Keeping Goals as a Recreational Player
As much as most people who play poker hate to admit, they are recreational players first. I know it dashes the images many players have of themselves being on the verge of poker stardom, but that’s just the way it is. And the toughest thing about being a recreational poker player is defining some kind of clear goal for yourself.
It’s easy for professionals to make these goals because they play poker every day and have to have something to keep themselves interested in the game. That’s why they are always trying to reach a certain amount of money made or a specific number of hours they hope to play each week. And recreational players should adopt the same model of success if they ever hope to make more money than they do today.
One great goal for a recreational player is to try and move up a limit within a certain amount of time. This is easier said than done because there are a lot of things that go into moving up a limit and you don’t want to advance too quickly. So make sure to have smaller goals within this such as reading a certain amount of strategy that will better your game and logging in so many hours at the lower limit before you step it up a notch.
Another really good goal is to set an amount of money you’d like to be making each month. Once again, this is tough to do because of the variance in winning so you’ll have to keep track of how much money you make each month and average it over the range of a few months. When you hit the desired amount you’re in very good shape and on the road to becoming a very good poker player.