2011 Goals

So I am late posting this. Blame Rush Poker. It's tough to write when you're folding 260 hands per hour.

Here are my lofty goals for the 2011 poker year.

1. Withdrawal $3,000 net from poker sites.

• I thought about the amount I wanted to set for a long time. I have been doubling each year the amount I net. However I wanted this goal to be attainable. $4,800 seemed like stretching it given my current deployable job. $3,000 is over $300/month for 10 months. That's already stretching it. I will update this goal if I manage to swing some large early months. My actual goal (as usual) is to make as much money as possible. ;-)

2. Qualify (at least) Bronze Iron Man on FTP each month that I am not deployed.

• Easy-peasy. 125 points every other day, or 50 points for 20 days/month. At a $25 max table that's about 500 hands per day. This allows me to get some much needed work on my cash game play. Also, the rewards for qualifying are excellent: Freerolls, cash bonuses, and a lot of FTP points for purchasing tournament tickets. At 1,475 points per month I can purchase a $26 ticket every 4 months.

3. Play more step tournaments starting at the $8 level in an effort to play Sunday Majors.

• An $8 step pays 8 of 18 players. Top 5 pays out a step 3, $26 ticket. 6th gets you your money back. A 7th or 8th drops you down a step, which is an "easy" tournament to get right back where you started. My ultimate goal here is to buy into the Sunday $216 buy-in Majors. The more I play, the bigger shot I have at some real, life-altering money.