4th Quarter
Goals 2012
As I
enter the 4th and final quarter of 2012, I want to set my
self up to end the year in the best possible way. I am trying to give
my self something to shoot for in order to push my self as far as I
can these final 12 weeks of this year. As someone who needs structure
in their life I feel now is a good time to set my goals, or even
better expectations, for the rest of the year. More importantly is
how I will accomplish these tasks.
Poker
How-
The grind is how I accomplish this. Poker is my job and thus I must
treat it like one. All other goals are geared towards me reaching
this goal. This goal is all about putting hours in at the table. I
need to make $2,000 a week to accomplish this. That will take me
roughly 40 hours a week at the minimum! At the beginning of the
week I need to set my schedule so I get in those hours. Start by
scheduling any events (Huskey Games, Seahawks, Softball etc) and
schedule my work around those. I need to stick to those hours also.
I will have some flexibility but those are work hours and I need to
stick to them.
Work
Harder on my game then ever before.
How-
I
need to be putting in the hours outside of the tables to get to
the point where I want my game to be. I want to be a complete all
around poker player. I want to be able to walk into Commerce and
sit down in whatever the best poker game is in the room. There is
a great thread on 2p2 written by Tony Dunst 2 years ago.
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/61/mtt-community/theory-grinding-tl-dr-822668/
I focused more on the bottom end where Tony lists the 10 ways to
work on your poker game.
I
plan on focusing on Playing poker, watching videos, reading
books, articles, hand histories of mine and others, and
discussing hands with friends.
Final
Table a Live Event
How-
Put
in volume in live events. I will be playing a decent live schedule
(traveling 1 week or so a month) so I will have a decent chance to
grab a FT. I need to work hard on my tournament game. Practice
shove ranges, call ranges, play with poker stove. This is all
about putting in hard work to get what I want out of poker
Increase
my poker Image → Blogging more
How – I
want to turn this blog into a marketing tool for the future.
Expect to see more strategy articles. I may not be the best right
away but I do plan on trying my best. Current ideas include a
article on “The perfect 2/5 nl player”. I have some other
ideas I want to pump out. This blog is small right now, but by
pumping out more content I can increase my image within the poker
community.
Become more
competent and proficient at other forms of poker
How –
My studying time will not only focus on NL Holdem, but plo, stud,
draw games. Like I said above, I want to become a more well rounded
poker player. I want to be able to kill any form of poker. Books
will most likely be the best place for me to start with games like
stud and draw. Through books, forums, videos and articles I should
be able to get a solid background in all forms of poker. I would
love to win a circuit ring in a horse or other mixed game event.
When Traveling, Make
poker my sole focus
How – My
routine should not be changing while traveling. My focus / goals
remain the same, I just adjust to the setting and keep my routine
the same. Yes, I want to do some sight seeing etc and I will try
to schedule 1 or 1.5 days off to go to a sporting event or see
stuff, but I travel for 1 reason and 1 reason only and that is to
make money.
Make Poker my life,
devote more time than ever before
How – There
are a lot of people who want to play poker for a living. They all
want the same things I want. I just need to work harder, faster,
and more proficiently then them. I need to put in more hours,
QUALITY HOURS, to get there quicker than them. No one said this
was an ez gig. I was going to work in the finance industry before
poker and 60-70 hour weeks would be expected. Nothing changes,
except instead of finance its poker. I need to work harder than
everyone else.
Health
5 workouts a week
1-2 with Bobby (Personal Trainer)
Weight / Body fat %
reduction #'s
Each workout devote
the whole 60 mins w everything you got
How – This
is something that Bobby will help me with a ton. If I could afford
to do every workout with him I would, but unfortunately that is
expensive and probably unnecessary. I am having him give me
“homework” in between workouts. This is just a straight up
motivation goal and if I want to meet my #'s I will need to
accomplish this goal first.
Log Food Everyday
Schedule Cheat meals
around events (Football games etc)
Eat good while
eating out.
How
– I need to focus on good low calorie meals while eating out,
which I tend to do a lot as I'm out of the house 8 hours a day
while playing. Chipotle is awesome with Chicken bowls (Brown rice,
fajita mix, chicken, and salsa). There is a good terryaki place by
Tulalip also where I can get Plain chicken breast with brown rice.
Also Applebees is near by and they have a good menu of meals under
500 calories. Unfortunately the casino doesn’t offer many good
healthy options other than Salmon and breakfast options on the
night menu.
Life Goals
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