Year-to-date at low limits

Earlier this week, my boss asked me how often I play poker, and how much money I make on average per month. After a conversation about bankroll management, I estimated that poker buys me groceries.

It got me thinking, so I tallied my live poker play since the calendar turned to '06. I'm up $434, year to date. I figure that's one moderately decent session for the casino-visiting bloggers out there.

I haven't been to Commerce, or any other casino, this year. My homegame ($10 cashgame on Thursdays, $10 rebuy tourney on Sundays) is the biggest slice of that pie. One visit to Murderer's Row ($50 buy-in), and one to Dana Point ($20), and a few to the Reraise Homegame ($20) in Anaheim. I've wagered $360, and taken $794 off the table.

Then again, this number is a little skewed to the good. That the Murderer's Row visit was in the black is nothing short of a miracle. It's also probably human nature that I want to do the math on my live play just days after winning the Sunday tourney that I host.

Either way, I want to keep learning, improving, and thinking about my game.