Review 2013/ Goals 2014
12-29-2014
, 11:39 AM
u didnt improve ur social life if u decline drinking/clubbing invitations on the reg lissi! :P <3
conclusion: 2014, despite looking like a fail on paper was very important in terms of personal growth, changing the country was a v good decision wrt that point and i def recommend it to every grinder out there (should have done it ~2yrs earlier for sure). I also realised that the golden days of online poker are coming to an end/the game is getting less beatable quickly, which mainly affects masstabling/low edge nits like me so will def cut tables and work more on my game in 2015.
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-make 150k from poker
didnt quite get there and year would be a fail if i didnt have a v good december, probably up 30k w staking too, which makes this a rly close [ ]
-20k mtts [x] played 26k or so which is most volume i ever did
-get better at math, learn potodds (lol) - confirmed lol
-no more than 2 loosing months - think i had 3-4 loosing months, not caring much tho
-increase abi to ~35$ - fail, abi even lowered to 27$, cant get myself to quit doublecheeseburgerturboKOs
-maintain sn on com and .fr - [x]
-buy a house/flat/appartement w poker $$ - [x] prolly my biggest accomplishment in 2014 and one of the few things im genuinely proud of, nets me like 500€/month passive income
-play atleast 4x EPTs, even more regional/national 500s-2ks - played deauville, barca and prague and even more bowlcomps [x]
-do another roadtrip w not much poker involved (atleast 2 weeks) - [x] did a cool roadtrip vienna->barca->back , altho w a bunch of poker involved
-maybe move the country - [x] living in vienna now, which was a v good decision
-stop "investing"/punting in marketplace (ty parker), except wsop/occasional big series - [x] probably down like 1-3k but who cares, had some fun sweats
-only go to wsop if i can easily afford it and am rly hungry for it, grind super hard if i stay at home - [x] stayed at home and grinded hard (BE tho)
-be profitable at livepoker - worst year in livepoker cashes wise since 2010 lol, think i dropped like 20k w expenses
-dont turn fat and lazy (82kg seems reasonable, at 86kg atm) - [x] started going to gym regularly and making good progress, at 82kg atm w more muscles
-top my biggest score live or online (~55k and 40k atm) - biggest livecash was 17k€, biggest online 31k€ [ ]
-stay happy, keep a good social life, keep gf happy - went through a breakup mid-year which ****ed me up and put a strain on my happiness, but back to normal now, social life is good, <3 vienna community
-learn a new language, learn a new game except nlh/plo - total fail
-drink less beer (yes im serious, sry fans), do less drugs - [ ] drank even more beer than in 2013, did more drugs too
-make 150k from poker
didnt quite get there and year would be a fail if i didnt have a v good december, probably up 30k w staking too, which makes this a rly close [ ]
-20k mtts [x] played 26k or so which is most volume i ever did
-get better at math, learn potodds (lol) - confirmed lol
-no more than 2 loosing months - think i had 3-4 loosing months, not caring much tho
-increase abi to ~35$ - fail, abi even lowered to 27$, cant get myself to quit doublecheeseburgerturboKOs
-maintain sn on com and .fr - [x]
-buy a house/flat/appartement w poker $$ - [x] prolly my biggest accomplishment in 2014 and one of the few things im genuinely proud of, nets me like 500€/month passive income
-play atleast 4x EPTs, even more regional/national 500s-2ks - played deauville, barca and prague and even more bowlcomps [x]
-do another roadtrip w not much poker involved (atleast 2 weeks) - [x] did a cool roadtrip vienna->barca->back , altho w a bunch of poker involved
-maybe move the country - [x] living in vienna now, which was a v good decision
-stop "investing"/punting in marketplace (ty parker), except wsop/occasional big series - [x] probably down like 1-3k but who cares, had some fun sweats
-only go to wsop if i can easily afford it and am rly hungry for it, grind super hard if i stay at home - [x] stayed at home and grinded hard (BE tho)
-be profitable at livepoker - worst year in livepoker cashes wise since 2010 lol, think i dropped like 20k w expenses
-dont turn fat and lazy (82kg seems reasonable, at 86kg atm) - [x] started going to gym regularly and making good progress, at 82kg atm w more muscles
-top my biggest score live or online (~55k and 40k atm) - biggest livecash was 17k€, biggest online 31k€ [ ]
-stay happy, keep a good social life, keep gf happy - went through a breakup mid-year which ****ed me up and put a strain on my happiness, but back to normal now, social life is good, <3 vienna community
-learn a new language, learn a new game except nlh/plo - total fail
-drink less beer (yes im serious, sry fans), do less drugs - [ ] drank even more beer than in 2013, did more drugs too
12-29-2014
, 12:10 PM
Finally realizing health and family is way more important than anything else. healthy mind healthy body #1 goal for 2015
12-29-2014
, 01:44 PM
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Didn't set any goals for 2013 & am sure glad I did not. Learnt a lot more poker than ever, worked on my game quite a lot (there's always room for improvement), began the year nicely w a bunch of profit. Then all things failed in life in april/may/june and that reflected in my game all the way after WCOOPs. Managed to barely save the year and bank on the 1.5 profitable months I was on my own at the beginning of the year, profitable MP investments, profitable liveaments poker wise(down w costs) and extra income from coaching.
2014 will definitely be the first year I actually set some goals, won't list all of them here for the same reasons Shane doesnt, but poker/life wise they look something like this:
[ ]profit 150k in the first 6mo including the 3-4 planned live trips (csots included)
[ ]profit 20k+ in the first 6mo from cash games (Im back at msnl) and get real good at it
[ ]learn PLO cash enough to beat 400NL online and transfer those skills in MTTs
[ ]10k MTTs + grind more small/midstakes to offset HS swings
[ ]take 1mo break and travel a LOT during that time in June
[ ]go on my own the last 5mo, profit 100k in all areas poker related (coaching/vids inc)
[ ]read 40 books or more (on track already for that goal for the past 4-5mo)
[ ]gym regularly, quickly get into calisthenics following April
[ ]quit smoking completely (dont do drugs, on track for the smoking goal already)
[ ]hate even less
[ ]be grateful even more
[ ]plan vacations ahead of time (and stuff in general), dont leave it on the spur of the moment
etc...
This is mainly ^ to have something to come back to, during the hard times (which Im sure will come)
Happy New Year and lots of GL to everyone honestly desiring to achieve their goals
P.S. Props to moertelmu, one of the true poker bosses around here. GJ & GL buddy ! (I'll prop you at some point during 2014 about the beer drinking
)
P.P.S. one more important goal, as 2014 will be the year of changes: KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING, from poker profit to life costs, accomplishments, travels, random acts and experiences etc.. basically keep a very accurate journal, maybe even write in my blog - which has just 1 entry FML
2014 will definitely be the first year I actually set some goals, won't list all of them here for the same reasons Shane doesnt, but poker/life wise they look something like this:
[ ]profit 150k in the first 6mo including the 3-4 planned live trips (csots included)
[ ]profit 20k+ in the first 6mo from cash games (Im back at msnl) and get real good at it
[ ]learn PLO cash enough to beat 400NL online and transfer those skills in MTTs
[ ]10k MTTs + grind more small/midstakes to offset HS swings
[ ]take 1mo break and travel a LOT during that time in June
[ ]go on my own the last 5mo, profit 100k in all areas poker related (coaching/vids inc)
[ ]read 40 books or more (on track already for that goal for the past 4-5mo)
[ ]gym regularly, quickly get into calisthenics following April
[ ]quit smoking completely (dont do drugs, on track for the smoking goal already)
[ ]hate even less
[ ]be grateful even more
[ ]plan vacations ahead of time (and stuff in general), dont leave it on the spur of the moment
etc...
This is mainly ^ to have something to come back to, during the hard times (which Im sure will come)
Happy New Year and lots of GL to everyone honestly desiring to achieve their goals
P.S. Props to moertelmu, one of the true poker bosses around here. GJ & GL buddy ! (I'll prop you at some point during 2014 about the beer drinking
)P.P.S. one more important goal, as 2014 will be the year of changes: KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING, from poker profit to life costs, accomplishments, travels, random acts and experiences etc.. basically keep a very accurate journal, maybe even write in my blog - which has just 1 entry FML
cool thread.. especially loved these 2 goals that are in bold. having a diary to track everything is cool.
12-29-2014
, 03:28 PM
12-29-2014
, 09:06 PM
2013, I was chronically broke due to regularly playing over my head till July, then I focused on PLO Hi and Mixed MTT and did quite well.
2014, I started close to busto... and got backed in March. Made about exactly what I expected from Jan to Nov, then shipped the 215$ Weekly PLO and chopped the 530$ PLO in December for about the same amount (but sold 17% / 70% seperately...)
2015, I can grind 27$ Daily Mixed/Limit MTT's every day, or play a PLO Hi schedule,just as I prefer to (Thanks Amaya!), and will continue to play the 530$ 8-Game and PLO, while selling 65%, and hopefully soon less of it.
Intend to play the Stud8, HORSE and 8-Game 2100$ SCOOP, and aside of those shots, grind what I already grind on 5-6 days a week.
If there is just a single non-nlhe event at the WSOPE Berlin, I am going to play it, together with the cheapest NLHE donk-fest.
Oh, and I will only drink 0,5L beer, or a 0,25L bottle of wine per day for the first two months. Big Party in March, so 9 weeks max for that resolution.
Will change my gym-schedule to a bro-split of five 45 min work-outs from Monday to Friday in 2015, to replace my old routine of 3x 90 min per week, which used to make me too tired to grind after work-outs.
Already am seriously fit and eating healthy, but need to improve social-life, while cutting down on drinking/partying...
Might need to start chasing pussy actively, instead of just taking the rare easy prays I find once or twice a year...
Went to Reeperbahn on 26th, but found no whores at noon... At least I already try!
In 2016, I either want to have my own food stall, selling shashlik of beef,chicken and pork, plus veggies, together with (hot-)sauces, and rice-bowls as side dish, or be in Thailand grinding MTT's online, or start grinding live PLO 2/5 on half of my playing days.
If anybody could post my graph for 2014 on PS (Parasences), that'd be really kind
2014, I started close to busto... and got backed in March. Made about exactly what I expected from Jan to Nov, then shipped the 215$ Weekly PLO and chopped the 530$ PLO in December for about the same amount (but sold 17% / 70% seperately...)
2015, I can grind 27$ Daily Mixed/Limit MTT's every day, or play a PLO Hi schedule,just as I prefer to (Thanks Amaya!), and will continue to play the 530$ 8-Game and PLO, while selling 65%, and hopefully soon less of it.
Intend to play the Stud8, HORSE and 8-Game 2100$ SCOOP, and aside of those shots, grind what I already grind on 5-6 days a week.
If there is just a single non-nlhe event at the WSOPE Berlin, I am going to play it, together with the cheapest NLHE donk-fest.
Oh, and I will only drink 0,5L beer, or a 0,25L bottle of wine per day for the first two months. Big Party in March, so 9 weeks max for that resolution.
Will change my gym-schedule to a bro-split of five 45 min work-outs from Monday to Friday in 2015, to replace my old routine of 3x 90 min per week, which used to make me too tired to grind after work-outs.
Already am seriously fit and eating healthy, but need to improve social-life, while cutting down on drinking/partying...
Might need to start chasing pussy actively, instead of just taking the rare easy prays I find once or twice a year...
Went to Reeperbahn on 26th, but found no whores at noon... At least I already try!
In 2016, I either want to have my own food stall, selling shashlik of beef,chicken and pork, plus veggies, together with (hot-)sauces, and rice-bowls as side dish, or be in Thailand grinding MTT's online, or start grinding live PLO 2/5 on half of my playing days.
If anybody could post my graph for 2014 on PS (Parasences), that'd be really kind
Last edited by TooRareToDie; 12-29-2014 at 09:21 PM.
12-30-2014
, 09:10 AM
12-30-2014
, 09:42 AM
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u didnt improve ur social life if u decline drinking/clubbing invitations on the reg lissi! :P <3
conclusion: 2014, despite looking like a fail on paper was very important in terms of personal growth, changing the country was a v good decision wrt that point and i def recommend it to every grinder out there (should have done it ~2yrs earlier for sure). I also realised that the golden days of online poker are coming to an end/the game is getting less beatable quickly, which mainly affects masstabling/low edge nits like me so will def cut tables and work more on my game in 2015.
conclusion: 2014, despite looking like a fail on paper was very important in terms of personal growth, changing the country was a v good decision wrt that point and i def recommend it to every grinder out there (should have done it ~2yrs earlier for sure). I also realised that the golden days of online poker are coming to an end/the game is getting less beatable quickly, which mainly affects masstabling/low edge nits like me so will def cut tables and work more on my game in 2015.
the peoples champion
12-30-2014
, 10:28 AM
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2014:
- 150k Profit from pokaz - [x] crushed
- 7500 MTTs - [x]almost 10k
- MOAR big Live Events - [x]played 2 10ks and a bunch of 2k-5ks, 25k @ PCA upcomming as well
- FT a live Event - [x] FTed a big WSOP Event and one small 2k HR
- FT a WCOOP/SCOOP - [x]FTed SCOOP main on .fr and 2k WCOOP
challenge on stars.eu so i guess i can checkmark
- Finish university - [ ] nope, 4 exams left
- WSOP or visit my former host family -[x] yes
- 150k cashgame hands, 75k of nl600 or higher -[-]only managed around 120k , but more than 75k of Nl600-NL1000, so almost got there
- finally get some muscles going and get rid of dem spaghetti noodle arms!
[ ] nope
- maintain SN on stars.eu and get Supernova on stars.fr -[x] 500 VPP to go on .fr but gonna finish those today
- get a life plan - [-] semi checkmark
2014:
- 150k Profit from pokaz - [x] crushed
- 7500 MTTs - [x]almost 10k
- MOAR big Live Events - [x]played 2 10ks and a bunch of 2k-5ks, 25k @ PCA upcomming as well
- FT a live Event - [x] FTed a big WSOP Event and one small 2k HR
- FT a WCOOP/SCOOP - [x]FTed SCOOP main on .fr and 2k WCOOP
challenge on stars.eu so i guess i can checkmark
- Finish university - [ ] nope, 4 exams left
- WSOP or visit my former host family -[x] yes
- 150k cashgame hands, 75k of nl600 or higher -[-]only managed around 120k , but more than 75k of Nl600-NL1000, so almost got there
- finally get some muscles going and get rid of dem spaghetti noodle arms!
[ ] nope
- maintain SN on stars.eu and get Supernova on stars.fr -[x] 500 VPP to go on .fr but gonna finish those today
- get a life plan - [-] semi checkmark
2015:
Is very likely going to be last year for me, at least I plan that way so i ll set high goals
-300k overall profit
-continue improving at cashgames, get to Nl2000 by end of year
- Play 100k hands of NL1000 or higher
-win a major live tournament #trophies
- extend business horizont and keep invest in stakings, but also continue looking into startups and possible extend investing there
- skip more low-mid MTTs and play cashgame instead
- finish university
- 3month of travelling
- Move to a different country
- get more, but at least five of my horses to play all majors,B162,320$ KO etc by mid of the year on a regular
-workout, get rid of spaghetti-noodle-arms
Last edited by Kranke_EinZ; 12-30-2014 at 10:51 AM.
12-30-2014
, 12:29 PM
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2013 was a great year. Switching to mtt's only was a great decision. Unfortunately, ran pretty bad in highstakes tournaments (100+) but quiet confident I'll be getting a big score soon because my game improved so much the past year. Got a great staker, talk strategy with so many good players, improved in a way I never thought I would, so yeah feeling really confident for 2014.
Goals
[ ] Get in a good volume meh not really, although i'm not playing fulltime
[X] Bink a 5 digit score got there on the last sunday of the year
[X] Keep working and improving my game definitely, improved heaps compared to last year
[X] Play some more live tournaments, which I really enjoy I guess I did yeah
[ ] Go more to the gym definitely fail
[ ] Get my driver license well, i'm already learning to drive
[X] Do well in school yeah that was fine
Goals
[ ] Get in a good volume meh not really, although i'm not playing fulltime
[X] Bink a 5 digit score got there on the last sunday of the year
[X] Keep working and improving my game definitely, improved heaps compared to last year
[X] Play some more live tournaments, which I really enjoy I guess I did yeah
[ ] Go more to the gym definitely fail
[ ] Get my driver license well, i'm already learning to drive
[X] Do well in school yeah that was fine
pretty much overall a great learning year
edit: maybe someone can create a new thread for 2k15 goals?
12-30-2014
, 02:52 PM
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2015 goals
-125k profit from poker
-dual sn
-less tables, higher abi
-top biggest online or live score
-do epic east european roadtrip
-78kg, keep going to the gym
how to achieve it drinking ton of beer at the same time? I tried.. failed
-play wsop and/or wsope main
-conquer flight anxiety (atleast 4x flights)
Flight anxiety, first of all, shows you have brains and your awareness these things fall down sometimes as practice shows (last big one felt down 3day ago, right ). "Blondes" are usually calm and cool unless their plane would catch smth like turbulence, that`s when they start crying and screaming like mentally ill. It also makes flights more amazing.
-drink less beer, do less drugs
-keep p5s grinders badge for austria all year
-learn a new language or another game except plo/nlhe
Language - learn Russian. will become handy when we`ll conquer Europe (at least according to your massmedia )
Game - something vast majority of people are terrible at. Like all non-holdem/plo games have low volume online anyway so I`d choose stud8 or Badugi)
-125k profit from poker
-dual sn
-less tables, higher abi
-top biggest online or live score
-do epic east european roadtrip
-78kg, keep going to the gym
how to achieve it drinking ton of beer at the same time? I tried.. failed
-play wsop and/or wsope main
-conquer flight anxiety (atleast 4x flights)
Flight anxiety, first of all, shows you have brains and your awareness these things fall down sometimes as practice shows (last big one felt down 3day ago, right
). "Blondes" are usually calm and cool unless their plane would catch smth like turbulence, that`s when they start crying and screaming like mentally ill. It also makes flights more amazing. -drink less beer, do less drugs
-keep p5s grinders badge for austria all year
-learn a new language or another game except plo/nlhe
Language - learn Russian. will become handy when we`ll conquer Europe (at least according to your massmedia
)Game - something vast majority of people are terrible at. Like all non-holdem/plo games have low volume online anyway so I`d choose stud8 or Badugi)