Rakeback - status

So it's been just over a half a year since I've gotten rakeback. Going into it, I thought if I got $50 a year, that would be a nice little uptick. So far, I've gotten $43, so I'm pretty far ahead of my admittedly conservative estimate. A couple observations:

1. I'm not using FTP points anymore to get tournament dollars. In the course of a given year, I'd probably use my points to get somewhere between $25-$35 worth of tournament buy ins through satellites. That's gone now.

2. The little deposits into my account probably mask some mediocre play. It probably suggests to me in my brain that I am playing better than I actually am. My sharkscope graph has been almost completely level for quite some time, but if you factor in the $30 or so dollars I've made in rakeback over that time, it's probably consistent with my career arc.

3. FTP has some really cool stuff that I'd like to purchase if I ever got the points to do it. I've never had this many points before (I have just over 2000), but with rakeback, I'm probably never going to use them.

Rakeback

Stats

Lifetime rakeback for actzeng: $43.23

Late Update

Avenged Sevenfold put together a great video tribute to Jimmy Chamberlain on their website.

Poker has been ok recently. Went deep in a $1 turbo only to needlessly flame out with T8ss and bust in 68th place.

I'm starting to play more superturbo heads up. Heads up, as it is, is pretty much gambling. This kind of stuff gives me a low-stakes gambling-type fix, although I think I'm turning a profit in these babies.

Just wrapped up a murder trial. The jury's still out. That's the reason I haven't played much in January. Perhaps some more play this month.