This was such a good idea that I think it needs to be repeated. I especially like the conclusion part of the thread where people posted how they actually did in regards to their goals!

Anyway, for April:

1. Play 10k hands of 5/10. That ought to be enough to keep me at Platinum VIP level at Stars.
2. Move to the new house. Wooooo!
3. Regret having made a goal of playing 10k hands, because I'm busy moving and cleaning.
4. Only spew chips on the turn and river half as often as I have this month.
5. Run really really hot for each of these 10k hands. IT CAN BE DONE I TELL YOU.
6. To avoid getting anywhere near as drunk as TB was the other day, because I'm too old for the hangover that ensues.

How about you?

Yea - this is a good idea.

1. Finish reading HOH Vol 1.
2. Play in one MTT or multi table sng per week.
3. Pay for PaHud (30 day trial up soon).
4. Beg ChuckT's to help me get PT/hud working on other sites besides pokerstars.
5. Sponsor him in a tournament to re-pay him for his patience.
6. Limit cash tables to $25NL, unless playing with Tenbob.
7. Leave a $50NL table with at least $5 more than Tenbob 3 times.

very good idea:

1. Put second home on the market
2. Pay the sailing club membership and get out in a dinghy at least 4 times
3. Play a few low limit tournaments at Bodog & the freerolls and win at least one
4. Do something at Full Tilt to start reclaiming my deposit bonus
5. Ratchet up the spread betting and investing with a target £5k+
6. Plant the vegeatable seeds.
7. Eat, drink and be merry.

Originally Posted by F Paulsson

Anyway, for April:

You scared me I thought you were setting goals for me

1) Play at least 5 Mtt's per week with 1000+ people 5$/10$
2) Stop playing bigger money ring games, I'm no good there.
3) Read more posts in Hand analysis thread and learn something new.
4) Start taking Jimbo's and Jay's money at 1/2cent tables.

Originally Posted by aloevera

You scared me I thought you were setting goals for me

1) Play at least 5 Mtt's per week with 1000+ people 5$/10$
2) Stop playing bigger money ring games, I'm no good there.
2) Read more posts in Hand analysis thread and learn something new.
3) Start taking Jimbo's and Jay's money at 1/2cent tables.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

(why are there 2 2's?)

A) Play in at least 4 CC sponsered events
2) Take April's money in 1/2 cent tables
Q) Play at least 3 $6 SnG's a day, placing in 1
*) Play at least one rebuy donkament a week

Win another 3.5k.......or is that asking to much?

No seriously, I hope to move up in stakes (SNG's....not rings cause I'm a donkeyfish at rings) and start placing ITM on a consistant basis in them.

Originally Posted by jayneseo

A) Play in at least 4 CC sponsered events
2) Take April's money in 1/2 cent tables
Q) Play at least 3 $6 SnG's a day, placing in 1
*) Play at least one rebuy donkament a wekk

Are you drunk Jay

Take April's money
A
2
Q
*
sponsered
wekk

1) Finish my goal of making $1000 on $50NL and move to $100 NL for the rest of the month, only $40 to go but if your anything like me then the last hurdle is the hardest.

2) Not be on the $50NL tables long enough to let Dakota reach her goal.

3) Learn to read flop textures better, and actually take more heed of the more marginal PAce stats.

1. to play 100 22$ turbo sngs on tilt

2. To ft another 500+ person tourny

3. To stack tenbob on 50$ nl (just once i will do it)

4. To not throw my pc outta window (just got poker tracker)

5. To play 5k hnds cash omg i so dont want to do this 1

LOL @ people going after me being one of their primary goals for April.

Well, not sure if I'm going to have internet in April but here we go. These are a big change from March.

1] Figure out my problem post-flop in hold 'em. I seem to lose way to much money after the flop.

2] Find $100 to deposit so I can get away from the penny tables.

Longshot Goal
3] Change my SharkScope to a +ROI%

oh yea:
4] To take all of tenbob's money in whatever game he plays.

Current SharkScope:

1. Clear absolute bonus ( yea right )
2. Play less hands.
3. Win more hands.
4. 150 Profit from grinding micro limit rings.

1) Continue to take money from people who say things like: "Ya gotta bet that gut shot hard incase it hits" when the board is showing three of a suit and I'm holding the nut flush

2) Get the bankroll to the point where I can get away from playing people mentioned in #1

3) Trip to AC and play my first "real, live poker" ... while my wife plays roulette

4) Kiss my wife more times than she says "Are you playing poker AGAIN Pete?"

5) Pull out the deck furniture, guitar and beer cooler and spend some fun times with my wife, kids, dog, friends and the outdoor fireplace so that I hear LESS of #4

6) Play AT LEAST one round of 4 or more online tables at the same time on my living room wall (8'x6' Hi-Res LCD projection screen) when no one is home

7) Get "Rock" to signup at CChat since he'd fit in well

1) Build up my bankroll high enough playing SNG's and .05/.10, so i can afford to be playing in the .50/1 games im used to.

2) Clear my bonus. Still got a ways to go.

3) Don't play excessively. Meaning stop when im up, don't get greedy.

4) Play with some CC players.

5) Have fun!

6) Get a job -- least important

see march goals thread no change for april

Make A MTT Final Table
Keep track of all my stats
Minimize stupid plays!

My goal is to do at least one SnG a day and have a positive ROI. Last two months I have been just below even.

Build my bankroll by 100%, just kidding. I want to see if I can increase it by about 20% for the month by cash games and SnG.

Play at least 2 MTT at PS and FT.

Only ONE goal for me and it is to..........

Get that darn All-Acess Visa so I can play with you guys!!!!

Originally Posted by TheRifle

7. Eat, drink and be merry.

for tomorrow we'll die.

1)find a new apartment & minimize crying when i realize how terrible the view is in comparison to current view
2)dont die on camping trip to texas
3)play more consistant 'a-game' poker

- Play 100 $15 turbos
- Set up account at epassport/click2pay because Neteller SUX
- Look for more apartments with my old man
- Have at least 10 porch 40s with my buddy whos returning from overseas
- Recover from last night's debauchery

Man, fast growing thread. But last month's was pretty interesting.

1) Continuation of last month; get another 100 FFPs on my goal to clear the deposit bonus before the end of June. I'm close to 150 for the month of March so another 100 in April doesn't put too much pressure on. A second level target is 200 for April, which is also doable if I get more comfortable multi-tabling.

2) Continuation of last month; try not to lose my deposit in the process of going after 1). I don't like to set positive money targets for myself yet as I'm still playing too many hands and chasing with too many weak hands, so I find having "protection" money targets a better fit for my weaknesses right now.

3) Figure out what more of the stats in PT are telling me about myself.

4) Figure out more of what PAce is telling me about other players, then actually remember to use that information.

5) Try not to embarrass myself too much while playing on the CC Costa league.

Wow this is a great idea, Ive been thinking of things I want to do and I think writing them down will be a great help. Alright, here are mine.

1.) Read HOH and maybe one other poker book
2.) Finally withdraw some of my winnings on bodog to pay for my MLB.TV package
3.) Play a little less poker than I have in march. I have finals at the end of april to get ready for
4.) Play golf atleast 5 times while I can get on for free at my campus course
5.) Play atleast 2 of the Saturday CC $10 Buy-in at bodog

Originally Posted by Stefanicov

1. to play 100 22$ turbo sngs on tilt

2. To ft another 500+ person tourny

3. To stack tenbob on 50$ nl (just once i will do it)
ok it still march but hey im gonna count it
4. To not throw my pc outta window (just got poker tracker)

5. To play 5k hnds cash omg i so dont want to do this 1

PokerStars Game #9151786762: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/03/29 - 17:38:27 (ET)
Table 'Neckar IV' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: McCunningham ($49.25 in chips)
Seat 2: don_renard ($29.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Stefanicov ($72.80 in chips)
Seat 4: Hugo_Qc ($52.90 in chips)
Seat 5: Hustlemann ($19.15 in chips)
Seat 6: tenbob ($50.50 in chips)
Seat 7: JED007 ($31.45 in chips)
Seat 8: kala5583 ($45.95 in chips)
Seat 9: ddklk ($9.25 in chips)
don_renard: posts small blind $0.25
Stefanicov: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stefanicov [Kc Ac]
Hugo_Qc: folds
Hustlemann: folds
tenbob: raises $1 to $1.50
JED007: folds
kala5583: folds
ddklk: folds
McCunningham: folds
don_renard: folds
Stefanicov: raises $3.50 to $5
tenbob: calls $3.50
*** FLOP *** [4c 3s 8c]
Stefanicov: bets $4.50
Hugo_Qc said, "we can fix that... :P"
Stefanicov said, "lol"
tenbob: raises $14.50 to $19
Stefanicov said, "ok tb u or me"
Stefanicov: raises $48.80 to $67.80 and is all-in
tenbob: calls $26.50 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [4c 3s 8c] Q♦
*** RIVER *** [4c 3s 8c Qd] 5♣
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Stefanicov: shows [Kc Ac] (a flush, Ace high)
tenbob: shows [Tc 9c] (a flush, Ten high)
Stefanicov collected $98.25 from pot
Stefanicov said, "woooooooooooooooooooooooooooot"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $101.25 | Rake $3
Board [4c 3s 8c Qd 5c]
Seat 1: McCunningham (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: don_renard (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Stefanicov (big blind) showed [Kc Ac] and won ($98.25) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 4: Hugo_Qc folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Hustlemann folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: tenbob showed [Tc 9c] and lost with a flush, Ten high
Seat 7: JED007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: kala5583 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: ddklk folded before Flop (didn't bet)

* tenbob is a donk

NH Sir, wp etc.

ty ty

OMG I'm going to add tenbob to my goals list, looks easier than we all thought. Good hand Steve!

Now I know why tenbob left the table when I came in. He wasn't gonna let 2 of us reach our April goals before the end of March lol.

Nearly did

3. Play a few low limit tournaments at Bodog & the freerolls and win at least one

and it's still March

Finished 2nd in a 894 person one - $24. but can't load the image

1.) Play against the best CC has to offer on FT.

2.) Increase my ROI% even more

3.) Break 2 grand on my acct (gonna take some work)

4.) Strictly reinforce BR guidelines

5.) Play against the FT pros more often

6.) Get a complete understanding of implied odds

7.) Win 20-40 heads up matches and shoot outs for 10-20$

Addendum:

7: Not post "results for this month" in this thread until the month of April is actually over, as doing so clearly jinx everything and makes the poker gods hate me. Lesson learned.

I hope don't jinx FP by posting, but I think his month, like mine to some extent, has already been jinxed.

I made my goals 1) and 2), but everything with mixed results.

If it wasn't for a couple of stabs at $25 PL that both ended up plus, I would have been down net for the month. After a pretty solid March, April started shaky right on the first day and got worse. 3) 4) and 5) are hard to measure.


Who was it that said "April is the cruelest month" ?

Originally Posted by NineLions

1) Continuation of last month; get another 100 FFPs

2) Continuation of last month; try not to lose my deposit in the process of going after 1).

3) Figure out what more of the stats in PT are telling me about myself.

4) Figure out more of what PAce is telling me about other players, then actually remember to use that information.

5) Try not to embarrass myself too much while playing on the CC Costa league.

Originally Posted by ChuckTs

- Play 100 $15 turbos ummm played 5
- Set up account at epassport/click2pay because Neteller SUX didn't do
- Look for more apartments with my old man got drunk with him friday...that was first time seeing him since beginning of the month :/
- Have at least 10 porch 40s with my buddy whos returning from overseas Haven't had one!! wtf!!?!...at least not one I can remember
- Recover from last night's debauchery check

I still got tomorrow...

i did mine!! but mine were vague. ill make real ones this coming month. all in all april was good to me.

i have managed to increase my bankroll. april not to bad for me. still have not obtained other goal... sigh...