #3 01-24-05, 05:06 PM

So what do you think I should set the goal with assuming im playing 3 hours a day 5 days a week at .50/1.00? I set a pretty reasonable goal to make but if it should be higher please share.

GeoffM · #4 01-24-05, 05:16 PM

At that limit, I don't know, I make about $15 an hour on O8B. I don't know how hold'em compares though. Should be somewhere in the area of $7.50 - $10 though I would assume.

BrianSwa · #5 01-24-05, 05:55 PM

maybe $3,000? I think I can reach that. OK I moved it up to $4,000 by the end of the year, I think I can do It I have faith in myself.

Aequitas58 · #6 01-24-05, 06:14 PM

Make it $5,000!

LOL.

BrianSwa · #7 01-24-05, 06:50 PM

no $5,000 I think is a little unreachable, $4,000 might be to but that is what im making my goal at. Wish there was some way I could prove If I do it or not, since I know you wont believe me either way If I told you Lou.

Gutzz · #8 01-24-05, 07:55 PM

Yeah I think this monetary goal is a little bit ridiculous.

Just make your goal to play good poker and to improve your game. check the forums (TP and 2+2), post some hands, learn, read, play.

Also you play a lot dude. You should set shorter sessions for yourself, especially if you're prone to going on tilt easily.

Anywho, I don't know what a solid longterm winrate is for .5/1, but when I played it, I was averaging 7BB/100. Although I didn't play more than 12k hands there, so that doesn't mean so much. I think longterm I might be more like 3-4 tops... Even with the really bad players, I didn't suffer any torturous bad runs.

Cheers,

Gutzz

[EDIT: PS. Holy crap I just read a few of my older posts... I'm always telling people that their goal shouldn't be to win money roflmao. I just think it's better to focus on winrates and holes in your game, to treat the chips like chips, and not money.]

Aequitas58 · #9 01-24-05, 08:15 PM

You're too much of a novice, Brian.

4 grand? C'mon.

johnbaker · #10 01-24-05, 09:57 PM

on a similar note, i'm going to hit the bad beat jackpot 8 times in the next month... its so beatable, i mean its just free money.... i know im a good jackpot player so i like my chances; wanna stake me brian? ill chase every running quads and every running straight flush draw i find, and split the jackpot with u when i hit it