Hello All,

I am making this thread to hold myself accountable throughout 2019.

2018 was a disaster and probably my worst year so far in terms of poker and life.

I would like 2019 to be a positive year where good things happen and I move forward instead of taking steps backwards.

2019 Goals

1. End the year with a positive net worth of at least five figures/$10,000 (currently I have a negative net worth of around $2,500 made up of credit card debt and overdraft sums etc). This can come from poker, a normal job and any other way I can make money.

2. Put on weight. Target weight is 90kg and currently I am 70kg.

3. Quit smoking.

I am going to leave it at that to keep the goals short and sweet and not over complicate things.

I will, however, make some more specific goals and trackers below to help me achieve the above:

- Live poker results tracker

Total Profit/Loss - $0
Sessions -
Hours -

- Press up tracker 0/36,500
- Sit up tracker 0/36,500
- Smoking tracker 0/0 (goal achieved - goal fails if 1 or more items are smoked)
- Online poker deposits $0 (goal achieved - goal fails if any deposit of $0.01 or higher is made to any online gambling website, no exceptions)

Regarding poker, due to a lack of bankroll and any previous history of long term profitable live poker success, I will be starting with no bankroll at the lowest stakes at local casinos that spread $1/$1 and $1/$2 and keep playing this until it sticks and I build up a bankroll and beat the game.

That's all for now.

Good luck to everyone in 2019 and thanks for reading.

First update.

- Live Poker Results Tracker

Total Profit/Loss - $0
Sessions -
Hours -

- Net Worth Tracker

-$2,500/$10,000

- Press up tracker 40/36,500
- Sit up tracker 0/36,500
- Squat tracker 50/36,500

- Smoking tracker 0/0 (goal achieved - goal fails if 1 or more items are smoked).
- Online poker deposits $0/$0 (goal achieved - goal fails if any deposit of $0.01 or higher is made to any online gambling website, no exceptions).

Today I was going to go and play poker but a friend is coming to visit. 2019 I also hope to rebuild some friendships so this is OK.

I've been thinking about my ranges for live poker and plan to go and play my first session of the year tomorrow night.

Update.

- Live Poker Results Tracker

Total Profit/Loss - -$84.50
Sessions - 1
Hours - 5

- Net Worth Tracker

-$2,500/$10,000

- Press Up Tracker 40/36,500
- Sit Up Tracker 0/36,500
- Squat Tracker 60/36,500

- Smoking Tracker 0/0 (goal achieved - goal fails if 1 or more items are smoked).
- Online Poker Deposits $0/$0 (goal achieved - goal fails if any deposit of $0.01 or higher is made to any online gambling website, no exceptions).

Quitting smoking is really hard, this goal is failed last few days but going to try again tomorrow but leaving the tracker how it is to make me feel better. Monday is a new day.

I also suck at fitness as you can see way behind targets. Let's get going with this!

The games were good at the casino last night. I didn't get many good starting hands pre flop so was card dead most of the night and ended up down just less than 1 buy in. Was in for $200 so could of been worse.

I am going to go back tonight and I want to focus on the following things:

- Less limping pre flop with garbage hands in the hopes of out flopping people when bored/tilted.

- Open raise sizes I need to keep more consistent.

- Don't get tired and tilted and start playing bad, if I am tired just go home.

- Don't put on any straddles myself.

- Make bets more even numbers and don't try and bet 68 or 72 trying to play mind games as people at these stakes don't care. Just bet round numbers like 70.

I would rate my overall play last night as about a 7/10. Tonight hoping for a 10/10 and if I make a decent profit I will likely bank it and I am thinking of trying to just bank small profits everyday for a small amount of time to build the roll and confidence.

Update.

Went back to the casino last night and as I was putting my name on the list a guy from the night before was about to do the same thing. He was a young fun player, talkative and not very good at poker. We chatted for about 10 minutes and he told me after I left last night he stacked pretty much the whole table and won $1,500 at $1/$1. A new table opened and I was pleased he sat down 2 seats to my right and I was ready for a good night. It was great action all night. My new friend lost back about $500 before calling it a night. I ended up winning $170 and left shortly after he did as it was really late by then.

Yesterday I wanted to focus on these things so will comment on them below.

- Less limping pre flop with garbage hands in the hopes of out flopping people when bored/tilted.

Good work - I did not limp any trash hands to try and get lucky.

- Open raise sizes I need to keep more consistent.

Good work, I always made it consistent.

- Don't get tired and tilted and start playing bad, if I am tired just go home.

I was totally card dead again for about 3 hours and was definitely annoyed as the table was so good and everyone else was playing every hand but I just got 63o all night until the last hour. Need to keep patient and not worry, good hands will come and bad players will still be there to pay me off.

- Don't put on any straddles myself.

Good work, I didn't make a single straddle.


- Live Poker Results Tracker

Total Profit/Loss - +$85.50
Sessions - 2
Hours - 9

- Net Worth Tracker

-$2,500/$10,000

- Press Up Tracker 40/36,500
- Sit Up Tracker 0/36,500
- Squat Tracker 70/36,500

- Smoking Tracker 0/0 (goal achieved - goal fails if 1 or more items are smoked).
- Online Poker Deposits $0/$0 (goal achieved - goal fails if any deposit of $0.01 or higher is made to any online gambling website, no exceptions).

I am taking today off to focus on life and sorting things out and try get some fitness goal progress made.