Planning For 2008

2008 is now well and truly upon us, so Happy New Year to everyone. I hope you've recovered from the Hogmanay celebrations!

I don't do New Year Resolutions - they're just excuses to fail. (Everyone knows we all break our resolutions). What I do like to do is planning - and this is a good time for some.

So, what's the plan for 2008? How can I improve my poker?

The first step in looking forwards is to look back. From a skill level of "useless" I've become "poor with occasional good moments". I consider that a success. When I'm on a roll I can play quite well, but when out of practice I fall back into old bad habits very quickly.

I've learned that I'm a better tournament player than a cash one. The need to change strategy as the game progresses and the blinds rise appeals to me and I seem quite good at that aspect.

So those two observations provide two actions for 2008. The first is, of course, to play more poker. That probably applies to everyone.

More importantly I need to play more tourneys. Even though I prefer them I've played very few. This is because - if you do well - they take up several hours or more. You can't just say "I'll play poker for an hour". Unfortunately that's what I've tended to do - with the result that I've been playing more cash games than I should.

Of course, playing more tourneys means planning ahead and allocating the time for them. Which means I now need to go away and start planning the rest of my life...



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