October 20, 2009. The last day I outright won a poker tournament with more than 200 ppl and not a sattelite.

February 20, 2011. The new last day since I won a poker tournament. 16 months exactly. To the day.
Tournament poker is a funny thing. I've had scores bigger than last night (1st was $7600) during that 16 months, but it wasn't first place so it felt like a loss. Yet last night was that rare winning feeling you get in tournament poker. 1st place. No chop. No what-ifs. No what might have beens. No "if that Ace didnt hit I'd have coasted to the final 3"

It wasnt anything glorious. A $16 turbo on stars that had 3600 people. I had the chiplead from around 30 people on down and never really gave it up. I lost a flip with 6 ppl left that put me 5/6 but got the CL back soon and basically applied perfect money jump pressure to chip up fairly easily. Not much else you can in regards to skill once a TURBO mtt gets down to the final table. Who can run best. And I'm glad it was me :)

The amount of $ won is pretty minimal compared to my downswing but its a start.

Baby steps..

P.S I shaved my hideous stache off around new years so there was no ritualistic shaving last night.
for those wondering.

P.P.S (or is it P.S.S) My favorite era was the thoracic period