Yearly recap

Ok, we're into the last month of 2006 and Christmas is rapidly approaching. Now seems a good time to recap the year.

Poker-wise i have to say I'm not massively happy with how the year has gone.

First off , has my game progressed?

NLHE
I've stuck to tournaments in NLHE, but I'm not at all sure my game has progressed massively. My results are certainly worse than last year. I think pressure over ensuring a steady profit coupled with some family problems have interfered somewhat with my game. Not to worry, I have some strategies in the off to ensure 2007 becomes the year of the cat.

One thing that has improved is my NLHE heads up play. I did a little test a while ago, playing 500 heads up stts in a row, mainly 20-25$. I finished with a 64.4% win rate which i regard as very acceptable. I learnt a lot during this time and improved my play all round.

If anyone wants to improve their general play i recommend playing a load of HE games and raising 90% of the hands on the button and betting 90% of the flops. Apart from the fact that this approach will yield some good results, over time your hand and reading skills will improve as you are relentlessly forced into marginal situations over and over. It becomes a lot of fun deciding when to value bet 3rd pair and when to call a frustrated opponent playing back when you've only got K hi!

OMAHA/8

I worry for the future of limit omaha/8. I love the game and used to multitable 3-6 and 5-10 on party. Now that party have cut off our trans-atlantic cousins though, the games have died and party is struggling to keep one 2-4 table at most times.

Paradise don't tend to run many games, Tribecca limit games are very few and far between, although good fun and value when they do run. I don't really have a bankroll on other sites but ill be checking out full tilt soon. If anyone knows of any regular online om8 limit games, give the cat a heads up and you'll have a feline friend for life.

PLOM/8

This year I have developed my PLom/8 cash game though and now feel very comfortable multitabling 25 50c and 50c 1$. Not the biggest limits i admit. I feel I can play 2-4 maybe 5-10 but right now it would be foolhardy with my bankroll. If i can roll myself up early next year, ill be moving up to these limits.

I'm 41,567$ up at the moment, which is reasonable but if I'm honest is less than I expected
. Ill be chuffed if I can have a good december and hit 50k....

That's all for now, take it easy and good luck all.

PS up to 164 in the tribeca list so far, 64 spots to go!