Your Poker Goals for 2007

[totalise]

I dont really believe in goals, but if I had one, it would be to cash in a live tournament. So far Ive got a 100% out the money record and am down at least $20,000 lifetime. That needs to change.

really?


why do you think this is when you are so good online? is it psychological?


it intrigues me

Its mostly to do with boredom. Online everything is sped up, and given most of my poker is online, it makes live feel like you are moving/operating in slow motion, and it just gets me frustrated. I find it too hard sitting there folding hand after hand for 2 hours, playing 50 hands in that time span,  so eventually the chips just fly in with a certain ambivolence as to whether i win or lose the pot. I'm also a net loser in the live cash games in Vegas for the same reason (i think im  the first person in the history of poker to admit to being a lifetime loser in the vegas cash games!)

[Horneris]

To build my online Bankroll to over $15,000.
Try more actively to qualify for an EPT event.
Keep developing my live game.

[boldie]

My goal is to finish the year with more money than I started, and support myself without having to resort to paid employment.

That's it for me.
I have no goals such as playing in the WSOP, EPT or such. I will probably play a few sats to them but it's making enough money to support myself that it's all about. (although some live events in the UK look really good and DTD will be visited

[byronkincaid]

Next year i wanna get to 5/10 cash, play most of the UKPT and the WSOP main event of course.

[RED-DOG]

To outdraw Ali Mallu.

[tikay]

To outdraw Ali Mallu.

You miss the point Tom - the Goals are supposed to be realistic.

[boldie]

To outdraw Ali Mallu.

you'd have a better shot at winning the WSOP main event this year.

[matt674]

To outdraw Ali Mallu.

I would like to confirm though that it is possible - playing a £50 rebuy at the Circus in Manchester a few weeks before i travelled to Vegas we were still in the rebuy period of the tournament when Ali raised on the button, both Mel (londonpokergirl) and myself called from the blind - i held KQ o/s.

The flop came King high rainbow and knowing Ali's agressive style i decide a check-raise is in order so when Mel checks i check behind and sure enough Ali puts in a bet, Mel passes and i reraise all-in only to hear Ali say "call" and get his chips into the middle faster than me.

He turned over AA to which my response was "Aces?!?! You're not allowed to have aces on the button!!", however a Queen on the river spared me having to rebuy and i went on to win the tourney

[matt674]

To outdraw Ali Mallu.

you'd have a better shot at winning the WSOP main event this year.

I guess that explains why i didnt win the WSOP this year then - i used all my luck up outdrawing Ali Mallu!!

[Poppet7]

Live - My aim is to win my first live MTT seeing as I managed my first live final table last night! (Came 3rd when I ran my AJ into QQ...)

Online - My aim is to kept building up my bankroll by playing my usual $10 Speed STTs. I would also like to play more online MTTs so I can gain more experience.

Life Goals for 2007 - Get my own flat then once I've done that I would like to get back on the diet I abandoned in September, get enrolled on some sort of course either an evening course at college or Open University course. I also need to seriously start paying off the debts I've built up over the past few months. Hopefully, life will be on-the-up as soon as 2007 arrives!

[NoflopsHomer]

Qualify for an EPT event, (lost a HU for a Copenhagen Seat last night )

[vegaslover]

To be honest i havent set any yet, and probably wont to start with. The arrival of babymonkeyboy means i'm not sure how much of my poker bankroll can be actually used for poker - i'll be playing it by ear for the next 12 months i think

Yep can relate to that, started building a good roll on crypto in the summer/autumn but a child on the way meant that the money was needed for more immediate needs. That and being flooded in the summer!

Goals for '07

Attend a blonde bash
Visit dtd
Rebuild a decent bankroll
Try to qualify for EPT/WSOP

[Snatiramas]

Oh my word where to start. 2006 was such great fun. Qualified for WPT in Bahamas and the main event in WSOP. I'm not sure if I told anybody but I also won Blondebash 3.
All of this from a very recreational player.

Okay
1) Play a live comp in Luton without talking other than to check raise call or fold - I think it might send the whole room on tilt as they are all used to  my incessant chatter
2) When I lose do it with better grace than I did this year
3) Help any rookies I meet feel comfortable at the table
4) Bring the enjoyment I feel playing the game to as many people as possible

If I do the above the money will take care of itself and strangely has in the last 3 years as well.

[Sark79]

I would like to get up to the $25 STT on Blonde before the end of 2007 and learn how to play more than two tables ( My brain hurts at the moment when I play more than two  ). If I could successfully play and win at the $25 STT over three tables then I would be happy, this would allow me to cover some of the Uni costs that I will meet after I return next September, but more importantly than the money this will enable me to experiment with other styles that I have little experience with.  At the moment I have terrible BR management and go from playing the $20 STT with some success one week and the next I am down playing $1 STT, I find the difficulty level almost the same, but I am too inconsistent.

I would also like to work on my poker maths skills, I try at this, but I just can't get it to click in my brain. Since a Kid, I have never been good with numbers. I recently got a temp job in a bank and to be honest struggle there  , it was purely good persuasion skills that got me the job ( and some lies, lol ). I know in my mind that if I could crack this part of the game, I would be able to achieve the above goals.  HU suits me at the moment and I tend to get myself out of BR crisis by playing lots of small HU games. I think this is due to the lesser demand on the maths side of poker when playing HU. 

[barhell]

I would like to make a few live tourneys for a change rather than just home games against my normal friends. I would also like to qualify for a live game online something which has eluded me so far. Apart from that just not losing is the biggest priority.