Now that the WSOP is over and Canada's version is coming up soon, time to look at what 2016 goals can be salvaged.
BlondeFish;396745 wrote
1) Play LESS online poker. :o
Met goal so far. My suggestion of an online-live partnership in Canada has been implemented, and the
multi-year agreement between Playground and partypoker is a game-changer. :wav: It's a great opportunity for those who can grind online and drive regularly to Montreal, such as my pro friend in Toronto who will now move to Montreal.
I have to decide myself if I should break goal #1 and play online more for the juicy opportunities, or maybe find a prodigy (who doesn't have a partypoker account yet) to stake since my medium-term goal is to play less poker and do other things.
2) Continue to be #1 in tournament earnings in Casino Rama, GBH &/or Fallsview poker rooms.
Met. I brokered an ICM chop at the $550 GBH Spring Classic and I think I had the most satellite wins at WPT Fallsview, but my winnings at Rama this year so far has been through staking players.
Going forward, I'll watch the Cirque show at Fallsview on October 23 and get a WPT FPC update and try to organize a car pool to WPT Montreal. I have to drive to more $225s at GBH than I wanted to in order to ensure that I qualify for the King of the Cards Championship for a third year in a row.
3) Cash > $50K in live tournaments with a profit.
Met.
4) Win a WPT/WSOP tournament.
Close by going heads-up for a WSOP ring in March.
The quest shall continue with the WSOP International tax-free events (up to 14), possibly three of us going to WSOP Berlin or WPT Morocco in September.
5) Win satellites to as many of the following: WPT Fallsview (try to be #1 in entries won), CSC, Montreal; WSOP Montreal, Georgia (Tbilisi), and June 17 Vegas; Brazilian SOP, WPT Brussels, Vienna, Amsterdam, WPT 500, China, Dusk Till Dawn, Kazakhstan, or Prague.
Won satellites at WPT FPC, CSC, WSOP Tbilisi, and Grand Prix Poker Tour so far, but not playing enough online to win packages this year.
6) Although most of my cashes are not submitted online, still move up to the
Top 60 of Ontario players in number of official cashes on HendonMob.
Moved up to top 45 so far.
7) Go on a poker cruise or foreign vacation with my daughter.
Still looking for other people to go with, so a Montreal vacation next month will do for now.
8) Have a live tournament win rate >= $30/hour. Have a positive win rate for 2/5 & other cash games.
Lower MTT win rate than past couple of years. Cash game hourly is currently > MTT but should play more hours. I should force myself to play a cash game after my tournament is done, maybe after taking a nap in a hotel room close by.
9) Keep better track of my results, e.g., bought Poker Income Pro. Deposit online only for bonuses.
Poker Income Pro has been a great app to track results & write my notes.
I had cashed out all my online winnings when the sites made bad policies, so I've been forced to deposit a little back when I want to play online.
10) Arrive early before first hand of tournaments, especially at Rama. Although all my cashes at GBH have been when I was one of the latest to arrive (incl. the 2 King of Cards Championships), I agree with DirtArse that I should stop doing the "Phil Hellmuth." Avoid waste-of-time social media in the morning until I arrive at the casino.
Better.