Gotta love card games! My goals for the following poker sessions.

Although the downturn I experienced, you can conclude that in August, the first month that I started taking the game seriously, was a good month. Eventually I earned $ 800 from poker, and you can also count about $ 600 in bonuses and another 680 dollars I can to put down just for the tournament fees.

In the end of the day to earn nearly $ 1,500 a month from 100 hours of play time is not bad at all, it gives me an average profit of 15 $ per hour, it’s much more money than any job I can get right now, and it’s also way more fun

In poker, and life in general, it is very important to set goals, so here are my goals for the month of September:
* Play at least four hours a day, or at least 100 hours per month.
* Earn at least 2000$ per month. Purpose certainly possible given that in the first three days of the month, my earnings are already a whoppin’ $450.

Beyond the economic goals, I’d like to see some other improvements in my game elements:
* Being more aggressive before the flop, ESPECIALLY if there’s a raise before.
* Plan each bet in advance; to know before I go in, whether I’ll fold in case of a raise.
* Read your opponents: ALL THE TIME. I tend to go on “autopilot” mode and start playing my hand regardless of what my opponents hold. My goal is to put every opponent, holding every hand right in my pocket, regardless of what my hand ranking is.
* Maximize the profit of my strong hands. I hate playing slowly with strong hands. That got me burned a lot of times, but I have to begin to identify the situations in which it fits to play hard.

In addition, I feel there are some mental aspects I need to work on:
* I have to stop to calculate how much I gained and lost during each session, and stop feeling anxious by it. I tend to start poker sessions very relaxed, which is a GOOD thing, but as the session progresses, I feel anxious to retain my earnings or just bet foolishly in order to gain back what I’ve lost. I have to learn to look at the big picture instead.
* I need to start enjoying! I can get bored very quickly which than leads me to count the minutes ‘till the session ends, which doesn’t help my anxiety. I need to start looking at this game as the fun it used to be, and not as the work it currently is.

I apologize for this post as it isn’t very accessible to those who do not understand poker. But hopefully, more posts will follow, and I’ll write about some of my better card games experiences