Quote:
Originally Posted by tompoker
ty for replys, for me personally a fixed amount of hands does not work to well.
while a minimum amount of buy-ins motivates me to do my best daily, it is as said above a bit silly.
Therefor I am thinking of setting myself:
1. a monthly monetary all-in EV goal (wich does not represent runbad or rungood totally but is probally a better measurement then profit itself)
2. Have a fixed amount of hours played each day with a minimum of 4 regular tables going
- I will note down all the hours and amount of tables in excel
- I will try and give myself a honest evaluation independant of profit/losses how i play the first 5 minutes in the session and at the end
=> this way i have
1. a monetary goal wich motivates me to play well the most
2. something i can control
It can motivate you but trust me as I speak from experience. When you go through a downswing and are trying to win a set amount of big blinds and it is not your day. You need to know when to quit. These goals can certainly tilt you and make you change your playing style trying to get to your daily and causes you to lose more. Poker has too much variance to have daily profit targets.
A key skill in poker is knowing when to quit and having these goals on the back of your mind is unneeded pressure.