help me put together a summer poker schedule

trigs

with the summer only a few weeks away, [FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]i'm trying to put together some sort of basic schedule for poker. i will be playing online a decent amount and i'm hoping there will be an online series or two over july and august. i'm also looking to play more live tournaments this summer.

i'm willing to spend around $100-$200 for entry fee per tournament but i probably can't go higher than that (unless i bink one early lol). i'm from hamilton and i'm willing to commute up to 2 hours or so to play depending on the tournament.

i'm interested in any suggestions of where and what to play. anyone know of any good/interesting tournaments coming up this summer?

there is a chance that i may road trip to atlantic city again, so feel free to suggest any good tournaments there or maybe along the way.

right now, my basic summer poker goals are:

profit at least $2000 online (between MTTs and cash)
win one live tournament

bluesky

Is poker your full time or do you need to allocate time to another job?

trigs

bluesky;375163 wroteIs poker your full time or do you need to allocate time to another job?

i'm a teacher so i have two months off. ^-^

EDIT: so other than what the gf decides that i have to do around the house, i'm free for anything.

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TL DR

FU trigs

trigs

OHTNCTRHM;375192 wroteTL DR

FU trigs

you can read?

ReefAquarium

trigs;375161 wrotewith the summer only a few weeks away, [FONT=&quot][/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]i'm trying to put together some sort of basic schedule for poker. i will be playing online a decent amount and i'm hoping there will be an online series or two over july and august. i'm also looking to play more live tournaments this summer.

i'm willing to spend around $100-$200 for entry fee per tournament but i probably can't go higher than that (unless i bink one early lol). i'm from hamilton and i'm willing to commute up to 2 hours or so to play depending on the tournament.

i'm interested in any suggestions of where and what to play. anyone know of any good/interesting tournaments coming up this summer?

there is a chance that i may road trip to atlantic city again, so feel free to suggest any good tournaments there or maybe along the way.

right now, my basic summer poker goals are:

profit at least $2000 online (between MTTs and cash)

win one live tournament

You can't schedule either of the above 2.

Try something like.

Play 1 hour of poker a day.
Enter 5 live tournaments.

trigs

ReefAquarium;375204 wroteYou can't schedule either of the above 2.

Try something like.

Play 1 hour of poker a day.
Enter 5 live tournaments.

Those are just general goals.

As far as volume goes, I'll most likely aim for minimum of five live tournaments. Online I'm probably just grinding full out the days I can unless there's a series or something in which I will try to play those specific days. I'm not being strict on cash vs MTTs. I'm just playing what I feel like.

GTA Poker

Drive to fallsview and play live cash 10 times

trigs

GTA Poker;375213 wroteDrive to fallsview and play live cash 10 times

If I'm playing cash it's probably Omaha but I don't think that's spread at Fallsview.

GTA Poker

If your goal is to make money just play live 1/2 NL...if you have the time you will easily make a few thousand in a couple of months putting in some 4-5 hour sessions

PocketsTwos

Brantford is a decent place to play tournaments for the buy-in range that you mentioned. Have a look at the OLG calendar for event dates. Mohawk electronic poker 2 table tournaments may be in order as well (low rake)! Don't know of any summer series yet - maybe Seneca?

trigs

GTA Poker;375225 wroteIf your goal is to make money just play live 1/2 NL...if you have the time you will easily make a few thousand in a couple of months putting in some 4-5 hour sessions

it's not just about the money, however i would like to make enough to cover some extraneous purchases that i'm planning on making this summer.

to be honest, i'm not very confident in my hold'em cash game skills. i wouldn't say i'm terrible, but i just feel a lot more confident playing plo cash currently.

however, i probably will take your advice and go play some 1/2 no limit at casino niagara. i don't think fallsview spreads lower than 5/5 which may be a little too high for me.

bluesky

trigs;375237 wrotei don't think fallsview spreads lower than 5/5 which may be a little too high for me.

Whats your starting br?

BlondeFish

trigs;375237 wrotei don't think fallsview spreads lower than 5/5 which may be a little too high for me.

Fallsview doesn't have 5/5 - almost all 2/5 and sometimes 5/10. So tourists and drunk :fish: are forced to buy-in for $100 - $500, but you have to be prepared for a bad poker manager/TD/CSM :p and life-tilting variance.

trigs

bluesky;375280 wroteWhats your starting br?

I was going to start with probably a thousand online I think. Live will depend on how much I'm winning but again I'll probably play at least five live tournaments times around $150 each = $750

EDIT: it's not a big deal for me to add more cash if I need to

compuease

trigs;375289 wroteEDIT: it's not a big deal for me to add more cash if I need to

After all... He IS a teacher...:p

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compuease;375299 wroteAfter all... He IS a teacher...:p

trigs

trigs;375701 wroteholy shit! i can actually play in this series!

this will most likely make my list of live events for the summer.

PokerStars Montreal Festival - over $1M guaranteed!

lol just realized that i posted this in the wrong thread. i meant to put it here.

trigs

well, this series has probably convinced me to stay in canada and travel to montreal at the end of august. i can't play the main even sadly as i begin work on sept. 2nd, but i will most likely be there for the beginning of the series. i will most likely play in event one for sure, and maybe one or two others depending on time and how well i do.

BlondeFish

Well done. Compared to flying to the US to buy into highly -EV tournaments, playing at the #1 TOURNAMENT poker room in the world for Canadians is a much better option. The two guaranteed events in the PokerStars series were both won by GTA players.

trigs;375794 wrotewell, this series has probably convinced me to stay in canada and travel to montreal at the end of august. i can't play the main even sadly as i begin work on sept. 2nd, but i will most likely be there for the beginning of the series. i will most likely play in event one for sure, and maybe one or two others depending on time and how well i do.