In Poker terms Daniel Negreanu had a not so good 2011 and now he said his goals for 2012. To say the least they are impressive and full of challenges. He announced his goals in his blog that he writes for his fans and supporters. This is the overview of his goals for 2012:

1. $1 million in tournament earnings in 2012

Including the massive $1 million buy in One Drop event at the WSOP this year, as well as going down to Aussie Millions for at least another $100k, I could spend as much as $2 million in buy ins this year! That's a crazy thought. I'm not planning on putting the whole million up for the One Drop event and am looking to sell probably $600,000 worth of pieces. I am considering doing it via twitter and Full Contact Poker, allowing people to buy a piece of me for as little as $120! If that happens, I'll obviously post details.

2. Regain the top spot on all four all-time money earners list in 2012

I have publicly stated that I don't the the $250,000 buy in sit n' go should qualify for these rankings, as it was clearly not a tournament, but a last minute sit n' go to appease three Asian businessmen in Australia.. Had this been a $1500 buy in event, I am certain it would not have counted. The event was not on the Aussie Millions list of events, and was thrown together in a few days and saw 20 runners play an event that lasted about 6 hours. That catapulted Seidel's totals, adding $2.5 million to his all-time total.
Having said that, it is what it is, and I'm now behind by about $2.2 million on one of the lists, so I'll be looking for a huge year to catch up.

3. Regain the #1 spot on the WPT all-time money list

Going into last year my goal was to retain that spot, but Carlos Mortensen forged ahead which means I have some work to do there. I'll be playing the WPT stops at Bay 101, WPT Commerce, and the WPT Championship for sure, but don't know exactly where else just yet. We'll see.

4. Win a WSOP Bracelet

In the past I'd set this goal as TWO bracelets, but I haven't won one since 2008 so I'm making a more modest goal of just getting back in the winners circle with one.

5. One Major Tour Win outside the WSOP

I'm going to play a few EPT's, WPT's and possibly some LAPT's and APPT's depending on my schedule. Any "major win" counts, and since I only really play major events, pretty much any win outside of a WSOP bracelet counts.

Lets hope 2012 is one of the best years for Daniel Negreanu. He is one of the most symphatic poker players in the curcuit and he keeps on track with the young guns.