December 31st, 2007:

OK, I really didn’t expect to post again on poker this year. But, I have to.

I just played in two qualifiers. They started 40 minutes apart, so when the second started, I played in both simultaneously for about 90 minutes.

The first was for the big tourney on Sunday. That one cost me $15.50 to enter. The second was for the nightly Omaha Hi-Lo which I love so much. That one cost me $4.10 to enter. In the bigger one, there were 53 entrants, top four would win the free entry. I came in second, so I got the entry, and I’ll be playing this Sunday (and still have another entry in the bank).

In the second, there were also close to 53 entrants, but the top nine would win the free entry (worth $22). I came in ninth (which is as good as first in these types of tourneys!), so I won that entry too. I unregistered (since we’ll be out for New Year’s Eve tonight), so I can play tomorrow night without needing to qualify for it.

So, two for two today, with a nearly 15-1 return in the first one, and 7-1 in the second.

Then, feeling that I was on a roll, I entered two more qualifiers for the nightly Omaha Hi-Lo. Unfortunately, I lost both (poor play on my part, not poor luck). I gave back a whopping $7.16 in those two tourneys. Now officially done for the year!

The final tally for the month got a tad worse (since I lost the entry fees mentioned above), and now stands at down $267.25. That said, I now have two big tourney entries in the bank, and one Omaha Hi-Lo one as well, which is worth $452. Hopefully, I’ll convert those entries to real cash.

Well, as I mentioned in this post, December wasn’t a good month economically. That said, I had some very good results in qualifiers, including winning three seats to the big Sunday tournament. As mentioned in that last post as well, I ended up getting crushed in one of those tourneys, have the TDs to play in a future one of my choice, and got a cash refund for the third (which cut my losses for the month nicely!).

So, the bottom line is down $240.61 for the month. Nothing horrific, but nothing to be proud of either. That said, I was down $537 at the peak, so I cut the losses dramatically this past weekend. Considering that I have one free big tourney entry left in my account, I essentially broke even for the month.

For the year, I have done well. I didn’t start blogging about monthly results until March, so I don’t have a clean monthly tally for the year. So, roughly guessing where my account was at the beginning of the year, and where it is now, I’d say that conservatively speaking, I’m up $1,600 on the year (probably more). In other words, I’m minting money.

I’ll probably be playing in one or two small qualifiers today, so the above results aren’t exact, but darn close.

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone!