How's Retirement Going?

Fine, thanks for asking.

As the year comes to an end, I'm looking back at the year it was in online poker, and truthfully (and this scares me), I don't really miss it.

I'm playing in the 50k buy in play chip games on Stars, and that's it. No real money games at all. It's still kind of odd, but it's for the better (at least in the short term).

I've played in a few local events, won some decent money, but it's good right now. I still lurk the forums, and answer questions, BTW.

With the above being said, the one thing I do miss...

...is the money. I looked at PT and my spreadsheets and such, and I netted just short of $10,000 this year in 10 months, so my early goal of $1000 a month was hit just about right on the button. So, behind the bitching about beats, the whining about variance, sat a winner.

Let's take the time to enjoy the extra money (hopefully) that poker brings us, the enjoyment we get from it, and the game we all (still) love.

A belated Happy Thanksgiving to all, some of us have a great deal

...to be thankful for.