Start 2006 of right....
Well...2005 was a hell of a year for me....My first solid year of playing online the majority of the time....I started playing on Stars in Mid 2004 but didn't really take it serious or play much until the end of the year. I have seen ups and downs, ridiculous bad beats, awesome suckouts, a positive earnings year, some nice tourney finishes and some good live play. I want to start 2006 off right, mainly because I want to set a goal of how much I am going to make b/c I don't have an exact number for this year. I have only been 21 since last june so, I could only play live for the latter half of the year, but that leads me to one of my biggest goals....To play more LIVE...in the B&M casinos and local tourneys...I have loved the little I have played in Tunica this year, but have not capitalized on it and went enough, it simply boils down to that, making the plans to go and doin' it...
I have a big goal this year for my online play...I want to make $10,000 playing online this year...yeah, thats what I said...$10,000!!! It may seem a little big and maybe hard to reach, but isn't that what goals are for...I continue to advance my play and feel I have done so a lot this past year and am ready to make a good run in 2006. For those of you that read my blog that personally know me, get your laughs in and call me stupid or whatever...My biggest problem in '05 was inconsistency....I would one day be playing $5/$10 and $10/$20 Limit or $2/$4 NL and then the next I would be back at micro limits trying to grind out a decent bankroll through small ring games and SNGs primarily b/c I had cashed out my stack...That is another thing I don't need to do anymore, cash out my winnings and blow them....Last year, all to often, I would build up a nice bankroll, split it between sites, then feel I needed to cash out and blow it on something....I don't think my wife would take kindly to the fact that me spending my bankroll on our wedding is "blowing money"...I don't mean that...I just need to establish a bankroll and keep it, snowball it in to more and more as the year passes, mabye cash out every now and then if I need extra money, but not so much as to leave myself with $100 that I know I will play to aggressive and lose in a heartbeat....So for those of you that want to hate on my goal, all I really got for you is a 'Go to Hell'. I need some support not any haters tellin me I can't do this...I figure one big tourney win and I can be successful at my goal....
Another of my goals is to become more successful in online MTTs...multi-table tourneys....I have had my best finishes this past year and have done "mediocre" in my MTT play as a whole. i want to get some help with specifically battling the big fields on the online felt and consistently making final tables...
I also want to keep working on my cash game play...this is what has brought me the most success this past year, earnings wise, and have gotten pretty use to playing low and middle Limit poker...I used to hate Limit poker, as recent as the beginning of last year, but turned on to it through the books and blogs I was reading on a daily basis, and as far as cash game play is concerned, esp. Live....It is primarily limit...I would like to be playing $10/$20 and $20/$40 comfortably and well by the end of the year...For now, I will start off with the usual grind on the $2/$4 and $3/$6 tables, but will advance as time goes by...I have only two buddies that take online poker serious as I do, ChiefFoxboro and SupaStarr...both of whom have and continue to play about as much as I do, although Supastarr is kind of in the poker off-season during football season, because he is a self-taught successful footballl handicapper...lol...But they help me a lot wiht my game, mainly b/c they are the only two players I know personally who I feel I have to learn from....wait, Big Phil has taught me a little bit about Semi-bluffs and Aggression at the table, so thanx to him too...I also should give a shout out to DNA4ever for getting me into this whole blog thing...
One more goal I have, is to have a nice finish in a decent-sized live tournament, preferrably a final table appearance....And keep in mind that this goal would most likely, depending on the size of the field and the buy-in, accomplish my overall goal of making $10,000 this year playing poker...So I have a lot of goals and I think I am ready for the 2006 grind, so I've got 361 days left to make a quite a bit a money and maybe learn some shit along the way...
Enjoy the New year and I'm Out!!!!!!
I have a big goal this year for my online play...I want to make $10,000 playing online this year...yeah, thats what I said...$10,000!!! It may seem a little big and maybe hard to reach, but isn't that what goals are for...I continue to advance my play and feel I have done so a lot this past year and am ready to make a good run in 2006. For those of you that read my blog that personally know me, get your laughs in and call me stupid or whatever...My biggest problem in '05 was inconsistency....I would one day be playing $5/$10 and $10/$20 Limit or $2/$4 NL and then the next I would be back at micro limits trying to grind out a decent bankroll through small ring games and SNGs primarily b/c I had cashed out my stack...That is another thing I don't need to do anymore, cash out my winnings and blow them....Last year, all to often, I would build up a nice bankroll, split it between sites, then feel I needed to cash out and blow it on something....I don't think my wife would take kindly to the fact that me spending my bankroll on our wedding is "blowing money"...I don't mean that...I just need to establish a bankroll and keep it, snowball it in to more and more as the year passes, mabye cash out every now and then if I need extra money, but not so much as to leave myself with $100 that I know I will play to aggressive and lose in a heartbeat....So for those of you that want to hate on my goal, all I really got for you is a 'Go to Hell'. I need some support not any haters tellin me I can't do this...I figure one big tourney win and I can be successful at my goal....
Another of my goals is to become more successful in online MTTs...multi-table tourneys....I have had my best finishes this past year and have done "mediocre" in my MTT play as a whole. i want to get some help with specifically battling the big fields on the online felt and consistently making final tables...
I also want to keep working on my cash game play...this is what has brought me the most success this past year, earnings wise, and have gotten pretty use to playing low and middle Limit poker...I used to hate Limit poker, as recent as the beginning of last year, but turned on to it through the books and blogs I was reading on a daily basis, and as far as cash game play is concerned, esp. Live....It is primarily limit...I would like to be playing $10/$20 and $20/$40 comfortably and well by the end of the year...For now, I will start off with the usual grind on the $2/$4 and $3/$6 tables, but will advance as time goes by...I have only two buddies that take online poker serious as I do, ChiefFoxboro and SupaStarr...both of whom have and continue to play about as much as I do, although Supastarr is kind of in the poker off-season during football season, because he is a self-taught successful footballl handicapper...lol...But they help me a lot wiht my game, mainly b/c they are the only two players I know personally who I feel I have to learn from....wait, Big Phil has taught me a little bit about Semi-bluffs and Aggression at the table, so thanx to him too...I also should give a shout out to DNA4ever for getting me into this whole blog thing...
One more goal I have, is to have a nice finish in a decent-sized live tournament, preferrably a final table appearance....And keep in mind that this goal would most likely, depending on the size of the field and the buy-in, accomplish my overall goal of making $10,000 this year playing poker...So I have a lot of goals and I think I am ready for the 2006 grind, so I've got 361 days left to make a quite a bit a money and maybe learn some shit along the way...
Enjoy the New year and I'm Out!!!!!!
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