Dec 2009 List of poker Goals for 2010

2009 was an all together dissapointing year at the tables as far as my results were concerned. I expected much more from myslef and I didn't acheive what I set out to do.

from last years micro thread of 2009 goals

- Will make playing 100NL a regular thing.
- Will actually put in some Volume instead of >20K hands of laziness every month.
- 200-400NL+ is going to be my home at the end of the year.
- will be playing much more short handed and HU.
- Continue to study, improve and keep a WR I'm happy with.
- Make SN next year.
- Find this post and laugh at how bad I used to be.

So I'm not really laughing about how bad I used to be and I'm not happy with WR but made the rest of the goals. I guess not a total fail then. I can't really call 200 my home as I have only put small volume in there. I haven't played nearly enough HU either.

Re-evaluating what I am doing wrong and why I am not where I want to be.

past mistakes from last year and the main ones:

+ Playing 'to many' tables at once. I'm all for increased hourly but you only increase it if you actually make money. I know by now how many tables I can play profitably/optimally. Also playing so many tables really slowed some growth.

+ Being extremely non efficient with time management. Spending lots of time doing pointless things like reading 2+2 threads for hours on end when I should be playing. Quiting when the games are good and I'm playing well. Playing to long when games are bad and I'm playing badly. waking up at 4pm and starting sessions at 12am. The list goes on and on on this one.

+ In efficient studying of the game. Watching 3 training videos one after another and not taking note are really paying as much attention as I could be. Watching vids just because I don't feel like playing but this relates to last point more.

+ Tilt was a huge problem from Jan - Sep in one way or another. It came and went, some months I would almost never tilt and others I couldn't play 5 mins with out wanting to punch my screen or throw my mouse against the wall.

+ Being a poor poker player, Like duh!. Not really thinking about things correctly or having a real grasp on what is going on. Also I level myself soooo much via over thinking things that are so clearly black and white! My heart was in the right place and as a result I think it will help me in the long run.


I must 'Learn from the past, Hope for the future, Live in the present'. Looking forward to 2010 I will need some foundations to lay so I can build upon these as I progress. Looking at the mistakes of 2009 I'm going to try to at least lessen the extent of them.

- Remove tables if I am unable to preform well enough. Play some sessions with less tables at 1 level higher then normal.
- Make schedules for my goals and plan out days. Make amendments to these if I have conflicts. Don't give this up if I happen to mess up one or two days in a row.
- Take notes when I watch training videos. Set up some group discussions or varying other ways to interact with players e.g. video reviews of each other. Keep to a stricter study Vs playing ratio and make playing the much bigger one.
- Make good quits when tilt is a factor.
- Play more when playing well and games are good or vise-versa.
- Continue to make time every week to get exercise.
- Make time each week socialise more.
- make my diet a slightly higher priority.
- make moving up a higher priority, plan this some what.
- MAKE A BETTER BLOG :)

That's it for now. I may or may not add more if I notice gaping holes. I'm using this as my base to expand on later so I still have some work to before I get into the grind next year.