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Rather than post some great goals, here's some great goal celebrations



First up a small update from Doggy towers today. My daily goals thingy is working well and volume has been good. Results aside, getting 3 figures a week in rakeback is very handy. But talking of results they’ve not been too bad. A friend came over last Sunday and I got in an extra session due to our pool match being postponed. I should be a coach as I demonstrated to him my table selection methods, talked through my thought processes and proceeded to barrel two pair into flopped sets all night. I even took a break and let him click some buttons (shhhhh don’t tell anyone!). Naturally he barrelled two pair into a flopped set for a stack too. Snooker and sickness prevented me from playing for a few days and last night I experienced the happy side of variance. Nobody was around to see that though!

So I’ve talked about daily/monthly goals. Now for the long term poker goals. Well the ultimate life aim is to accumulate enough to emigrate. Many of the missus’ family are abroad in places like Singapore and Botswana. If it takes half a lifetime then it takes that long, but we want to do ‘stuff and things’ before we get too old. To achieve this we’ve agreed poker will be involved. Basically you get to a point where working 9-5 is –EV and full time poker is likely to be +EV. I’ve been around this mark for a while. My tipping point is a lot higher than most people due to a mortgage and kids. The next consideration is accumulating enough savings to cover living costs for a good period of time. The bank account I have set aside for this is filling up nicely and not far away from my target. I’ve gone over a tonne of other considerations with different people too. One friend is a football coach and constantly on the go. He’s offered fitness and dietary advice aimed at keeping yourself in peak condition for the daily grind. Another friend has offered bits of contract work doing programming providing I’m willing to learn from him first. Not sure on that one to be honest as my brother often employs ad-hoc people to do manual work which would take a bit less brain power. Most importantly, the wife is on board with it all. I will have to relocate the PC to create a work space for myself and allow her to watch Jeremy Kyle in peace.

There is a big caveat in all this. My company is currently buying out another one which could mean instant growth… possibly in the wage packet? More interestingly we are installing some new software which will allow users to work remotely. Now if I could find some role to fulfil working from home I can see huge possibilities. Also, I’m fully aware that poker is not an “until I retire” option (well, for most) and that the rug could be pulled at any time with legislation, introduction of taxes, ridiculous downswing etc. It is however a viable medium term way of living that could help me achieve a long term goal.

First things first – keep the monies coming in and reassess once all the boxes have been ticked. Watch this space.