Didn't quite get there

I did finish with $30k in the account and considering the amount of time I played, I would say it was a decent hourly rate at the tables. In that respect, it has to go down as a success for me.

With a week to go I had over $35k and was well on target, then a few things went wrong in the last week. Firstly, I went on a $6k downswing in two days and this really set me back. After clawing a few k back the next day, I ended up in bed for a few days and was unable to put the hours and the concentration in, so I decided it was best not to play as I could end up losing a lot more.

Overall, I am pretty happy with what I achieved, although if I had run a little better in the last week, I could have easily made it. Even playing a decent amount in the first few couple of months would have helped as well.

Again, this comes back to dedication and motivation, which I still lack a lot of, despite having a fun thing set up in the house between the three of us. We have points assigned to different things like weekly total hands played, weekly profits, loss of points for every gym visit missed (under three) and a few other points for betting naps of the week and other stuff.

All these points are added up and at the end of May the winner gets paid into the WSOP Main Event by the other two. This was just a simple thing we came up with to help us get motivated to play more and get some much needed exercise.

I have no real plans for February except to keep grinding away and maybe plan our trip to Vegas and get a house sorted. Was looking to play the European Deep Stack Poker Championship III, but obviously I didn't register online. So I might head down on Thursday to play the super sat, as that's the only way in now. I have a feeling that will be packed out as well though, feckin Frenchies!

Till next time.