Setting a target for winnings is quite possibly the worst idea ever.at any random cash game table maybe for example 0.25c - 0.50c how much should you be looking to make an hour?
Setting a target for winnings is quite possibly the worst idea ever.
Because that goal is based upon random chance. And failing or meeting that goal will affect your mood, make you play worse/better (most likely worse).
Good goals for poker are ones that are not dependent on how the cards fall. My favorites are:
1) Play 20,000 hands this month.
2) Keep all my sessions this month shorter than 90 minutes.
3) Have only 3 time-out related errors all month.
4) Post 3 hands where I get all in on the flop this month.
If you set a goal to win $1000 this month, you could possibly play horribly and meet that goal. Or you could play awesome and miss it. You really want to avoid being results oriented playing cards, and a goal like this is a great way to become results oriented.
I don't mind setting goals that are very long term (say, finance a WSOP entry fee with money I've won from online MTT's). Just as long as they're general, and involve a long span of results.
If you're trying to decide if you should move up or not, you should evaluate your long term results, and get some opinions from people who play at that stake level whether your game is good enough.
2) Keep all my sessions this month shorter than 90 minutes.
90 mins per session or total 90 mins per day ?
3) Have only 3 time-out related errors all month.
What does this mean ?
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90 minute sessions. However, that number is pretty arbitrary. Everyone has different stress tolerances. But its quite common for your longest sessions to be the ones where you lose the most, because after a certain period of time, you tilt in order to deal with the stress of bad beats, losing, ect. Even winning for a prolonged period of time can put you on tilt (winner's tilt anyone?). So its typically a good rule to keep your sessions short.Thank you
Well, ideally as much as humanly possible, but in a more realistic bent you shouldn't be playing just one table...playing multiple tables is a big variance reducer and much less boring. There's alwas some action on some corner of your screen(or in my case, screens) and minimizes tilt due to boredom.
I am more conservative than most, so unless I am at an incredibly soft table, if I double up(in your case, $50 to $100), I leave. Say you are spreading four sessions on your screen. If you double up on one of your screens and are showing a modest loss or gain on your other three, that's a good session in my opinion. Unless you run really bad (KK v AA, quads against your boat, straight river spike, etc), variance will treat you better the more sessions you play.
Hit and run is so very bad... I wouldn't recommend this at all. If you are at a soft table, don't leave just because you doubled up. If the players are weak then keep playing as long as you can. Only leave when your session is over after a pre-determined # of hands, or when you are not playing your best, due to physical factors (fatigue, distractions, etc) or mental factors (tilt, stress, anger, etc).
I really like your answer here...makes a lot of sense. However, your "signature" makes no sense. WallyBecause that goal is based upon random chance. And failing or meeting that goal will affect your mood, make you play worse/better (most likely worse).
Good goals for poker are ones that are not dependent on how the cards fall. My favorites are:
1) Play 20,000 hands this month.
2) Keep all my sessions this month shorter than 90 minutes.
3) Have only 3 time-out related errors all month.
4) Post 3 hands where I get all in on the flop this month.
If you set a goal to win $1000 this month, you could possibly play horribly and meet that goal. Or you could play awesome and miss it. You really want to avoid being results oriented playing cards, and a goal like this is a great way to become results oriented.
I don't mind setting goals that are very long term (say, finance a WSOP entry fee with money I've won from online MTT's). Just as long as they're general, and involve a long span of results.
If you're trying to decide if you should move up or not, you should evaluate your long term results, and get some opinions from people who play at that stake level whether your game is good enough.