Year 2006 Summary

The year of 2006 was not a bad start. I finished with 545 hours played at the poker tables and up $9,794 for an hourly rate of $17.97. Almost 18 dollars an hour and that was with an awful May where I played almost 100 hours of negative poker.

My goal for 2007 is to play 100 hours a month at a win rate of $30.00 an hour. I think this is definately achievable for my continued improvement in the game. I also want to include 1-2 medium size buy-in tournaments each month (100-200 buyins) with deep stacks and slow blind levels. Probably MGM or Ceasers.

I had a good year dealing as well, even though I think I would have been more successful if I had just played poker. Dealing gave me the consistency I needed at that point and has been an enjoyable experience. I plan to remain on the extra board even if a full time position opens up in 2007 to allow me the abilty to continue to do tournaments and cruises. Estie and I have talked and discussed that I will not accept a full time position unless it is a primo spot until after the world series in 2007.

There are 2 Bellagio tournaments I want to do in the first half of 2007, as well as one at Mirage, Mandaly Bay, and possibly the world series again. I also have a cruise to Alaska, Party Poker Million cruise, and back to Mexico in November. All in all, a lot of interesting and enjoyable stuff coming up in 2007 and I have to fit poker in there somewhere :)

November and December were a decent finish to 2007 with only 58 hours and up $1540 for a $26.32 win rate. It was almost exclusively no-limit and I have continued into 2007 the same way. Except for one tilt induced session at Ballys where in just a few hours I dumped 800. Not a good start to 2007, but recoverable.