Saturday, January 5, 2008

The Grand Total, 2008

I'm in a regular poker game. The guys in the poker crew are heavy hitters, and this is the record of how I've done.

7 March 2008: I was getting crushed. Then I was a little bit ahead. Then back to the crushing. Then a slight comeback at the end. I did lose a little bit for the night , but it could have been worse. Much, much worse.

29 February 2008: I was down nearly $100 in the first hour, but then my cards started holding up. I did only make a little bit. Three-game winning streak, though, so that's something.

22 February 2008: I played much better this week, though I did drop $38 when my kings ran into aces. Such is life.


15 & 17 February 2008: Oops, again. Somehow, my game's come completely unglued. I did manage to win on Sunday, $9.50, but I really couldn't explain how.

8 February 2008: Oops. Tonight was probably the worst that I've played in quite a long time. I lost the last $100 in about an hour. Not pleasant.


1 February 2008: About a third of tonight's total came when we were three-handed, in a real throat-cutter of a half hour.

25 January 2008: I closed out the month with my best game since mid-July of 2007.

18 January 2008: I made a quarter last week, which was embarrassing, but I held my losing streak to one game, so I'll take it. I won again this week, but I'm still running a deficit for the year.

4 January 2008: So I'm off to a fabulous start in 2008. I'd been on a nine-game winning streak, a personal record, and I hadn't lost anywhere close to what I lost this Friday since 5 October 2007. Lovely.


Date: - - - Game Total - - - YTD Total - - - Overall Record

4 January 2008 • • • • -92.25 • • • • -92.25 • • • • 0-1
11 January 2008 • • • • +0.25 • • • • -92.00 • • • • 1-1
18 January 2008 • • • • +72.25 • • • • -19.75 • • • • 2-1
25 January 2008 • • • • +157.75 • • • • +138.00 • • • • 3-1
1 February 2008 • • • • +206.00 • • • • +344.00 • • • • 4-1
8 February 2008
• • • • -186.75 • • • • +157.25 • • • • 4-2
15 February 2008
• • • • -109.50 • • • • +47.75 • • • • 4-3
17 February 2008
• • • • +9.50 • • • • +57.25 • • • • 5-3
22 February 2008 • • • • +86.25 • • • • +143.50 • • • • 6-3
29 February 2008
• • • • +13.50 • • • • +157.00 • • • • 7-3
7 March 2008
• • • • -38.75• • • •+118.25 • • • • 7-4

Thursday, September 13, 2007

The Grand Total, 2007

I'm in a regular poker game. The guys in the poker crew are heavy hitters, and this is the record of how I've done.

31 December 2007: So I had intended to write a short little summary of each week's game. Like so many things, I let that idea fly away from me and go unfulfilled. That's just how I live my life. I did close out the year on a nine-game winning streak, so I guess that that's something.

28 September 2007: The winning streak is over. I got brutalized, taking my biggest loss of the year.

21 September 2007: I won again, but just barely. To quote Aretha, "I'm gonna take all I can take."

14 September 2007: After having lost three games in a row, I'm now on a three-game winning streak. Also, I deserve a medal for putting up with KayJay for two weeks in a row.

7 September 2007: $1,235 in play. Nine guys at the table. One $239 pot. Plenty of other pots over $100. It was an absolute bloodbath.


Date: - - - Game Total - - - YTD Total - - - Overall Record

5 January 2007 - - - +199.00 - - - +199.00 - - - 1-0
12 January 2007 - - - +108.50 - - - +307.50 - - - 2-0
19 January 2007 - - - +105.00 - - - +412.50 - - - 3-0
26 January 2007 - - - -96.75 - - - +315.75 - - - 3-1
2 February 2007 - - - +100.50 - - - +416.25 - - - 4-1
9 February 2007 - - - -42.50 - - - +373.75 - - - 4-2
16 February 2007 - - - +34.50 - - - +408.25 - - - 5-2
18 February 2007 - - - -84.00 - - - +324.25 - - - 5-3
23 February 2007 - - - -39.75 - - - +284.50 - - - 5-4
2 March 2007 - - - -100.00 - - - +184.50 - - - 5-5
9 March 2007 - - - +17.25 - - - +201.75 - - - 6-5
16 March 2007 - - - +65.25 - - - +267.00 - - - 7-5
23 March 2007 - - - -15.00 - - - +252.00 - - - 7-6
30 March 2007 - - - -41.75 - - - +210.25 - - - 7-7
6 April 2007 - - - +40.50 - - - +250.75 - - - 8-7
13 April 2007 - - - +40.75 - - - +291.50 - - - 9-7
20 April 2007 - - - +5.25 - - - +296.75 - - - 10-7
27 April 2007 - - - +105.25 - - - +402.00 - - - 11-7
4 May 2007 - - - +47.25 - - - +449.25 - - - 12-7
11 May 2007 - - - -158.50 - - - +290.75 - - - 12-8
18 May 2007 - - - +121.00 - - - +411.75 - - - 13-8
25 May 2007 - - - +78.00 - - - +489.75 - - - 14-8
2 June 2007 - - - -73.25 - - - +416.50 - - - 14-9
8 June 2007 - - - +24.25 - - - +440.75 - - - 15-9
15 June 2007 - - - +2.75 - - - +443.50 - - - 16-9
22 June 2007 - - - -49.75 - - - +393.75 - - - 16-10
29 June 2007 - - - -36.75 - - - +357.00 - - - 16-11
3 July 2007 - - - -81. 50 - - - +275.50 - - - 16-12
6 July 2007 - - - -84. 00 - - - +191.50 - - - 16-13
13 July 2007 - - - +232.50 - - - +424.00 - - - 17-13
20 July 2007 - - - -121.00 - - - +303.00 - - - 17-14
27 July 2007 - - - +55.25 - - - +358.25 - - - 18-14
3 August 2007 - - - +76.00 - - - +434.25 - - - 19-14
10 August 2007 - - - -82.00 - - - +352.25 - - - 19-15
17 August 2007 - - - -87.50 - - - +264.75 - - - 19-16
24 August 2007 - - - -120.00 - - - +144.75 - - - 19-17
31 August 2007 - - - -+93. 00- - - -+237.75 - - - - 20-17
7 September 2007 - - - - +88.00 - - - - +325.75 - - - - 21-17
14 September 2007 - - - - +66.75 - - - - +392.50 - - - - 22-17
21 September 2007- - - - +37.00- - - - +429.50- - - - 23-17
28 September 2007- - - - -175.75 - - - - +253.75- - - - 23-18
5 October 2007-----104.25----+149.50----23-19
12 October 2007----+28.00----+177.50----24-19
19 October 2007----+25.75----+203.25----25-19
26 October 2007-----10.50----+192.75----25-20
2 November 2007-----23.50----+169.25----25-21

9 November 2007----+34.50----+203.75----26-21
11 November 2007----+39.75----+243.50----27-21
16 November 2007----+53.25----+296.75----28-21
23 November 2007----+39.00----+335.75----29-21
30 November 2007----+1.25----+337.00----30-21
7 December 2007----+2.00----+339.00----31-21
14 December 2007----+155.50----+494.50----32-21
21 December 2007----+81.25----+575.75----33-21
30 December 2007
----+102.00----+677.75----34-21


The Grand Total, 2006

Date: - - - Game Total - - - YTD Total - - - Overall Record

6 January 2006 - - - +43.50 - - - +43.50 - - - 1-0
13 January 2006 - - - +69.25 - - - +112.75 - - - 2-0
20 January 2006 - - - -150.75 - - - -38.00 - - - 2-1
27 January 2006 - - - -75.25 - - - -113.25 - - - 2-2
3 February 2006 - - - +60.75 - - - -52.50 - - - 3-2
12 February 2006 - - - +42.25 - - - -10.25 - - - 4-2
17 February 2006 - - - +53.00 - - - +42.75 - - - 5-2
24 February 2006 - - - +40.75 - - - +83.50 - - - 6-2
10 March 2006 - - - +157.75 - - - +241.25 - - - 7-2
17 March 2006 - - - +25.75 - - - +267.00 - - - 8-2
24 March 2006 - - - -105.00 - - - +162.00 - - - 8-3
31 March 2006 - - - +141.50 - - - +303.50 - - - 9-3
7 April 2006 - - - -35.75 - - - +267.75 - - - 9-4
8 April 2006 - - - -119.25 - - - +148.50 - - - 9-5
16 April 2006 - - - +41.75 - - - +190.25 - - - 10-5
21 April 2006 - - - +172.25 - - - +362.50 - - - 11-5
28 April 2006 - - - -1.00 - - - +361.50 - - - 11-6
5 May 2006 - - - +98.00 - - - +459.50 - - - 12-6
7 May 2006 - - - -33.00 - - - +426.50 - - - 12-7
12 May 2006 - - - +62.50 - - - +489.00 - - - 13-7
20 May 2006 - - - +126.00 - - - +615.00 - - - 14-7
26 May 2006 - - - -76.00 - - - +539.00 - - - 14-8
28 May 2006 - - - +102.25 - - - +641.25 - - - 15-8
2 June 2006 - - - -190.50 - - - +450.75 - - - 15-9
11 June 2006 - - - -17.25 - - - +433.50 - - - 15-10
16 June 2006 - - - -16.00 - - - +417.50 - - - 15-11
23 June 2006 - - - -270.25 - - - +147.25 - - - 15-12
30 June 2006 - - - -111.75 - - - +35.50 - - - 15-13
2 July 2006 - - - +5.25 - - - +40.75 - - - 16-13
14 July 2006 - - - +84.50 - - - +125.25 - - - 17-13
21 July 2006 - - - +40.50 - - - +165.75 - - - 18-13
28 July 2006 - - - +171.75 - - - +337.50 - - - 19-13
4 August 2006 - - - -38.50 - - - +299.00 - - - 19-14
11 August 2006 - - - +44.75 - - - +343.75 - - - 20-14
18 August 2006 - - - +18.50 - - - +362.25 - - - 21-14
25 August 2006 - - - +56.25 - - - +418.50 - - - 22-14
1 September 2006 - - - -53.75 - - - +364.75 - - - 22-15
8 September 2006 - - - -41.25 - - - +323.50 - - - 22-16
15 September 2006 - - - -60.25 - - - +263.25 - - - 22-17
22 September 2006 - - - -28.50 - - - +234.75 - - - 22-18
29 September 2006 - - - -89.50 - - - +145.25 - - - 22-19
6 October 2006 - - - +35.50 - - - +180.75 - - - 23-19
13 October 2006 - - - -86.00 - - - +94.75 - - - 23-20
20 October 2006 - - - -37.00 - - - +57.75 - - - 23-21
27 October 2006 - - - +28.50 - - - +86.25 - - - 24-21
3 November 2006 - - - -79.50 - - - +6.75 - - - 24-22
10 November 2006 - - - +59.50 - - - +66.25 - - - 25-22
17 November 2006 - - - -12.75 - - - +53.50 - - - 25-23
22 November 2006 - - - -43.00 - - - +11.50 - - - 25-24
24 November 2006 - - - +10.50 - - - +22.00 - - - 26-24
1 December 2006 - - - +49.00 - - - +71.00 - - - 27-24
15 December 2006 - - - +22.00 - - - +93.00 - - - 28-24
22 December 2006 - - - -61.00 - - - +32.00 - - - 28-25
29 December 2006 - - - +65.75 - - - +97.75 - - - 29-25

The Grand Total, 2005

Date: - - - Game Total - - - YTD Total - - - Overall Record

6 January 2005 - - - +97 - - - +97 - - - 1-0
7 January 2005 - - - -10 - - - +87 - - - 1-1
14 January 2005 - - - +163 - - - +250 - - - 2-1
17 January 2005 - - - +75 - - - +325 - - - 3-1
22 January 2005 - - - -43 - - - +282 - - - 3-2
29January 2005 - - - +103.50 - - - +385.50 - - - 4-2
7 February 2005 - - - +.50 - - - +386 - - - 5-2
11 February 2005 - - - +120.75 - - - +506.75 - - - 6-2
18 February 2005 - - - -1.25 - - - +505.50 - - - 6-3
20 February 2005 - - - +23 - - - +528.50 - - - 7-3
25 February 2005 - - - +155.50 - - - +684 - - - 8-3
4 March 2005 - - - -22.25 - - - +661.75 - - - 8-4
11 March 2005 - - - +78.75 - - - +740.50 - - - 9-4
18 March 2005 - - - +8 - - - +748.50 - - - 10-4
26 March 2005 - - - -6.25 - - - +742.25 - - - 10-5
1 April 2005 - - - -52 - - - +690.25 - - - 10-6
8 April 2005 - - - -76.50 - - - +613.75 - - - 10-7
15 April 2005 - - - +27.50 - - - +641.25 - - - 11-7
23 April 2005 - - - +15.75 - - - +657.00 - - - 12-7
29 April 2005 - - - +10 - - - +667.00 - - - 13-7
2 May 2005 - - - +10 - - - +677 - - - 14-7
3 May 2005 - - - -17 - - - +660 - - - 14-8
6 May 2005 - - - -25 - - - +635 - - - 14-9
13 May 2005 - - - +39.75 - - - +674.75 - - - 15-9
15 May 2005 - - - -11.75 - - - +663 - - - 15-10
20 May 2005 - - - -21.50 - - - +641.50 - - - 15-11
27 May 2005 - - - +1.50 - - - +643.00 - - - 16-11
30 May 2005 - - - -33.25 - - - +609.75 - - - 16-12
3 June 2005 - - - -5.50 - - - +604.25 - - - 16-13
10 June 2005 - - - +9.00 - - - +613.25 - - - 17-13
18 June 2005 - - - -145.50 - - - +467.75 - - - 17-14
24 June 2005 - - - +10.50 - - - +478.25 - - - 18-14
1 July 2005 - - - -2.75 - - - +475.50 - - - 18-15
2 July 2005 - - - -27.50 - - - +448.00 - - - 18-16
8 July 2005 - - - +64.25 - - - +512.25 - - - 19-16
29 July 2005 - - - +50.25 - - - +562.50 - - - 20-16
31 July 2005 - - - +7.25 - - - +569.75 - - - 21-16
13 August 2005 - - - -20.75 - - - +549.00 - - - 21-17
19 August 2005 - - - +69.50 - - - +618.50 - - - 22-17
26 August 2005 - - - +77.50 - - - +696.00 - - - 23-17
2 September 2005 - - - +0.00 - - - +696.00 - - - 23-17-1
9 September 2005 - - - +14.50 - - - +710.50 - - - 24-17-1
16 September 2005 - - - +46.25 - - - +756.75 - - - 25-17-1
23 September 2005 - - - +77.25 - - - +834.00 - - - 26-17-1
30 September 2005 - - - +84.50 - - - +918.50 - - - 27-17-1
7 October 2005 - - - -42.00 - - - +876.50 - - - 27-18-1
14 October 2005 - - - -6.00 - - - +870.50 - - - 27-19-1
21 October 2005 - - - -33.50 - - - +837.00 - - - 27-20-1
28 October 2005 - - - +129.00 - - - +966.00 - - - 28-20-1
4 November 2005 - - - +22.75 - - - +988.75 - - - 29-20-1
10 November 2005 - - - -7.50 - - - +981.25 - - - 29-21-1
12 November 2005 - - - -4.50 - - - +976.75 - - - 29-22-1
18 November 2005 - - - +15.50 - - - +992.25 - - - 30-22-1
23 November 2005 - - - -113.50 - - - +878.75 - - - 30-23-1
25 November 2005 - - - -31.50 - - - +847.25 - - - 30-24-1
2 December 2005 - - - +22.75 - - - +870.00 - - - 31-24-1
9 December 2005 - - - +98.75 - - - +968.75 - - - 32-24-1
16 December 2005 - - - -181.50 - - - +787.25 - - - 32-25-1
22 December 2005 - - - +91.50 - - - +878.75 - - - 33-25-1
28 December 2005 - - - -68.50 - - - +810.25 - - - 33-26-1