well our 2014 poker tour has come to an end.
overall i was able to play in 136 games at 14 casinos in four states (pa, md, wv, and nj). along the way i was able to meet up with great paceadvantage members like
wiffleball whizz,
manu918, and
track collector. it's ALWAYS a pleasure to meet up with paceadvantage members and special thanks to these guys for coming out to the casinos!!
things didn't always go smoothly on the tour. i lost $532 at
sands (2-3), $392 at
Charles town (6-11), $226 at
Tropicana ac (2-2), $179 at
Maryland live! (1-3), $69 at
bally's ac (6-4), and $30 at
taj mahal (2-1).
on a more positive note i was able to win $21 at
golden nugget ac (1-0), $91 at
Borgata (3-1), $125 at
parx (2-0), $201 at
harrah's ac (2-2), $206 at
rocky gap (1-0), $311 at
showboat ac (rip) (5-0), $405 at
penn national (33-24), and $979 at the beautiful new
horseshoe Baltimore (15-4)!!
in the end i fell short of my goal of winning thousands of dollars but did post an overall win of $911 while winning 81 games against 55 losses.
in addition to my game winnings i was able to win $100 full house bonus at Charles town and get $125 in rakeback from horseshoe. i paid a $10 dealer add on to get in a penn national free roll that i didn't cash in. $215 net bonus total.
i also enter 2015 with hundreds of dollars of Caesar's total reward comps as well as total rewards
diamond status!!
i'm no roy cooke, dilanesp, or death donkey but overall i feel i'm a good natural limit player at least for the level and i was able to post a 31-15 record and win $890 in limit games. i won $19.35 in my average limit game and $21.50 in my median limit game.
i didn't do as well in no limit. i won just $21 for the year despite posting 50 wins against 40 losses. i won only 23 cents in my average no limit game and $14 in my median no limit game. despite this i thought i played pretty well overall and had more than my share of bad luck. a lot of the posters here want me to play deeper and i have to admit they are probably right and this is something i will gradually look to do in 2015 and beyond.
there were a lot of ups and downs on the tour. i experienced both the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat. in February i won $1176 and lost only one game. but march greeted me with the other extreme as i dropped $677. in November i won $496 but was saddened when my mom (who had just got over lung cancer) went to the hospital for brain cancer.
a lot of the posters here offered prayers and support and i am forever grateful to you all.
so that is my 2014 poker tale. i can't believe it's over. it is truly humbling that so many people followed and posted on the thread. happy new year and best of luck in 2015. hope to see you on the
felt!!
proximity
