This month is simple to report on. Economically painful, but otherwise, enjoyable and almost non-existent.<\/p>\n
I barely played this month. I’m reasonably sure it’s the lightest month since I started playing online poker in September 2004. That said, I played and lost two of the big weekly ones, paying full freight in both. I played in a few qualifiers (not the really cheap ones either) and didn’t win any seats, so that cost me too.<\/p>\n
Bottom line was an ugly -$617.00 for the month. Over 2\/3 of that came from just the two big tourney losses ($215 each) and with qualifiers, closer to 80%. I had two reasonable cashes (percentage-wise), but they didn’t come close to making up for it. In one, I put in $11 and finished 8th, and collected $39.60. In another, I put up $55 and came 9th (out of 199) and collected $170.<\/p>\n
The one very bright spot for the month is that since I played very infrequently, I didn’t even get remotely upset (I swear!) even when my luck was horrible. I simply enjoyed playing, and took the beats in stride better than in the past, even though I have been improving in this area for a while now.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I’m reporting now because I know for sure I won’t be playing tonight, so this is officially the end of the month for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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