Poker goals this year

BrianSwa · #1 01-24-05, 01:18 AM

Ive made a very reasonable poker goals for this year which im gonna start next month, If all you have is something negative to say about this do me a favor and save it.

Gonna wait for party poker to offer there next deposit bonus and deposit $300 to take as much advantage of there bonus as I can. I find that I go on tilt very very very easy and once I take a bad beat I start to play terrible and dont know when to stop so what I plan on doing is paying much more attention to my emotions and stopping when I relize im on tilt. If I play the poker game that I KNOW I can and get up from the computer when ive relized im on tilt think I should do fine. Tonight I've done alot of thinking and looking at my past hand histories and relized I do play a solid poker game, just dont stop when I know im playing bad.

Ok back to my goal I hope to turn my $300 into $1,500 by the end of the year, a very reachable goal if I can keep a cool head and relize im playing .50/1.00 and suck outs will happen. So what do you all think, I dont mind if you have something to say just dont bash me please. Party poker seems like the easiest bonus to hit which is why I want to start there but what are some other good ones to hit ive deposited in party, pacific, royal vegas so cant get those new player bonus's but any others I havent, any good ones out there for inital deposit bonus's I can go to after I clear mine on party next month.

I'll be tracking my progress in my blog if you would like to follow it at , take care.

omahilo · #2 01-24-05, 02:04 AM

do you have neteller? if not get it ASAP! lol

if you do... this is what I would do... deposit $300 on party next month (or empire if they have a reload sooner) during the reload period... clear both of those if Empire has one.

Then withdraw and deposit what you have on pacific, the site sucks but their bonus is one of the easiest one out there to clear.

Assuming you play break even poker and the reloads at empire and party are 20% and pacific's bonus you get is $100 you should have about $532. I would then deposit that on either Pokerroom (40% new member deposit bonus) or Absolute (35%). Do both of those rooms next and you should have well over $700 and well on your way.

Also Absolute and Pokerroom could both have reloads next month... Absolute is usually 10% and Pokerrom is 15% so there is more money for you. if you play break even poker just next month you could be well over $800.

FYI: Assuming also you have not signed up to either Absolute or Pokerroom and not deposited yet.

BrianSwa · #3 01-24-05, 02:14 AM

I can't get netteller becuase its not avalible in Maryland, Maryland big wig's wont allow it in Maryland....but I do have firepay which is just as good I think I've never had a problem with it. I've alreay deposited on pacific so can't get there new player deposit bonus but the other two are a go. I read a article on jumping from site to site to clear the bonus and read a article about someone turning $75 into 5K in a year, im not that good to do that but I think im good enough to turn $300 into $1,500.

omahilo · #4 01-24-05, 12:25 PM

yeah firepay is fine... I would do those bonuses tho... you will make your $1,500 playing break even poker doing those reloads and such each month. Also when pokerstars has a reload bonuses... you need to take advantage of it.

eddo31 · #5 01-24-05, 12:32 PM

the 300 to 1500 seems like a very reasonable goal, and probably is something that you can reach in the first half of the year if you bonus whore enough. it seems like party now has monthly reloads, empire does the same, stars is Quarterly, full tilt generally has pretty good ones, etc.

there is enough free money out there that you can take advantage of. plus, if you play solid poker, even at the low limits, you can definitely make some money at the tables. the fact that you post here, and probably think about how you play the game, puts you at an advantage over the usual low limit crowd.

i think that if you really want to challenge yourself, you need to make that a 300 to 3k goal. otherwise, you wont have anything left for the second half of the year.

BrianSwa · #6 01-24-05, 12:46 PM

After as bad as I've been playing latley wanted to make a very low goal If I happen to make it by half the year then im just gonna sit back and be happy. Like my blog says I have a pretty good idea and I'm limiting my play to 3 hours a day 5 days a week so It might actully take me the whole year to hit the $1,500 and if this year goes all well in january next year you will see a higher goal. I'm hoping to stay playing .50/1.00 through this whole jorney, really dont want to move up levels the whole year, It may take me longer to clear my bonus's but I think what I learn from playing will make up for that.

GeoffM · #7 01-24-05, 01:09 PM

Brian, I'm not sure how solid your game is, but even if you are half-decent, a 400% return on PP does seem quite low. I thought this myself at the beginning of this month, but I have already made close to $900 this month alone, twice what I made all of last year. Stick to the PP ring games and you should be able to reach this goal playing 15 hours a week within a couple of months tops.

BrianSwa · #8 01-24-05, 01:22 PM

my game is solid until I hit a bad beat or a suckout then it goes to hell, everyone here thinks im terrible because I cry when I lose some money but they dont see how I play all they see is the aftermath of chaos. I dont really blame them If I saw it I'd think the same thing, which is one of the reasons im limiting my play to 3 hours a day 5 days a week and Im gonna pay close attention to myself and not let myself get to that point. I'm gonna use my poker chart's system to track my progress thorough the year and I'll post my stats here along with on my blog. My tornament play is really decent usually make middle of the field if not better only been out before break one a couple of times, but chips are alot easier to manage then real money is and I feel the best money is made in the ring games, I like this Idea and I think I will learn a great deal from it but before It starts Ill be re-reading all my books and buying any that I dont have yet and read them.

Talking Poker · #9 01-24-05, 02:39 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 · #10 01-24-05, 03:14 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 · #11 01-24-05, 04:06 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 · #12 01-24-05, 04:16 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 · #13 01-24-05, 04:55 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 · #14 01-24-05, 05:13 PM

Geoff, we're dealing with Brian here.

He's going to lose the $300.

Aequitas58 · #15 01-24-05, 05:14 PM

Make it $5,000!

LOL.

BrianSwa · #16 01-24-05, 05:48 PM

thanks for the support Lou. Because when you 1st started playing online all you did was win, win, win.....You know your soo full of youself Lou. I never claimed to be a winning player online NEVER but I believe I can become one in time which is why im doing this to get better. I dont plan on jumping to 2/4 straight from .50/1.00 no matter how much I make in my 1st couple of months I'll do It just like everyone and move up one step at a time and If that next step is to hard for me then go back down. Your gay ass sarcasim isnt welcome so just use it in another thread where someone really cares.

BrianSwa · #17 01-24-05, 05:50 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 · #18 01-24-05, 06:55 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 · #19 01-24-05, 07:15 PM

You're too much of a novice, Brian.

4 grand? C'mon.

ChipFish · #20 01-24-05, 08:30 PM

4 grand... Snicker. Good one.

How many hours at the sit-n-gos with the 5 cent payouts?
Snicker.

BrianSwa · #21 01-24-05, 08:32 PM

I did limit the amount of time I'm gonna play, 3 hours a day 5 days a week, but I do like to have some sort of money total I'd like to shoot for but thanks for suggestion.

BrianSwa · #22 01-24-05, 08:34 PM

whatever you say pro, since you have never seen me play really dont care what you say. The rest of the people on here I care very much, cant we go back to how you stayed out of my threads and I stayed out of yours I got so much more better advice that way.

BrianSwa · #23 01-24-05, 08:34 PM

funny guy....I'd rather set my goals high and come up a little short.

johnbaker · #24 01-24-05, 08:57 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

Aequitas58 · #25 01-24-05, 09:13 PM

I have aspirations of being a professional... LAWYER not a poker player, you fool. You don't have to listen to anything I say, and neither does anyone else. If someone finds my experience useful and helpful towards their game, then awesome. You? Forget it. We've been over this, you're a moron.

And HOW MANY TIMES do you keep forgetting... we sat in the same game. Jesus Christ - you're so stupid sometimes.

Dude. You're not going to get to FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS playing $.50/1. And, if even by some fluke miracle you hit $1000, I don't think you can beat the $1/2 game. Let alone $2/4 and $3/6, which is what you're going to have to play (and beat) if you even wanna approach $4k.

Set a more realistic goal, like clearing the 20% bonus w/out losing any money in the process.