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SMART Goal Help 2025
Having just listened to Sky on the end of last year’s podcast about Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time bound (SMART) goals. I have been working on some of my own, and do feel I have a grasp on a couple of them (but could always use help).
If you didn’t know, I have (quite) a few health complications that make it so I don’t get to do a whole lot and in 2021 it finally got too complicated to try and hold a career. Part of my issues are cognition related so I came to use poker as both an avenue to find a hobby, and as a way to see if my brain is actually working (newsflash some days just don’t play poker for real money!). I also got in a car wreck this year where I was the middle car in a 3 car crunch and couldn’t move without severe pain for nearly 3 months and I gained 50lbs and wrecked my budget until October. All that said is to point out I have some personal health related goals in here as well.
Health Goal:
By December of 2025 I will walk for 30 minutes a day at least 10 times in that month.
*To do this I will take a progressive approach by starting with 9 min- 10 days dec 20204, and increase by a minute each month as able. (there is lingering back and rib pain that right now 15 minutes is my max on my feet without hunching over).
*I’m staying accountable by posting a walking log each week to a friend of mine
*I need some rewards to give myself for reaching the 10 days a month, haven’t figured that out.
Poker playing goals:
I will play 30k hands of online cash poker in 2025:
Progression: I will play 3000 hands each month.
* Every 1k hands I will allow myself to eat out (this works with both budget and health!)
*Accountability will post regularly here and let my coach know how it is going.
I will play 11 rec poker daily/weekly events with at least one being a mixed game.
*so aim for 1 per month, accountability posting in here, and still need a reward since I’m giving away chips and all.
I will play at least 10 bar league poker tournaments in my area next year (1 a month).
* accountability log here and reward is well eating at that place (one place has excellent brisket, so mouth is watering already).
I will play ## of online (or in person if something comes up) tournaments next year (same step progression make it by month make it so I can miss 2 whole months b/c illness sucks)
* accountability log in here, need a reward.
Poker learning goals next year
Here is where I need the most help I want this to be about studying and somehow measuring what I’m getting better at. Right now I have 3 “vague” (aka bad) goals of:
1) improve post flop play (understanding flop textures and how they hit/miss my and my opponents ranges)
2) solidify my preflop ranges for tournaments at 20, 40, 60bb
3) Solidfy push fold under 10bb and call off for <10 and up to 15 bb.
I would really appreciate the help of others as sometimes when you stare at your own work for too long you can’t edit it. Also, this could be a place for all of us to get help on or state our SMART goals for next year.
Take Care
-DJ
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This is an awesome post DJ, and great timing! As it happens Sky is coming back on the show Dec 23 to review our goals from last year and work on new ones for the year ahead – hope to see you there. Thanks for sharing this with the community and helping us all to grow, you rock!
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Posting my own revision here, but could still use some help and I’m open to suggestions on really hammering these down. I also have a health goal of how many apples I’m eating next year but that seems silly to post here, but I can tell you 0 granny smith is in that range.
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Health Goal:
1. By December of 2025 I will walk for 30 minutes a day at least 10 times in that month.
a. Progress: 9 min walks in Dec, and 1.5 minute increase each month.
b. Reward:???
c. Accountability: I will let a friend know my weekly and monthly number of walks and if I reach the times so I can readjust goal as needed for health.
d. Caveat: right now being on my feet for 15 minutes leads to a lot of fatigue and back/rib pain so this is very much an “as much as able before pain” goal.
Poker playing goals:
2. I will play 30k hands of online cash poker in 2025 (this may need lowered with playing tournaments
a. Progression: I will play 3000 hands each month.
b. Reward: Every 1k hands I will allow myself to eat out
c. Accountability: Post (weekly/monthly?) updates in rec.poker forums
3. I will play 11 rec poker daily/weekly events in 2025
a. Progression: I will play 1 tournament a month
b. Reward???
c. Accountability: Post (weekly/monthly?) updates in rec.poker forums
4. I will play at least 10 bar league poker tournaments in 2025
a. Progression: I will play 1 bar league tournament a month
b. Reward: eating at the host restaurant/bar. (cap self on purchase?)
c. Accountability: Post (weekly/monthly?) updates in rec.poker forums
5. I will play 70 online (or in person if something comes up) tournaments in 2025
a. Progression: 7 per tournaments per month; 2 tournaments per week
b. Reward: (Tentative) go play a live tournament at a Harrah’s Cherokee next November
c. Accountability: Post (weekly/monthly?) updates in rec.poker forums
Poker learning goals next year
Here is where I need the most help I want this to be about studying and somehow measuring what I’m getting better at. Right now I have 3 “vague” (aka bad) goals of: (You can see the measurable issue is one spot I am really struggling, beyond any type of reward structure)
1. Improve post flop play (understanding flop textures and how they hit/miss my and my opponents ranges)
a. Watch videos on rec.poker archive deepdives (cbet sizing, cbets+ranges, Flop Strat and follow up)
b. Measurable progress and reward?
2. solidify my preflop ranges for tournaments at 20, 40, 60bb
a. Drilling LPP maybe other free trainers, possible flashcards of graphs and ranges on knowit
b. Progress: X time at each depth and each position (maybe each week and repeat as part of warm up and cool down for tournaments?)
c. Measurable progress and reward?
3. Solidify push fold under 10bb and call off for <10 and up to 15 bb.
a. Possibly inputting shove ranges into flopzilla and finding the lowest +ev hand and constructing range around it. Would need to somehow consider risk premium and position.
b. Progression, Accountability, and Reward?
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Okay, my January/poker year just began on Monday, everyone knows the first and last week of a year don’t actually exist and there are only 50 weeks not 52. Listening to the recent follow up podcast with Sky and the advice discussed there I made a change. I’m not going to force time or hands as my targets. I’m going to go for sessions of play, so tournaments, cash sessions, etc. I think that also fits a bit in what Sky was saying about my learning objectives (around 57 minutes into ep 651 if you want to follow along). I am probably going to also try and turn this into an excel tracking sheet where I can just add a mark for every time I complete a session. That way I can just spend the post on updates. My first update will come on Sunday.
Poker playing goals:
Goal 1: I will play 90 online cash sessions of poker in 2025
Progrss: I will play 9 sessions each month
Reward: Every 3 sessions I will allow myself to eat out.
Account: Post forum updates
Goal 2: I will play 11 rec poker daily/weekly tournament sessions in 2025
Progrss: I will play 1 tournament session a month
Reward: ???
Account: Post forum updates
Goal 3: I will play at least 10 bar league poker tournament sessions in 2025
Progrss: I will play 1 bar league tournament sessions a month
Reward: Eating at the host restaurant/bar. (cap self on purchase?)
Account: Post forum updates
Goal 4: I will play 70 other tournament sessions in 2025
Progrss: 7 tournament sessions per month; 2 per week
Reward: (Tentative) go play a live tournament at a Harrah’s Cherokee next November
Account: Post forum updates
Next are the WIP reforms that I am still mulling thanks to Sky’s feedback on the podcast and as always rewards, metrics, ideas, etc are welcome. I also have some feedback from Jim about some places to start too.
Poker learning goals next year
Learning Goal 1:
Improve post flop play (understanding flop textures and how they hit/miss my and my opponents ranges)
Watch videos on rec.poker archive deepdives (cbet sizing, cbets+ranges, Flop Strat and follow up)
Measurable progress and reward?
Learning Goal 2:
solidify my preflop ranges for tournaments at 20, 40, 60bb
Drilling LPP maybe other free trainers, possible flashcards of graphs and ranges on Omniset (knowit bills itself as free but the useful features are paywalled).
Progress: X time at each depth and each position (maybe each week and repeat as part of warm up and cool down for tournaments?)
Measurable progress and reward?
Learning Goal 3:
Solidify push fold under 10bb and call off for <10 and up to 15 bb.
Possibly inputting shove ranges into flopzilla and finding the lowest +ev hand and constructing range around it. Would need to somehow consider risk premium and position.
Progression, Accountability, and Reward?
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