September Thread:Goals, Winrates, Updates

[Talking Poker]

Hands? Or Dollars?

[sjay2k]

I meant dollars, but 10k hands would be good to reach too.

[Talking Poker]

Ok, here are my goals. Some will be results oriented (you'll know which), but that's ok. They are just GOALS. If I don't achieve them, no worries. At least I'm giving myself something to shoot for.

1. Set up a new account at Full Tilt by the 15th - one where I can get some Rake Back. BTW - I should be able to hook you guys up with a fat 27% rakeback there in the very near future. Stay tuned. I'm going to miss my Rogue23 account, and I guess I have a LOT of points to cash out (maybe I'll get a jersey), but playing there a lot and not getting rake back is stupid, I guess. And I plan to be playing a lot soon, as you will see.

2. Beginning on the 15th (this will actually be the 21st for me), earn 10,000 Full Tilt points by October 14th to qualify for one of their Aussie 7 seat giveaway tourneys. I will be playing $400 and $600 NL mostly, but I may play some 6 max limit ($8/16 and $15/30 mostly) to mix things up. I highly doubt I'll be moving up to $1000 NL, but you never know. Maybe I'll have a JD/Boobie month. Or maybe I'll go broke and end up playing at the $100 tables. Ugh.

3. Win a super satellite seat to the Borgata Main event on the 14th. I'm willing to take two shots at this, assuming the tourneys are $1000 each.

4. If #3 happens, I want to play the best I can play during the main event and hopefully go deep. If #3 doesn't happen, I will be playing in the $1000 and $750 tourneys that weekend with the same goal.

5. Make a few attempts at winning trips - Aruba, EPT, WPT PCA, Australia, whatever - and hopefully take one down.

6. Most importantly, I need to get this site updated. I have all sorts of affiliate links I need to get up, changes I want to make to the forum, and most importantly, I've got some rake back deals in the works for everyone. My goal is to have all that set up by the end of this week - the 8th. No more putting it off.

[badblood44]

This makes great sense, but I'd be interested to hear your method. I just set up a 2nd account, but am a bit fearful of funding it via the same Neteller account as my 1st account. Also, to get rakeback, I signed up the 2nd account under my own bonus code. Talk about leaving a trail....

[Talking Poker]

Yeah, that's a really bad idea. I honestly don't think I'd even try that if I were you...

I too am worried about how to fund the account, but I guess I'll deal with that when I come to it. And I can't find the "rules" in Full Tilt's terms anywhere about multiple accounts, etc. I'm not really sure what needs to be done, but this is my guess as to the optimal way to do it:

1. Close the first account. Cash out all $, points, etc.
2. Wait a while (couple of weeks?).
3. Open the new account - clean computer, different IP address, different email address (same name and maybe even mailing address should be ok).
4. Fund it from a different source. IDEALLY.

After the account is up and running for a while and everything is happy, you can probably change some of your info (like Neteller info) back to how you want it.

Again, this is just a GUESS. If support gives you any trouble, you could tell them you closed the old account for Reasons X, Y, and Z, and then changed your mind and opened a new account.

I really don't know. If anyone has any info on this, I'd love to hear it.

[Talking Poker]

I decided to do a little more digging about this, and the more I read, the more I hesitate to change anything AT ALL. It might not be worth it. Maybe I'll try to find myself a nice rake back deal somewhere else instead.

[badblood44]

Agreed.

The sad part is that after playing at WPEX for a week, I realized just how much rake I'm losing per year. What's sadder still is that I already have an account on most of the major sites which prevents me from getting a good rakeback deal.

I'd LOVE to have rakeback on Full Tilt or Pokerstars, but have no idea how to swing it successfully.

In the interim, I'll probably be going Silver/Gold Status and somehow converting FPP store items to near-cash solutions like Amazon GC's, etc.

[Talking Poker]

I'm in the exact same boat as you.

BTW - you will never get Rake Back on Stars. That's not an option.

[Talking Poker]

I didn't accomplish everything, but all in all, I'll consder it a successful month.

Oh, as for the cash games that I've been focusing on... I started off on a SICK run, definitely on the good side of variance. Since then, I've been mostly breakeven but also had a number of disgusting losing sessions. Overall, I'm still up for the month, and my "luck" has definitely been on the bad side overall. I guess that should be encouraging.

[JDMcNugent7]

Worst.Month.Ever.

i seriously am Right around the breakeven point.
a whole month of poker and Nothing to show. Solid.

oh- and i now have $600 online and refuse to deposit $.