January Recap

TFI February is all I can say!!

Struggled through January, I think I lost my marbles on 2 seperate occasions, but still (thankfully) managed to make a little profit. Start balance was $74, low point was around a week into the month, $40. High point was around the 20th, before the Full Tilt account went belly up, $211. January has finished with a total balance of $165.64, not exactly on target but a reasonable start considering how badly the challenge started. Fingers crossed for February!!

Off the poker, things that have helped me get through the month include, in no particular order -
My wonderful wife and bouncing baby girl - They've managed to drive me insane and keep me sane at the same time, wouldn't swap them for the world!!
UKGatsby - Cheers for the help in getting the blog up and running, much appreciated.
Wildcat/Chalfontfan and Proviman - Both ever cheerful, forever on the end of my MSN ranting, and always on hand for a bit of advice. Sorry, and thank you in the same breath. As an aside, Provi has had an absolute stormer of a month on Betfair, with no less than 25 MTT Final Tables and 3 wins to his name. Great effort squire!!
CostCutter bacon offcuts - A revelation!! Can't believe I've never discovered these beauties before!!
YourPokerCash - Gave me a free $50, which I managed to keep under control all the way up to a shocking $71.50, then spunked the lot in 2 days when I prematurely moved up levels due to boredom and utter greed. D'OH!!
RakeTheRake - For looking after my Betfair rakeback, hence dodging Betfair's stupid lower limits, and for agreeing to pay my referall earnings into my Full Tilt account as opposed to by cheque, hence saving me a couple of quid on admin fees. Cheers RTR!!
Channel Dave - Top Gear, Bottom, Red Dwarf, Never Mind The Buzzcocks on an almost constant loop. Wonderful background for a few games of poker!!
My Pool team coming back from 4-2 down to win our latest cup game 5-4 last night - Needs no explanation, a cracking team effort, well done guys (pats himself on back for winning 2 of the 5 games, hehe). Could've just given up and got drunk, but no, each and every one of the team knuckled down and grinded out the result with sheer determination. Currently running 3rd in Div 1 and still in the League Cup (all 4 divisons) at the Quarter Final stage. Fingers crossed!!
Wildcat(again)/Haribo/Dibble - Got me onto the Double Your Money STTs on Hills. Many thanks to all three of you, the bulk of this month's profit has come from them. Boring, but profitable, I think the challenge would've died on it's arse without them. Cheers chaps!!
WSOP 2007 on YouTube - Yes, we all know who wins, but watching the coverage in You Tube is keeping the dream alive!! People say how they'd rather play the Aussie Millions or an EPT event because it's 'less commercial'. The commercialism and craziness of Vegas is EXACTLY why I want to go to the WSOP!!!

Thanks to everyone that has taken the time to read in January, apologies for the general negativeness of the posts. I'll try to keep much more positive in February!!