578 hours, check.

Had fun, check.

Won just over $5K. Second worst yearly result in 8 recreational years of playing 1/3 NL, but it still qualifies as a win, so check.

Poker goals are the same for 2018, and I expect I'll crush them again.

Gthekeyistosetveryattainablegoals,imoG

Miserably failed all my business goals - had a worse sustained period of run bad in business this year then I ever thought possible. Was so brutal that it took a significant mental health toll at times. Only made 39% of what I made in 2016 despite working harder and smarter. For the first time in 13 years, I didn’t cover the costs of running my family - insert sad face.

I found it basically impossible to think about the future or to do the extra stuff when trying desperately to grind out $$.

Hit or got very close on all my health goals - 20 days under on the weight goal, 10 under on alcohol and then fell a few reps short on the pull up/dip goal

Had a losing year at poker. Won $29ph at a combination of 2/3 and 2/5 over about 250 hours but the mtts were expensive.

Actually played pretty well and cashed in 5/20 mtts played but three of the 5 wins were satellites (to a 10k, a 5k and a 2.3k) where I wasn’t allowed to sell my ticket and the only other deep run I had was in a $440 where I won 7k - couldn’t find a good cash in the bigger events I played.

2018 goals to come on the 8th when I get out of holiday mode and start thinking about the year

1) win more money at poker than trooper97 in 2018

2) drop from 226 to 190 and under 10% body fat

3) do yoga 3-4 days per week

4) church once per week

5) see parents/family more

6) more weekend trips, fewer weeklong vacations!

Bruh, 10% body fat is basically impossible unless you’re currently at about 13 or sth.

Poker-wise it sounds like you're kicking ass at cash, and if I recall you had similar results last year (i.e. all your cash winnings obliterated by MTTs); any thoughts of simply dropping lol donkaMTTs and just doing cash?

GgoodluckinyourbusinessthisyearG

Thanks for the business wishes - having both a business and a hobby that are exposed to such short and medium term variance swing is brutal but also helps me understand each other - when a deal falls through that was all but done, it kind of helps to think that I just lost to a four outer or whatever


re poker, I’m still chasing the mtt pot of gold and I really enjoy them to be honest. My life situation is comfortable so I’m not using poker to make money in most senses and really, while taking 5 or 10k out each year would of course allow me to buy some cool stuff, I’d rather reinvest poker profits in shot taking to try to make a big bink. I’ve been close to very good chunks of money 4 or 5 times now and I want to keep putting myself in those situations.

All of my study this year has been around mtts or general concepts applicable to both. It definitely isn’t nice busting a 2k or a 1500 or whatever but I look forward to them and I think I’m pretty good at them. Having said that, Vegas was brutal and I didn’t make second break of any of the ones I entered.

From a sustainable bankroll perspective I need to grind cash to rebuild - my poker bankroll is only about 13k right now, which clearly isn’t in any shape ‘rolled’ to play big mtts but as long as I have 10k as a cash roll I’ll take shots at satellites and local main events.

2018 Poker goals:
1. Play 100 hours @ 1/3 NL (married, 2 young kids, full time job, time to play is limited)
2. Profit $3K ($30/hr, 10BB/hr) - easier said than done but it's a goal
3. Become a more active member of 2+2 (have had an account since 2016 but haven't really contributed)

1. Walk my dogs at least 4 times / week.
2. Play 800 hrs of live poker with a $20/hr wr.
3. On Fri / Sat nights, always choose to go out with friends when the opportunities arise instead of playing poker.
4. Make time for my wife every week so she doesn't think I like poker more than her.

2018:
1. Finally break into tech (currently interviewing for developer jobs)
2. Play 150-300 1/3 hours
3. Play 100-200 2/5 hours
4. Decide on beard vs goatee
5. Run a 5k for the **** of it
6. Meditate more
7. Drink less
8. Continue to post on here and improve my thought process


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