What are your 2008 Targets?

Ok - What are your 2008 Targets? A new year - A new you.

I have taken time off poker for last 2 months and feel refreshed as a result. Hence looking forward to another positive year.

Bankroll = $1500
Target for year = $15,000

Strategy = Ring games and MTT's

This is acheiveable based on 2007 Results.

My goal is to show a profit for the first time since I started playing online poker 3 years ago.

My goal is to start winning consistently and move up stakes. The past year I've been either at a steady flow or slightly downhill. My ultimate goal is to become pro and play poker for a living, I don't know if I can achieve that in a year.

I have been showing a profit (very small) most of 2007. What I do for a job leaves me 3-4 months during winter of inactivity. My goal for those months is to make "a living" off poker. I am not a high stakes player, so I am shooting for an average of $500 a week net profit.
Last week: worked one day, didnt play poker that day. All other days profitable, none under $50 net. Net for the week $700

This week: Monday, $3.77 net profit. Tuesday $254.30 net profit.

I know I will inevitably have losing days/weeks, just looking to average that $500 a week.

My aims would really be to begin a steady bankrolling method and stick it out. Also I wouldnt mind trying to make some sort of big (ish) live event. Be it scottish, english or whatever.

My goal is to beat lkport for once .

Other than that I'm just about to break the 1K barrier for the first time with my total BR, I want 1K on 5 different sites by the end of next year.

In a whole year of poker? well ideally i would hope that i have enough to sit at the ivey deathmatch table without worrying about table. A more realistic one though is so that i have enough to play omaha high aginst hte top pros on full tilt without being worried about going broke

And that is realistic ? LOL.

My goal is to get better at minbet, cause clearly, I suck at it.

I would like to have a $7,500 br.

I don't normally make plans for that long a time frame. But I guess a 6-figure net profit year is what I'm shooting for.

My goal for 2008 is to gain a sense of reality.

But if I can't make that one work, having a buy-in to a WSOP NLHE event (even the $1500 one) would be a good start.

My target is switch's head

In a whole year of poker i think it is realistic. All i have to go is keep playing solid poker slowly making a profit. Then all i need is to win 1 big mtt in the year and i will have a big boost. So having won 4 in half a year at small stakes, i think if i can win 4 more in hte whole of the next year at and above hte stakes i am at now, the goal definately is achievable.

Just remember i need to sign it first

Will you only take 500 out your profits each week if you win more to help with growing bankroll and helping if you hit a slump?

My goal is to get enough FPPs to buy the porche at pokerstars (says Zach, currently at the 5c/10c tables )

I emptied my full tilt account out 11/12/07 completely.

I was inspired by the Chris Ferguson 10k challenge, I hope to do it in less time than he did (around 15 months i believe), while following the same rules he did. Right now I have used freerolls to build my account up to $8.39, I want to build it up even more so I can have more cushion when I decide to transfer from the play money to real money games.

By the end of 2008 I want to have my bankroll at $10,000. It's a tough hill to climb, but I have a lot of motivation and determination.

Good luck to everyone else with their goals!

By the end of 2008 I want to be Chris Ferguson

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My goal is to stay about where I have been just scratching out a few grand in profit a month.

goal 12 straight winning months


good luck everyone

I thought we were making higher goals, you just have to grow your hair and get a hat,

by christmas 2008 i want to be Jennifer Harman

As you can see from my Avitar... I already got my hat.
My goal would be to sit at the final table with Chris and both of us wearing our hats.

If your making a few grand a month, your goal should be to become a poker pro and a millionaire

As a frw meself for the last ages +++respect+++

my hair is almost at shoulders, will be a jesus soon

i need a haircut, fek

My goal is to "bonus whore" every site I can join with rakeback.I would like to run up the measly $200 or so I have spread out between Bodog and Stars(+the $100 I'm starting my FT account with)to $10,000 plus.

One more goal will be to try to run my free $5 at duplicate poker up to $20 so I can cash it out.Who ever thought of this idea must have been smoking major crack!!!

-Finally get my ****ing apprenticeship going
-Get driver's license for ^^^
-Move out, live off of poker winnings and/or apprenticeship
-Play rings consistently the whole year and get as high up in stakes as I can
-Practice 6-max more
-Win/top 3 at least one big tourney
-Play the big tournaments more (sunday mil et al)
-Celebrate Ron Paul getting elected.

Hilary in '08!!


Oh God.


Increase my current $400 Bankroll to $15,000 using proper bankroll management.
Win the 28K Guarantee
Win Midnight Madness
Cash FTOPS ME

Setting very high goals for my level of play, but I think it is very possible.

2008 going to be a big year I hope.

Among other things I will be moving to Europe for at least a year, if not much longer. Part of the reason I'm electing to do this is because my job there will allow me more time to focus on poker while providing enough income to live on. Added bonus of not dealing with boneheaded American politics regarding poker. (Or should that just be "boneheaded American politics" ?)

So.. my goals for the year are..

1) Become a consistent winning player at ring games.

2) By the end of the year to be consistently averaging at least $2000 profit a month.

and oh yeah 3) Celebrate a Ron Paul victory in 08 (right there with ya chuck)

-Get myself into final tables and win most of them.
-Win the full tilt cardschat freeroll (First have to stop finishing just outside final table).
-Get another royal flush (just hit my first one today).
-Keep grindig it out in lwo limit Omaha H/L and not loose nerves.
-Rip up the Holdem tables in Macau.

Additional goals that might not fit into next year:
-Win a few of those WSOP bracelets
-Win a APPT title
-Make final table at EPT
-Get sponsored
-Find a hot girl who will love to massage me after my long sessions and listen to my bad beat stories

And make money, be nice to people, and all that good stuff.

I move some out to epassporte and use to buy things, pay bills, etc.
I don't really need the $500 to live off every week, and don't have a set amount I move. I want to hit $500 to prove to myself that I can. I don't really "move up". I am comfortable playing $11 buyins or lower, and though I may occasionally play something bigger (if the payout looks good) it will probably be a while till I decide to play only the $30-50 range mtts.

Current poker cash (I detest calling it a "bankroll" when it is so small"): $287.

Goals: Advance to NL$100 (meaning I have at least $2,000 in poker cash and am solidly beating NL$100) and become comfortable enough with my PL08 game to take that up to at least $.25/.50 tables. Eventually, I'd like to transition to playing only PL and NL 08, which I think is infinitely easier to beat these days than NLHE.

With you 100% there. At least now he's raising money, he can get his name out there a little bit. I still don't expect him to win the nomination, but I'd like him to at least make a good showing and maybe even win a State primary or two. If he got elected, I would certainly celebrate. But if not at least his ideas will have gotten out into the public more and especially if we elect a Democrat this year, I'll sure be voting for one (as long as it's not Hilary, if it's her vs. a non-Paul Republican, I'll just cry and maybe write in Colbert). Hopefully people still remember Bush in 4 years and realize that neither Party is running the country particularly well and someone like Paul can win the election in '12. At least that's my hope. This probably should have been in the lounge section, sorry I wrote a bit too much here in the poker general section.

OK so one more point on Paul and I'll stop.

And the point is.... saying you will support ron paul in a thread on 2008 poker goals is not off topic! He is by far the best candidate you could elect to change Washington's attitude towards online poker.

just something to think about.

Continue to try and perfect the skill.... Actually cash out when i say im going to instead of blowing it in those damn rigged-ass casino games. Hopefully $10,000 in total by 2009!

- Increase my profit. (Had about $700 with one zillion hours played)
- Become a better Razz mtt player
- Become a better SnG player at $20+2 tourneys
- AND read a lot of books.. Ordered 7 books at amazon.com yesterday

Restart my online bankroll from an initial deposit (probably start with $100 or $200 depending on my current level of disposable funds and to see if I can get a reload bonus when I play at PokerRoom or somewhere else with an initial deposit bonus) and build it up to $1000.

For Live play, just continue to play the way I've been playing and move up to 10-20FL or 2-5NL blinds.

Learn how to play other games, incl. Razz and Stud 8...working my way to being decent in each game and start looking to play HORSE.