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This weekend the impatient bug hit me again, and I made mistakes too early into some tourneys. I played 3 and lost all of them due to impatience and pushing with hands that normally get me in trouble. Down $109+$44+$44. I know I can play at this level, but I need to be patient and wait for the correct oportunities. Getting chips early seem to make me want to play more hands and I don't think I play well that way. In general, I have been playing $3/6 shorthanded and I like the aggression and the play. I will continue to play that but not as often. I think I will go back to playing SNGs.

Goals

I want to play about 270 tourneys per month. I calculated about 9 per day. This is very doable. I will start with $10, and move up every month I can reach 20% ROI. I should be able to start playing the $20+2 tourneys next month and then it will be a fight to achieve 20% ROI. This is a quest that I trying to complete to determine whether I can play this consistently and achieve good goals. I am planning on my return to Brazil and I am looking for ways to make a decent living from poker. I figured the following:

buy-in	10	20	30	50	100
roi 25%	742.5	1485	2227.5	3712.5	7357.5
roi 20%	594	1188	1782	2970	5886
roi 15%	445.5	891	1336.5	2227.5	4414.5
roi 10%	297	594	891	1485	2943
roi 5%	148.5	297	445.5	742.5	1471.5

I haven't looked at two+two to see what are the expected roi for each buyin but at the $50 level the 10% Roi is still good for someone to live in Brazil. I am certain I will have a resonably good paying job by the standards and with this supplimental income I should be more than happy. Again, I would hope to make at least 2k per month. If I can consistently show that I am winning at the above levels, I should be convinced I can make it as a pro poker player in Brazil.

So I will start tonight. This will also be a test to my discipline as I will not play other games in the meantime.