[x] finally broke out of my 140K hand break-even
[x] up $23K in my last 40K hands: 9+ptbb
[x] even a blind squirrel gets a nut once in a while

Seriously tho, it sure feels nice to have things go my way for a change.  As I had mentioned before, I was convinced I was getting much better last month (since I moved permanently back up to 2/4+ full ring), but I just couldn't believe how I couldn't win a hand at showdown.  Anyway, we'll see what December holds for me.

The family went to a ginger-bread house making event at a local church yesterday (later post), but I still had a cold so I stayed home and decided to plunge into the full slate of Sunday MTTs.  I entered four, and made a deep run in one of them.  So check this out...  There were 1423 entrants, and I finished 22nd!  I was the virtual chip leader, then lost half my stack with my top set to a 6 outer, and then AK < KK AIPF.  Standard.  Unfortunately, 22nd place only paid $249 (after entry fee), while first place would have been over $21,000.  Seriously, is there a 85x difference in skill/luckboxing between coming in 22nd and 1st in a 1400+ person field?!?  See?  Even when you do well at an MTT, you feel like crap.  How do MTT "pros" live like that?!?  That sh*t is such a sub-human form of existence.  The ankle-stabbing / mouse-breaking rate there's got to be pretty high.  Mole People.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure I'm getting much better at tournaments too.
[?] brag
[?] beat
[x] variance

Oh yeah...  while I was LOSING money during my "great" MTT runs yesterday, I made $1.20 a hand playing mostly 2/4 cash games.  Mole People.

Rush week starts today, so I guess I'll try and use that as motivation to get in more hands.  This month is going to be BY FAR the lowest volume month of the year...  only 70K hands this month - that's half of the volume I used to put in at the beginning of the year.  Sigh.