Goals 2nd Half of 2008
Back when I first started this blog way back in February of this year I was planning on writing a post about my goals for the year. Unfortunately the blog got put on the back burner and that post never happened. Since I have revived the blog and we are nearing the half point of the year I thought I would outline a few goals/thoughts I have for the rest of the year.
1. Where do I want to spend my time playing? Right now I have a little bit on Stars and Full Tilt and the rest on Bodog and Cake with the majority of it on Cake. My online roll is just under $12,000 at this point and is the highest it has ever been even pre-UIGEA. Normally I would not have allowed it to get this high, but since ePassporte left town I have been pretty much stuck without a way to withdraw. Currently the only ewallet out there is eWalletxpress and it is not a viable withdrawal method. As much as I like playing at Bodog I don’t see myself playing there past the point when I clear the sign-up bonus. Being able to only play 3 tables at a time really doesn’t fit me as I like to play between 6 to 8 on other sites. I will probably either request a check or see if the Moneygram option is available and withdraw all the funds I have on Bodog within the next month or two. The rest of my bankroll is on Cake which to me is a little much at the present. Ideally I would like to get some of that money over to Full Tilt and PokerStars so I can have an adequate bankroll on those sites to play my normal stakes. My goal is to have all this worked out by the end of July so that I have a roll of about $1500 on Stars and $3000+ on both Full Tilt and Cake.
2. Score another final table playing in the Cake $75,000 or $150,000 Guaranteed weekly Sunday tournament. My goal is to play in roughly two of these per month which would be another 12 or so times for the rest of the year. This goal resulted from a $3000 cash in last Sunday’s $75,000 Guaranteed tournament in which I placed 6th. I honestly think this is a reasonable goal and I look forward to giving it my best shot.
3. Cash game winnings. I believe that if I put in enough time and focus that I can average roughly $2500 a month including bonuses and rakeback. My goal will be to shoot for roughly $1500 to $2000 from cash games and another $500 to $1000 from rakeback and bonuses. I know that time will be a big factor on whether or not this becomes a reality, but I believe it can be done at the stakes I am currently playing. Starting July 1st I will create a whole new set of spreadsheets to track my progress. Overall goal for the entire six months will be $15,000. I’ll start tracking my progress for this and my other goals starting July 1st.
4. Make a couple poker videos. I won’t set any time table because I never would meet it, but hopefully within the next couple weeks I can start making some test videos. Bought a headset microphone and I have installed Camtasia. So far I have tried one quick just to make sure everything works. I will have to play around with the settings because the one minute I made initially was pretty big. Also I hate the way my voice sounds when I listened to my test video.
5. Play some more games besides NLHE short-handed cash games. The four I will concrete most on, which in my mind still will yield decent returns are satellite tournaments, turbo STTs, turbo heads up SNGs, and PL short-handed Omaha. I have played some Omaha the past two nights as kind of a break from the normal grind and liked it a lot. Both times I played Hi/Lo, but the next time I think I will give just Hi a try. I think Hi Omaha suits me better because I feel that grinding for split pot after split pot when playing Hi/Lo tends to be a bit frustrating and I find myself taking too many chances and I end up spewing chips. I would like to get back into playing turbo STTs, but more than likely it will be something I do every once in awhile to take a break from my normal cash games. The recent post by ML has got me interested in turbo heads up SNGs again. I had been playing them on and off since the beginning of the year so they are not new to me. I had been playing the 2 player ones earlier in the year, but since I started back up I have begun playing the 4 player ones winner takes all. I like these a lot and I believe that they can be more profitable then the regular 2 player ones. We’ll see how it goes.
Well all this should keep me busy over the next six months and I will try my hardest to post updates a couple times a month in order to track my progress and to keep me focused. I will also write a monthly goals post with smaller and more detailed goals.