Goals Abound
I'm a firm believer that if you are taking something seriously, you have to set goals.
Don't get me wrong, poker is my passion. I think about it more than anything else at this point in my life. I could play all day every day and never be bored with it. That being said, I have decided to set monthly profit goals for my play. I have based my goal on the amount of time I have to play while working full-time, the limits where I am comfortable playing, and taking variance into account.
Drumroll....I figure that $2000/month is my starting point. If I make more, I will adjust my goal accordingly. I play every day even if its just for an hour or two. My goal is less than $70/day on average. I think about $70 and remember how many days I have won this much and been disappointed with the result. Sometimes I get into a pattern where if I don't win $300, $400, or $500 then I consider it a bad day.
I wasn't thinking big picture. You have to think big picture. I must have read this over and over again in Super System and never really digested it completely.
I am still going to play in the Sub-qualifiers at Party Poker to get into single table qualifiers for the bigger tourneys. I would like to play in 2-3 big tourneys/month because I love the rush of playing for the big $$. But my focus will remain on grinding out my small daily wins to meet my goal.
Poker is now my 2nd job - no longer a hobby. It has to be that way so I can push myself to the next level.
L8r...
Blu
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Don't get me wrong, poker is my passion. I think about it more than anything else at this point in my life. I could play all day every day and never be bored with it. That being said, I have decided to set monthly profit goals for my play. I have based my goal on the amount of time I have to play while working full-time, the limits where I am comfortable playing, and taking variance into account.
Drumroll....I figure that $2000/month is my starting point. If I make more, I will adjust my goal accordingly. I play every day even if its just for an hour or two. My goal is less than $70/day on average. I think about $70 and remember how many days I have won this much and been disappointed with the result. Sometimes I get into a pattern where if I don't win $300, $400, or $500 then I consider it a bad day.
I wasn't thinking big picture. You have to think big picture. I must have read this over and over again in Super System and never really digested it completely.
I am still going to play in the Sub-qualifiers at Party Poker to get into single table qualifiers for the bigger tourneys. I would like to play in 2-3 big tourneys/month because I love the rush of playing for the big $$. But my focus will remain on grinding out my small daily wins to meet my goal.
Poker is now my 2nd job - no longer a hobby. It has to be that way so I can push myself to the next level.
L8r...
Blu
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posted by Blu at
11/13/2004 09:33:00 AM
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