Another month in the bag

Well, February is gone and a look back at the month that was shows me another petty month. A look at my records shows me I came out ahead by a whopping $47.15, to put me up to a total of $122 ahead for the year. Pretty stellar, huh? At this rate, it looks like I stand a good chance of making my goal of $5,000 for 2005 sometime around, oh, 2012 or so.

I'm not really concerned about the low level of income I'm generating from poker at this point. For one thing, I'm just tickled to death to actually be coming out ahead again. But I also know that I've been experimenting with my game quite a bit lately, and I still haven't quite hit the right groove. At the same time, I've been playing well enough to come out ahead, so I believe I will eventually start scoring bigger wins and start getting closer to my goal.

I hinted last time that I actually did get around to writing down my goals for this year. I will share those sometime soon, but I don't have them with me at the present time.

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