Made $400 this week. That's as much as I used to make in some months! This month is going to be my first month to bring in over $1k. With $2900 (and some ongoing tutleage from both Soupie and Harrington), I'm firmly on track to break the original goal.

I had an interesting SnG tonight. I became chip leader early on. By level two I'd almost doubled up; by level three I'd more than done that. I'd lose a few chips, only to make them back with interest and regain the lead. Here's the great part though: I did it all without showing down a hand. The only hands I showed down during the whole tournament were bluffs where a short stack pushed and I had odds to call (well, that and the final hand for me - my A4s putting me out in 3rd against AKs of another suit). It was crazy, and kinda fun.

I've also noticed that it's fairly frequent for me to be vastly big stack when it gets down to ITM. Had that happen in today's 50+5 victory; played the whole thing smart, made one great play late in the tournament and ended up with 10k chips (of 13k) when we got down to 4 players. By the money I was at nearly 12k and both of the others barely had enough to cover blinds.