Spencer "360flip19" Moe: For 2016 my goals are to be dedicated full time to poker. I think this upcoming year will be very competitive and it will require a lot of work to keep up. Everyone is improving at a very fast rate in general now so it's manditory to put the work in to stay current. I expect 2016 games to still be pretty good. If rakeback is abolished at some point then it will be time to reevaluate. Changes happen quickly in online poker so planning too far in advance can be difficult.
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Helio "hneves182" Neves: keep studying HU, MTTs and spins and improving my poker game all around while also improving my investment skills outside of the tables
Charles Hawk: Any $ goal? Are you a spin reg as well? How it is going?
Helio "hneves182" Neves: Not really, playing some right now this month just to get milestone. Never any $ goals, just hope to get enough for the bills.
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spiritedreal: Making good money and improving is like very normal goals, so that is all I can say about it + making it to 500 group.
Charles Hawk: So rakeback decrease will not affect your motivation to improve both in skill and in result/achievements?
spiritedreal: I will not play 1 million VPPs for sure next year, as it require a ton of play, but will be still motivated to improve and get into 500s.
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Daniel "Pl@yerABC" Sklar: Because of the changes in January my poker goals are not very specific but rather general - and I will adjust as the situation develops. So here it goes: I want to play as many hours/hands as possible while still maintaining reasonable balance between poker, family life and my other activities. I like the quotes, so here is one that I want to keep in mind: " I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." (Thomas Jefferson). So I want to play enough Spin tournaments to give myself a change to get lucky and hit some of the bigger multipliers.
I clearly see that people are working on their game so I need to make sure that I don't fall behind. My goal is to put more hours away from the tables to study theory, analyze hands and improve my understanding of poker. I want to continue to play Spins. I will probably play more stake levels - from $30 to $100. Obviously my goal is to be ready (bankroll- and skill - wise) to play at the highest level as often as possible. I have no idea whether or not higher levels will be added during the 2016 - but once again, I want to be ready to jump in to take some shots if higher levels are available.
