February Goals Thread

[Leroy2DaBeroy]

Post em if ya got em....

1) Play 35-40 plo8 Mtts
2) ROI > 10%
3) Review 3 Mtts where I bubbled for hands I'm unsure of (either hands I play or hands I fold) and post some hands in here for analysis.
4) Arrange to session review the hands from 1 Mtt with another 2+2'er (pm if interested)
5) Review tournament reports in HM2 to determine where leaks might be (certain stackizes, pf actions, etc.)

Non-poker

6) Weigh 193 on March 1 (down 6 pounds)

[PokerSeemsFun]

1) run hot (and I need some help on this one from the dealers at Pokerstars)
2) put a lot of effort in developing my game
3) play a lot more than I did in January

2 and 3 should be easy. 1….. hmmmmm

[Angribob]

3000 SNGs

Play live plo8

[bakyka]

Play 1.5k SNGs

Make Goldstar

[trelskig]

My goal is to play roughly 280-300 hours of poker this month.

and hopefully make around 10k between sngs, mtts, and cash.

GL TO ME

[d3 fact0]

1) Grind grind grind.

2) Stay away from MTTs.

3) Lose 6-8 pounds of fat.

4) Continue working out regularly, but not overtrain, and continue conditioning for barefoot running.

5) Sleep more, sleep better.

6) No more than 2/day on average alcohol drinks.

7) Reduce caffeine consumption.

[billygstar]

only play plo/plo8 mtts and 18 man sngs nl8. specifically no holdem mtts as i burnt all my o8 profit in jan in em :/

run good

play good

profit

[plaaynde]

Without any tracker functioning at the moment I just want to see my bank roll in the cashier to be considerably fatter in the end of the month. It's 6-max limit .10/.20 and .25/.50.

Also want to mention that I always write down the cashier count after each session on paper, in fact I've done it since I started playing. Then I underline the count when it's the highest ever. Last time that happened was January 23.

[speedycey]

1. $10->$5000
2. Play as much as possible
3. Play no more than 24 hour sessions
4. Don't play live tournaments for a month

Must not be that hard

[d3 fact0]

Originally Posted by plaaynde

Also want to mention that I always write down the cashier count after each session on paper, in fact I've done it since I started playing. Then I underline the count when it's the highest ever. Last time that happened was January 23.

There are a few studies in the field of behavioral economics/finance that clearly show that those who keep track of their short-run bottom line make worse decisions. In poker terms, it's -EV to keep track of your BR in real-time! Besides, if you are sufficiently rolled for your stakes, there is no good reason to keep track of your account balance; just focus on maximizing your LR EV of every decision.

[manndl]

Originally Posted by Angribob

3000 SNGs

do u wanna destroy my ROI at the s&gs
1k s&g for me by the way.

[d3 fact0]

Originally Posted by manndl

do u wanna destroy my ROI at the s&gs
1k s&g for me by the way.

Your smilys' addiction is getting out of control, lol...

[AKQJ10]

Log 30 hours in the Greektown 5/10 limit O8, plus another 30 if i don't run good enough to go back to the 15/30 round-by-round (LHE/L Omaha H).

[Leroy2DaBeroy]

How often do those run?

[plaaynde]

Originally Posted by d3 fact0

There are a few studies in the field of behavioral economics/finance that clearly show that those who keep track of their short-run bottom line make worse decisions. In poker terms, it's -EV to keep track of your BR in real-time! Besides, if you are sufficiently rolled for your stakes, there is no good reason to keep track of your account balance; just focus on maximizing your LR EV of every decision.

I can see your point, and I focus on every hand independently. That's natural for me, because that's how the (electronic) cards behave. Because of that I can't really tilt, because every new hand is totally independent of the earlier ones, I only try to learn as much as possible from them.

But in the end it's the cashier balance that decides if you are a long term winner. The short terms in a way add up, and get meaning, stronger the more hands that are played. Downswings of one month don't really bother me, if I feel I've learned something. But I like to have a system that prevents me from fooling myself. Read: cashier balance, let's say midlong term.

And with the new all times highs coming in, sometimes with one month between, sometimes five times in a row, probability of me being an expected loser decreases.

Seeing my current graph would be more informative though, but cashier balance taken with a grain of salt will do for now. The Poker Tracker 3 will be a pleasant experience after my antiqued PTO has lacked functioning after the hand history change Stars did.


And lastly: those not looking at their cashiers are probably the gamboolers, who don't care about if they are losing, and then they probably are. As with everything: try find the balance