A Happy New Year - The Next Step

So a new year, a rare new post, and a new rung on the 'poker ladder'? I said I wouldn't move up to 1/2 till I had a roll of $4,000+. Now that has happened I will be taking $100 shots at the 1/2 level. Despite what my good friend C (http://exsnowman.blogspot.com/) has to say about buying up in short it has served me quite well.

I'm $1,060 up since the start of December (Since I've been using pokercharts, which I recommend, http://www.pokercharts.com/) started using poker chart. And my first two shots at 1/2 have yielded good results, including making it to $565 after losing my first $100 buy in with KQ v AA on a KQx flop, as the board ran out 2 2.

I'm also trying to play some tournies, tho I never seem to have time. I used to be rather decent at tournaments, until I completely diverted attention to cash. I finished 3rd in a $7.50 (YES I KNOW THATS LOW!) 90 man tournie for $80 profit, and was very pleased with my play, which to often in tournaments mirrors my rather loose-aggressive cash style, and has not been working well in tournaments I have played

I spent New Years in New York with my girlfriend, and it was rad. Though I don't think I could live in the city, 3 months of freezing your bollocks of is too much... If you think the UK is cold, believe me, it is NOT!

Highlights - Evenings (NBA, NHL games, Avenue Q and Cirque du Soliel), Ice Skating, Open Top Bus, and of course New Years Eve!

Lowlights - The cold, and Zoom Airlines (THEY ARE COWBOYS!)

The Christmas break was very cool, tho as most I expect I cannot be arsed getting back to work!

Profit for 2007 was about $2,200, with about $350 profit from Vegas. This was accomplished in about 214 hrs (both these figures inc tournaments where a played badly, and took ages, so cash results would provide more positive results).

Hopefully my next step on the poker ladder will provide a greater profit and challenge, as I felt a little bored at 0.50/1.00 where it was rare I was outplayed, and I felt, as Pokerskillz (C's mate) once said... Whatever makes you sweat... 1/2 does that for me... In fact, I need a shower...

N-Dog