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Originally Posted by CrazyLond
I am pretty against goal-setting in general but don't need to get into that. But if you must set goals, I'd just do the hours goals, table select as much as possible and then play the best you can. Setting a win rate goal seems like it could incentive counterproductive behavior like:
-sitting out games that are profitable but probably not ones you could beat for your goal winrate
-playing tighter than optimal if you find yourself ahead of the goal and want to protect it
-playing looser than optimal if you find yourself behind the goal and wanting to hit it
I find it very productive to set goals. I know win rate goals are a bit silly, but it's still fun to have a baseline of what I'd like to achieve. I'm certainly not doing any of the things you just listed. I just try to play the best I can every hand and let the results speak for themselves.