First of all Merry Xmas everyone.

So, I made ~$50k in the last 1/3 of 2009. Semi coincidentally, I made ~$150k in the whole of 2009.

Is this a brag or a beat? Well, considering I couldn't beat 200NL just 13 months ago it's on the whole a brag. Would I be content with that total at the end of 2010? I would say resoundedly no.... conservatively, I want to triple it. The plan, if you can call it that, is to make ~$500k by becoming a kind of Nanonoko-lite 6 tabling super aggro tilt-less spew-less 6max super machine. Oh and then kill all the FTP regs at HU.

This is gonna turn into a bit of a ramble blog, but just on the subject of Nanonoko.... what an inspiration. I was re-watching that Sauce/ AE vid from last month, and my favourite bit is when AE is considering 4betting Nano... Sauce is like "no, just don't ever play back at Nano". This is the kind of aura that I'm striving for, and that I feel I've had to an extent in the past.

Anyway, pictures:

September


October


November


December


Overall


Breakdown



What else..... me and Nic (well, mainly Nic, its all her designs and clothes and colours etc) opened a high street fashion store/ boutique this month. It's going well, averaging sales of ~£400 per day. Breakeven target on the day is £110, so pretty profitable. Pics:

Outside


Me


We must be running good when the local newspaper randomly does a 'secret shopper' type review like this....




What else.... 2009 highlights was playing with Phil Laak in the Irish Open. He was sat directly to my left, and I elicited this quote "Dan, he's from Hull, but plays like he's from Helsinki". I'm not yet at the stage where I'm too cool to be impressed at playing with TV poker personalities, re maybe the way LuckyChewy is with Ivey etc. I actually should have knocked Laak out on Day 1 which would have been a more epic story, he limp shoved AQ UTG to my BB raise with JJ. I had him covered. Flop QQx bah. I did end up (mini)cashing though, and am going to play again this year.

Oh it's my birthday today, plans are to go watch Hull VS Manchester United which nicely falls today (prediction, we're in trouble)

dan