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Some strat posters have come pretty far in the past year. wrto started in the micros and now plays 40/80 and higher in Vegas. You can also see how Smash, Custom and other have moved up. What are you going to be doing in the next year?I'm going to be playing a lot of 2/4 and 3/6 short handed at PokerStars (thanks to their new VIP program). Once I've ironed outs some more kinks in my games, I'll look into 5/10 short handed and 5/10 ring at different sites as options. My best guess now is that I'll play primarily short handed, moving up as bankroll and ability allows.I also might take a shot at 10/20 live in January, sharing the shot roll with akishore. Don't know who will play if this happens. I'd pick Aseem, but I might be the safer choice since I'm of age.I've also ordered HOH from FullTilt so I plan to read that and work on my NL tournament game.

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Honestly, my biggest goal in poker for the new year is simply to play "better". I have this thing I do after a session where I look back at hands I misplayed and count how many BB I donked off during the session... I then apply that to my winrate for the session to see what it would be if I stopped sucking. Is it unreasonable to expect perfect or nearly perfect play session after session?That aside, here are my poker goals:1) More perfect ring sessions2) More shorthanded practice3) Lots more HU practice4) Triple my current bankroll (oddly, I think this is realistic)5) Stop bonus whoring and concentrate on game selection (iow, go back to party)6) Run a 5 minute mile :)Good luck on yours, Tim.Jeff

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Honestly, my biggest goal in poker for the new year is simply to play "better". I have this thing I do after a session where I look back at hands I misplayed and count how many BB I donked off during the session... I then apply that to my winrate for the session to see what it would be if I stopped sucking.
Me too.There's so many times I look back at a hand and realized that my stupid play cost me a bb here, and a bb there. If I simply played my best all the time I think my winrate would increase by at least 0.5bb/100.Other than that, I think I want to learn how to play stud.
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I just recently moved up to 2/4 (for the 3rd time online) and im sitting on roughly $2k. This time, im not going to withdraw. It's not like i need the money for anything anyways.For the new year I want to,a) play until i hit $5,000 via 2/4 full ring. once i do, move up to 5/10 full ringTo do that, im planning on playing 15 hours a week while 4 tabling. I'm counting on a winrate of 2BB/100 (very conservative i think, all things considered - im currently sitting on 3.6BB/100 after 4k hands, and my 1/2 winrate leveled off at about 3.25 and .50/1 at 3.3 for samples over 10k each). I also assume im getting 70 hands an hour per table. At that rate, i expect to make my goal of 5k within 9 weeks with bare minimum requirements being met. I have no clue how I'll do at 5/10 yet, so no clue how long it'll take to get to finish step 2.B) go all out with learning (relearning?) short handed play build up a sample of 10k hands starting at .50/1 (half way there already) do the same for 1/2, and get comfortable with 2/4 SH

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very conservative i think, all things considered - im currently sitting on 3.6BB/100 after 4k hands, and my 1/2 winrate leveled off at about 3.25 and .50/1 at 3.3 for samples over 10k eachHahaha.I'd go into how you're overdue for an exciting 200BB downswing, but I'll wait untill it happens instead :Pgood luck.

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I like that you're anticipating the 200BB downswing and wishing me good luck 2 lines after. Either way, a 200BB downswing wouldnt be all that crippling at this point, even if i was to fall into it by tomorrow. Do you not think that 2BB/100 is a reasonable estimate given the my sample? Ive got 13k at .50/1, 11k at 1/2 and 4k at 2/4 from the past three months. I have results from before that on my older PC at school for over 40k more hands, and they pretty much tell the same story (significant downswings included).

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Do you not think that 2BB/100 is a reasonable estimate given the my sample?I think I've had 25k sets of hands where I'm at 4.8 in full ring and 25k hand sets where I'm at 1.2. Playing Identically.I'm sure you'll be fine, 2 is probably low, to be honest, for most good players. Just sounds silly to mention anything higher.5/10 will generally have a lot more variance thugh.good luck.

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I would post plans, but I'm honestly not sure what they are.I'm finally having success at 2/4 and I plan to move up in about 7k more hands. I like full ring much better than shorthanded, but I know that I probably should learn shorthanded. I'd say by the end of the year I'd like to have the bankroll for 10/20 and mabye be proficient at shorthanded play as well. I don't think that's unreasonable given the strides that I made in '05. I'd also like to get a lot better at MTT's and SnG's. I think MTT's are a loser for me right now, though not by a lot. I love playing them though, so I need to re-read HOH 1 & 2 and try to get better. I think limit is my stronger game though, so I'll probably only be doing the MTT thing sporadically.

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I think I've had 25k sets of hands where I'm at 4.8 in full ring and 25k hand sets where I'm at 1.2. Playing Identically.I'm sure you'll be fine, 2 is probably low, to be honest, for most good players. Just sounds silly to mention anything higher.5/10 will generally have a lot more variance thugh.good luck.
Me, too, except that I tend to play a little worse in the midst of a downswing, and I think I play better when I'm feel like I'm winning.My last 2oK was at something absurd like 5.2 (just in time for Christmas), the one before that was 2.1, and 10K before that I was chilling at ,5. Playing almost identically. If you're playing well at 2-4, and utilize even mediocre table selection, you should be able to chill a little closer to 2.5ish, sustainably. 2 is quite conservative.My goals for the New Year:1) Stop getting lazy. Play 40hrs. a week every fucking week, even when I'm hungover, tired, or not feeling it.2) Learn how to be winning NL player. I hate it, and suck.3) Finish the year consistently playing 10/204) Learn to play Omaha reasonably/profitably (I'm the worst ever)5) Eliminate the "disaster sessions" when I fly off the handle. Happens like clockwork once a month, and I lose it, along with 75BB too many...Wang
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Hopefully ill stay "poker busy".I want to build my roll up and start playing 80/160 live and 30/60 online. Those are my main goals.Then i got to figure out why im at 1BB/100 after 17,000 hands in the online games. Ill probably post the stats because there are tons of people that are better at that stuff than me. Hope i get feedback.play in more tournaments. Going to be in the big tourney at commerce next month and im thinking about going to tunica next week. Start following around more big events, both for side games and the tournaments (cash games to pay for entry fees). Maybe I can score big.I guess this one is kind of secondary, but I got to get good at Stud/8, Omaha/8, and 2-7 so I can start playing the in the 40/80 mix.

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wow what a great thread.I really only got into online this year and ive pissed away about $100 of buy in not playing properly, playing outside my limits and steaming. My plans for this year is to simply start building a roll. Starting by reading as much as i can on low limit hold'em. I'm going to deposit around 500 and just spend a crap load of time grinding it out on 1/2 tables at either party or full tilt. Probably full tilt.hopefully by the end of the yearill be +$2,000 or so.I also set myself a goal of final tabling a $10 or greater buyin tourney however ill be more than content if i can just build a roll playing small stakes limit.

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i am actually going to take a stab at the full time pro thing, doing it for 2 years pre-PhD (or less, if it doesn't work out--i'm not blindly committed to this). i was a bit nervous about this, but since i moved to 10/20 s/h tables, i've been sustaining a 4.23 BB/100 rate over 25k hands two-tabling, which makes me a little less worried. i've also been a 3/4 pro for over a year now, getting 80% of my income from cards, and only 20% from my piddly TA salary, while playing less than 15 hrs/wk on average.this plan kicks in in september when i finish the MA. for all the fans (yes, both of you), i'll be starting a blog that talks about everything i experience along the way, including getting my feet wet in the true pro life, dealing with insurance, girlfriend, etc. i hope that some of you guys get something out of it.and before the requisite smash flame, yes, i do have a bankroll that is currently 15k (will get this to 30k by the end of the summer), and i have 10k saved for expenses (this i will also increase as possible), along with the fact that i have paid 1 yr of car insurance in advance. i have also profited more than 80k this year playing only an average of 13 hrs/wk (i keep track of this), having started out at 2/4 last february and only made it to 10/20 sometime in the early summer.anyway, i'm pretty sure i have the maturity to give it a go, especially considering that i'm committed to going to finish the PhD in a couple years (but want some time off--i'm young, and want to live that way) and won't feel like it's the end of the world if i should have to (gasp!) get a job along the way to help me along. if anyone has any suggestions as the looming date nears, let me know... and, you know, wish me luck, or whatever. :-)edit: and also, i'm moving to chicago. anyone know of better live games than the resorts casino? i won't play much live, but i do like to mix it up every now and again.

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any recommendations? Im playing the 0.25/0.50 on party now and it seems pretty soft.
It is. But learn the fundamentals and build a roll responsibly. If you get 10Kish hands in and are beating the game well, move up to .5-1, do the same, move up (etc.). And be willing to drop back down if you do a little losing.Wang
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Manage my bankroll.I have always killed games live and have made a good amount of money online but I am straight up awful at bankroll management. While the good old deposit a few hundred cash out 500+ within a week or 2 then go broke line has me making $, it has really kept me from playing the limits online that I am able to play live.So yea really want to deposit something low like 300 and give it a shot at running a .50/1 bankroll up to the 5/10 to 10/20 range. Gonna be a lot of work but hopefully I dont fuck up like I usually do.

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Manage my bankroll.I have always killed games live and have made a good amount of money online but I am straight up awful at bankroll management.  While the good old deposit a few hundred cash out 500+ within a week or 2 then go broke line has me making $, it has really kept me from playing the limits online that I am able to play live.So yea really want to deposit something low like 300 and give it a shot at running a .50/1 bankroll up to the 5/10 to 10/20 range.  Gonna be a lot of work but hopefully I dont fuck up like I usually do.
This plagued me for a while. Until I gave control of my bankroll to a close and knowledgeable friend. I put 1,000 bucks into "escrow" (fake escrow) with a friend. He had access to my pokertracker stats, my computer, and my online poker account. Whenever something didn't add up ("you're up 1100 bucks, but you can only show me 800 of it on pokertracker....."), he took 100 bucks and got to keep it. i was allowed to take shots, but only with his permission. I did it a few times when people I knew were playing up in bad games I screwed up one time, and never again.Do something like that. FORCE yourself to be responsible.Heck, I'll check in on you, B. I'll embarrass you everytime you fuck up.Wang
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Manage my bankroll.I have always killed games live and have made a good amount of money online but I am straight up awful at bankroll management. While the good old deposit a few hundred cash out 500+ within a week or 2 then go broke line has me making $, it has really kept me from playing the limits online that I am able to play live.So yea really want to deposit something low like 300 and give it a shot at running a .50/1 bankroll up to the 5/10 to 10/20 range. Gonna be a lot of work but hopefully I dont fuck up like I usually do.
This plagued me for a while. Until I gave control of my bankroll to a close and knowledgeable friend. I put 1,000 bucks into "escrow" (fake escrow) with a friend. He had access to my pokertracker stats, my computer, and my online poker account. Whenever something didn't add up ("you're up 1100 bucks, but you can only show me 800 of it on pokertracker....."), he took 100 bucks and got to keep it. i was allowed to take shots, but only with his permission. I did it a few times when people I knew were playing up in bad games I screwed up one time, and never again.Do something like that. FORCE yourself to be responsible.Heck, I'll check in on you, B. I'll embarrass you everytime you fuck up.Wang
Yea gonna try something like that with a friend. Biggest problem for me is I play much higher live but am not willing to put in a big deposit online just out of fear that I really fuck up and actually lose a meaningful amount of $.Ii'll get there, if not sooner or later will realize online poker just isn't for me and will give it up. Sure its still profitable but going broke is never fun especially if you do it on a somewhat regular basis.
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I'm going to try and add/learn from this forum and group of knowledgable players like smash, aki, wrto, screech, etc.Also, I'm going to try to finally play 4/8 with a proper bankroll and maybe, just maybe make enough to sit in the juicy 15/30 game.

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5) Eliminate the "disaster sessions" when I fly off the handle. Happens like clockwork once a month, and I lose it, along with 75BB too many...Wang
Perhaps you should stop playing when you are suffering from PMT.Just saying...
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I'm going to stop with mindless continuation bets when I miss the flop with overcards. There will always be a sensible reason for betting, checking, raising, or folding when I miss the flop. My overcard play will improve.I hope. I wonder how many mediocre poker players make this resolution?Seriously, though, I plan to quit my job and become a professional poker player in 2006. :club: (sw)I also wonder how many mediocre poker players make this resolution?Last but not least, and in all seriousness, I've planned three things around poker for the new year:1) I will make MTTs a regular part of my life. My Stars roll will be dedicated to two $10+$1's per week and one FPP entry per week to the Sunday $530 tourney. If I win entry to the big Sunday tourney, I will give up my seat and treat the $T530 as a nice stack with which to play $11 MTTs. I will move up to higher MTTs if I have reasonable success.2) Scheduled hours of play. I want to increase my time at Party and Paradise ring games, and the only way to do so is to make a schedule. 20 set hours a week should do for a start (with the option to play more, of course).3) More effective use of rakeback and bonus whoring.

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I dedicated 2005 mostly to NLH MTTs thinking that's where the most new players would head...maybe I was correct...dunno. Seems like there was money to be made this year by "randomly slapping a mouse with your nuts," to quote smash... Anyway, I think I made good strides, studied hard, had a couple nice scores, and built a decent bankroll.For 2006:1.) Focus on limit hold 'em and move up in limits - I have the roll to play much higher than the $2/4 and $3/6 games I currently play online but I really don't think I'm good enough to do it yet. I think reasonable goals are to be playing $5/10 and then $10/20 online comfortably by year end and to be playing $10/20 and maybe $20/40 on trips to Vegas--I only played $4/8 and $5/10 this year.2.) Get better at all forms of stud (I'm pretty sure it would be impossible for me to be any worse than I am currently.)But as for 2005, I really learned a lot from all you guys in this forum--even if I wasn't posting, I was reading. Gratitude particularly to smash, wrto, screech, ice, econ tim + actuary (for posting all the hands i would've if you two hadn't done it first). You guys make us all better, and it's a pretty cool thing. Here's to killing it in 2006.

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