We entered the year having won money in live tournaments 25 times over eight years - with no cash for ten prior months. But 2015 turned out to be our most successful year.... ever!
LIVE TOURNAMENTS: 18 final tables in 22 games (81.8%), 6 cashes.
That percentage is ridiculously high, because a lot of the tournaments we played only had enough people for one table. But our records show in multi-table tournaments, we still reached the final table seven out of 12 times (58.3%).
The cashes included two streaks. One in late July and early August found us winning $1,000 in three consecutive events across Kansas. And we ended the year with back-to-back cash wins between Thanksgiving and "Christmas Eve."
LIVE CASH GAMES: One - loss of C$85.
We realize this is not our strong suit, so we don't do it much anymore - only during our Canadian "church convention" vacation.
OTHER CASINO GAMES: Ultimate Texas Hold 'em - Up $12.50. Computer machine heads-up - Down $17. Blackjack - Up $62.50.
Considering we lost $280 at Ultimate in 2014, this was a nice reversal. Blackjack had a small increase from the year before. The Texas Hold 'em "heads up" machine at Hollywood Casino may have been removed after we visited there in March; we couldn't find it in August.
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF POKER: Regular - none. No-River Hold 'em - 1 final table in 4 games, one cash win.
That $10 win came in February. We had a tenth-place tournament at another tournament in mid-December, but that's not a final table because NLOP has gone to a "six-per-table" format there.
POKER STARS: Play money cash games - Up $20,183.
That huge boost came in only 24 sessions, primarily because of two huge hands. One in late July at a 50/100 table led to a $20,700 profit (our live table streak started the next day) - and another in late August at a 25/50 table earned up close to $7,000.
So to sum up, 2015 was the best poker-playing year we've had - and it happened even though we didn't play often, compared with recent years. Could there be a lesson in that for you? We'll leave that question open. In the meantime, we realize....
But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth... - Deuteronomy 8:18
Some people "produce wealth" through hard labor, or smart investing. But we think God can help you make money in a variety of ways - as long as your focus and thanks is aimed toward Him.
The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it. - Proverbs 10:22
May God's blessing be upon you, as you play poker. But we think that blessing is much more likely to come to if God is in the center of your life.
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. - Isaiah 26:3
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