Its been a slow start to the new year after the rush to SNE in 2010 and Ive been struggling in some areas and running great in others. On Stars im struggling in sngs but crushing the mix game tournies, and on FTP im struggling in the mix games but crushing super turbos and satellites. Im apporaching 100k VPPs on Stars without having really played that much since most weeks have started badly and ive decided to quit them, so im hoping this will pick up and give me the motivation to push through to the 1m mark by september. By my calculations im allowed plenty of off weeks so its no big deal and id prefer to focus on something like SCOOP and WCOOP steps when they come out rather than grind the regular games if possible anyway. On the other hand Im doing very well in the $200 weekend mix game touries, having won the 2-7 sd and 8 game (twice), come 2nd/3rd in TD and had multiple oither cashes including 3rd in the larger field PLO hi/lo (which i rarely even play) in the last month or two. They arent big tournies as the fields are smalland with a win typically in the 3-10k region and in the past i didnt really bother with them, but i feel i have a huge edge so Im going to try and play them more this year.

Mix games on FTP are not going as well, although i feel like there are definitely very profitable for me. There are few outright fish, but many of the regulars at 25/50 and 50/100 seem to do a lot of stuff wrong so im hoping that will translate into steady profit at some point. Unfortunately at the moment i seem to run bad in big all-in pots and higher limits, plus there is probably some adjusting to do from playing players who are very strong in each game which is what i am more used to. Ive also pretty much just played anyone/any lineup to get a feel for the games and compete, so maybe i will have to introduce game selection at some point! Hopefully i can recalibrate and run better there and move up as its a great format with players tending to see each others weaknesses in their prefered games, but of course not in the ones they are weaker at. Im certainly looking for leaks but dont think i have any huge ones to fill so far... ho hum. On the other hand i seem to run good in super turbos and satellites and got to black card without even really knowing what its for so that has balanced things out there quite a bit. My favourite FTOPS events are coming up in the next couple days, the $500 shootout and $1k 10 game so im hoping for a run in one of them.