Thought I'd start it since noone else has yet.

My goals:

- Play more poker; 5,000 hands of 50NL and/or at least 50 STTs.
- Play at least 20 MTTs.
- Get off to a good start (WORK YOUR ASS OFF) for your first college course.
- Fix your bike (got hit by a car, back wheel got pretzelled).
- Have some porch 40s with your buddy before he leaves for tree planting for 2 months on friday.
- Finish reading HoH 2, then either reread it (again) or read HoH 3.

1) Actually play some poker.
2) That's it.

1. Get gold VIP on Stars. I can't seriously set my sight for platinum, because there's too much life to be had away from the computer.
2. Run good. Third time's a charm. Right?
3. Get just as drunk as Tenbob did that time, but not post when I get home.
4. Lose 8 pounds. I've put on some weight and I've gotten way too slack with exercising and eating properly.

1) Get a new job
2) Get the car seviced
3) Get the motor bike serviced
4) Play more golf
5) Shoot a course record on Tiger Woods on the WII
6) Go and watch my greyhounds excercise
7) Break 146mph down the M6Toll lol

Only 2 goals this month

1] Find a place to live
2] Make some decent money at poker so I don't have to get a job.

If I start to fail my 2nd goal I'll add

3] Find a job that doesn't require much work.

1) keep goldstar
2) ft a mtt
3) qualify for the $650 direct M.E. feeder
4) qualify for the sunday mil via satty
5) move up to be multi-tabling 100max and beyond for good
6) read a new book
7) start my running schedule again for this spring+ after my ankle finally heals
8) find a grant for my npo

1. Play more tourney poker, 10 MTT's (that's a lot for me) since i'm working way too many nights and weekends.
2. Qualify for 2 FTOPS events.
3. Start training for the Lewis and Clark Marathon.
4. Fix my back yard's drainage problem.

May goals will be harder to come up with, as I'll be out town for bit, and have withdrawn most of my online bankroll to take with me . I played almost 9k hands in April, but that will be impossible in May with only about a hundred bucks on line scattered over five sites.

1. Play East Coast Poker Championship event one and/or two as warm up for the trip.
2. Cash in above!

3. Make top 50 in Bodog series (one tournament left, currently in 21st) to get into the final May 13th.
4. Win the trip (50:1 long shot ) on the 13th.

5. Come back from Vegas with 10K. This is a stretch, but hey.

Since those are all "results oriented" (except #1) I'll add some that are not:

6. Read or reread at least one poker book, probably HoH and Tao of Poker.

7. Learn to embrace variance with grace and style.

Alien,

I would not play event two as this is a turbo. If I am not mistaken you have said that you have not played any, or at least very little, live tournaments. The pace, as you know, is totally different with a deepstack turbo. Also, you might want to check out the blind structures of the WSOP event and this one. Compare them so that you will have an idea of what to expect.

First time I've thought of poker goals, so they may be a bit rough as I was just diagnosed with Type2 diabetes last week and went to my 2 day diabetes control class, so now I have to put most of attention in getting started on my diabetes control program. As for the rest;

1. Read HOH Vol. 1-3, at a minimum.
2. Play 5 - 6 SNG's per day, till my account is depleted or I get it up to $100, when I can start playing $6 and $10 SNG's.
3. Deposit on PokersStars and maybe FullTilt, instead of relying on freeroll cash's, ans start playing some ring games and smaller MTT's.
4. Quit playing public freerolls, as they are waste of time, and most are crap-o-ramas anyway.
5. Get started on my tax returns [I filled extensions, so I'm not late!]

Originally Posted by tosborn

Alien,

I would not play event two as this is a turbo. If I am not mistaken you have said that you have not played any, or at least very little, live tournaments. The pace, as you know, is totally different with a deepstack turbo. Also, you might want to check out the blind structures of the WSOP event and this one. Compare them so that you will have an idea of what to expect.

Deepstack Turbo, weird huh? Kind of misses conflicts with itself...

Actually, give the 9000 in starting chips (vs 3000 for event one) the structure is a bit better than the first event, even though it's only 20 min levels. I understand that it will not be an accurate reflection of the longer blind level in vegas, but it would give me a bit more live tourney experience, and it's an opportunity to play a tournament relatively cheap that has a "good" structure.

1- STUDY NL Holdem theory and Practice.
2- Recover from my losses on $100NL, grind back at the $50tabes for a few weeks and be ready to give it another shot by the end of the month,
3- Stack at least 3 members of this forum in ONE drunken NL ring session
4 - Play a live game once a week.
5- Start to organinse my wedding.
6- Prevent Dakota reaching her May goal.

Get bankroll up to 1500$.

Start playing tournaments again.

1. play at least 5k hands
2. move up to $25 NL
3. Learn razz strategy
4. Read No limit holdem theory and practice

1. Play less poker
2. Spend less time surfing poker websites
3. Do some exercise
4. Get up a normal time in the morning
5. Study for CFA exam on 3rd June

Originally Posted by ChuckTs

- Play more poker; 5,000 hands of 50NL and/or at least 50 STTs.
- Play at least 20 MTTs.
- Get off to a good start (WORK YOUR ASS OFF) for your first college course.
- Fix your bike (got hit by a car, back wheel got pretzelled).
- Have some porch 40s with your buddy before he leaves for tree planting for 2 months on friday.
- Finish reading HoH 2, then either reread it (again) or read HoH 3.

Gonna tack on:

- Read Zen and the art of Poker (which I just bought).

Watch out, Buddha Chuck is comin for ya.

Originally Posted by ChuckTs

- Fix your bike (got hit by a car, back wheel got pretzelled).

You borrowed my bike and trashed it?

Originally Posted by tenbob

5- Start to organinse my wedding.

uh? You're a bloke, all you've got to do is hire a suit!

1) Finish off the requirements for the deposit bonus
2) Increase my bankroll by more than the value of the bonus
3) Cash in another small MTT (don't have the time or patience to play longer than 2 hours at a time)

Originally Posted by tenbob

6- Prevent Dakota reaching her May goal.

That is so wrong - I haven't even done mine yet lol.

Originally Posted by robwhufc

uh? You're a bloke, all you've got to do is hire a suit!

Shhhhhh............ Rob ?

1. win the lottery with purchase of only 1 ticket

2. lose it all to online poker and stripper clubs

1. Make $600 on PokerStars

Originally Posted by DeadoneD1

1. win the lottery with purchase of only 1 ticket

2. lose it all to online poker and stripper clubs

Very realistic. The last part I mean, I can see guys doing that.

1. Final table 2 200+ mtts

2. Final table 1 500+ mtt

3. build br back to non bustable levels

4.Win an mtt (went whole month with no win is too long)

5.Finally clear all the many bonuses ii have got from bonus whoring

1. Celebrate my 1 Year of being here at CC......(On 05/02/2007).
2. Try not to give my Bankroll to tenbob again if i play with him again........
3. Give my best effort to win one of the CC Events this month.
4. ummmmmmmm.....ask me later.................

1. Finish reading HOH vol 1.
2. Figure out why I can't get my tournament summaries in PT from my gmail account. (Taylor where are you lol)
3. Play some $5 sng's using my old strategy and see if I can win since the new strategy is kicking my ass.
4. Don't let Tenbob win more than $5 off of me in any cash game.
5. Show more appreciation for the only person who has ever truly loved me for who I am - gesshoo.

Break even.

eternitas

1 - post more here.
2 - play less H2H
3 - play more SnG's
4 - Get "super-hot" ranking on Sharkscope.
5 - win a cc game
6 - turn $200 pokerstars roll into $400.

1) Finish reading Small Stakes Poker
2) Re-read HOH1
3) Re-read Small Stakes Poker
4) Kick Sky in the ass for not sorting my broadband yet
5) Clear an old bonus on CD Poker after completion of 4)

also...

* Just been enquiring into match betting so looking to start that and start hitting bonuses straight away (will be easier with 4)'s help).
* Re-start a BR backing/Laying on Betfair during football (soccer) matches & Investigate possiblity for other sports e.g golf
* Re-claim all debt from my brother, who is currently enjoying the benefits of my old BR now he has a job.

Sigh...April was not a kind month.....

Originally Posted by PokerPete

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

....So I'll re-up April goals 1 & 2 for May

Originally Posted by PokerPete

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

I.R.S. took care of #3 happening ... and pretty much took care of it being possible for May

Originally Posted by PokerPete

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

Check! (Shhhh.... don't tell my wife but, the tables were kicking me in the shorts so it was easy to walk away )

Originally Posted by PokerPete

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

April was nothing but snow, rain, & gloom.... got SOME of the yard work done.... had two nice nights outside with the fireplace.... youngest has started to pickup the guitar, so that's was fun and a big plus...lawn furniture is still stowed so that's back on the list.

Originally Posted by PokerPete

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

Sigh... sounded better than it turned out.... just what I needed.... watching the donks take my money away in 8 foot by 6 foot hi-res bad beat after bad beat

Originally Posted by PokerPete

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

I get a partial for this.... he's reading the articles section but hasn't signed up yet.

Originally Posted by dakota-xx

1. Figure out why I can't get my tournament summaries in PT from my gmail account. (Taylor where are you lol)

.

Msn me when you get online

Originally Posted by robwhufc

4 - Get "super-hot" ranking on Sharkscope.

You(or anyone else) has as good as chance as getting that as FTing the sunday million. Ive only seen that once, very hard, gl

1.Cash in at least 15MTTs
2. End the month with a biger bankroll than I start with
3. Get some points on the CC leaderboard
4. fix my speel chwcker, it's still borken

1. Not tilt my bankroll away, for once.
2. Have backup bankroll for when I tilt my bankroll away.
3. Not tilt my backup bankroll away.
4. Lose 15 lbs.

1. Win a TON of money (hundred dollar bills weigh one gram each)