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Poker Goals for 2013
Santino67:
mporter123:
pokerpops:
Well, 2012 was pretty good to me in poker terms, I achieved some of my longterm goals like playing more DTD Deepstacks and cashed in a couple but the cashes were pretty min.
For 2013
Run seriously deep in a DTD Deepstack
Play some of the other tour events - GPS, GUKPT, UKIPT - and make the money so my Hendon Mob has an entry without
the letters DTD on it
Play more APAT events
Continue to enjoy myself at the poker table
and finally, with an eye to the thought that lightning rarely strikes twice**, let alone thrice and beyond...
Run deep (FT) any GP that DTD may run (hopefully there will be a Golden Chip reward attached again)
** but try telling Roy Sullivan that!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Sullivan
AceOnTheRiver:
--- Quote from: AceOnTheRiver on December 30, 2011, 16:32:12 PM ---
POKER ASPIRATIONS FOR 2012.
Play more
Play some big online events (e.g. Sunday Million, Sunday Warm-Up etc)
Play a DTD Monthly Deepstack
Play a Chezger Live Deepstack (nudge nudge, hint hint)
Improve upon 7th Place in an APAT Main Event (Hold "em)
Win Something
Outside of Poker, I really want to get myself into a better employment situation but ideally without changing my employer and lose 2 stone (more on that later).
--- End quote ---
I posted this on my blog 12 months ago and on reflection give myself a C- for the poker and a big fat E for the non-poker.
I failed to increase my frequency of play or play any big online events or win anything (unless a leg of the online league counts). At the time I posted DTD deepstacks were £300 but swiftly increased to £500 putting me off. however, January"s is back to £300 so I am considering a splash.
I did play in a Chezger (a truly great weekend, thanks again Ger) and improve on my previous 7th place finish in an APAT main event with 2nd in Cardiff. Add to that the experience of captaining an England team, several great weekends and 3 more medals, it"s been a good year :)
I WILL increase my frequency of online play next year which will include some satelites to larger events. I will also keep a ledger for the first time and play more live cash.
monkeyman:
None of this is rocket science and I"ve probably tried to remind myself of most of it before, but I think I"m going to have a poster printed with all of my following personal golden rules:
1) watching TV, chatting on Facebook and booking holidays online are not conducive to good poker. Its highly unlikely that you will make the right decision about whether to call a shove whilst trying to work out whether a self catering cottage in the Cotswolds has wifi or not.
2) Never ever play Omaha. You"re crap at it and only make a fool of yourself when you try. If forced to battle the beast with four cards, maybe you"re taking part in a series of events in which Omaha is one of many variants, fold as long as your patience will allow, then shove with any four cards. You"ll have outs.
3) Do not play poker if any of the following apply (1) You are ill (2) You are tired (3) You have just bust out of another tournament and have thrown various items of footwear against the wall (4) You have just been contacted by the ex girlfriend who cheated on you and you swore would be first against the wall to be shot should the revolution come (5) You arrive home at 2am after a night sampling various and numerous alcoholic beverages
4) Do not complain about bad beats or running bad. Its not important, there"s always someone worse off than you and you will only succeed in making yourself look like a complete ****
5) Play live more. OK, the nearest cardroom worth the effort may be at least 2 hours away, but you should be able to find an excuse to try
6) Play Goliath again. There are some truly shocking players in attendance, far worse than would ever take part in an APAT national, and it represents your best chance of serious money.
7) Play a few satellites for once. You normally do OK at those.
8 ) If there is a specific online tournament you have set your heart on playing, do the obvious thing and enter well in advance or set an alarm for around 10 minutes before shuffle-up-and-deal
9) Stick to no limit Hold'em. You"re half decent at it, although you may also play stud variants occasionally to keep yourself amused.
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