Figured I'd make a thread tracking my attempt to play 1-2 no limit on the side for some extra cash. It should help to motivate me and hopefully it will be a great learning tool. It is very motivating to me to read about others attempting and succeeding in their goals and I hope this can do the same for me and for others.
Ok, so about me. Im 22 years old, living in south Florida. I have a full time job in retail so my schedule can be crazy so I wont have a ton of time to play each week but I hope to make the most time I can. My living expenses are actually pretty low. Im renting a room at a buddy's house for cheap. I play at The Isle. I think its a great room with some nice promotions so I think Ill stick to it. Ill be starting with a $1000 br. I know its not much but it's all I can put into it right now and Im confident I can run it up. Now enough of this terrible writing, let's talk about my goals.
Poker Goals
1. Play a minimum of 15 hours a week.
- I think this is reasonable since I have a full time job that doesnt have a set schedule. So Im closing alot of nights I would want to play. I figured I can definitely play at least 6 hours each of my two days off and try to squeeze in a few hours on a work day or two. So I should be able to at least hit 15 hours pretty easily.
2. Have min hourly win rate of $15/hr.
- From everything I've read this seem to be the "standard" good hourly win rate for 1-2nl so I thought I would make it the minimum for my goal.
3. Put in at least 4 hours of poker study every week.
- I plan on doing this by starting to read some poker books and continuing my subscription to crushlivepoker.com. It has been good so far. I will also try to post some of my tougher hands on here to get some input.
4. Build up a 25BI ($5000) bankroll.
- I'm starting with $1000 which I know is low but I'm hoping to run good early to build up a more decent roll.
5. Once I build up m br to 15BI's I plan on putting 50% of my winnings into paying off my tuck.
- Been working my butt off to pay it off as quickly as possible so I would like to throw alot of my winnings at it to make that process a little quicker.
6. Invest/Give
- Once I pay my truck off I want to invest a certain percentage into my IRA and also give. I strongly believe in giving back. I am a Christian (bring the hate lol) so I have alot of passion for helping people. So I would like to give and help alot of people out.
7. Move up to 2-5nl in one year with a 30BI ($15,00) br So July of 2015.
Ok those are alot of goals and milestones I want to accomplish. Let me know what you think. Attainable? Too conservative? Wishful thinking? Let me know. I'm pretty happy with them and I can't wait to get to the tables! Technically I have already started this challenge starting about a week ago so Ill put my progress in now.
Like I said I still want to have some sort of a life outside of work and poker. Don't get me wrong I'll probably play more than 15 hours a week I jut wanted to set a min. for me.
Ok so Saturday night I went to put in a session after work. Did not go very well. I started out feeling like I wasn't playing my A game but definitely not bad enough to where I thought I should stop. Ran very bad though. Couldnt make a hand. Ran a few bluffs that probably weren't thought out and then started to play way to lose preflop. I guess thats how I tilt. Anyways was not happy with my performance but I walked out realizing my mistakes and ready to get back to it another day. So here are my lack luster results of the night.
Pretty nasty stuff. But like I said Im ready to get back to it. Play better, hopefully catch a few hands and just have fun with it. That's the one thing I can say is that even though I lost big I still had a great time. And if you aren't having a god time while play poker then why play right?
GL