Most of what I play is just a local satalite league. I just started playing in November and played maybe 8 games during the course of the rest of the season and ended up with 6300 in points (1 3rd place win, and maybe 4 final table finishes).

I played in the final tournament Saturday and went in fairly short stacked (the 6300 in points translated to the same in chips vs a chip leader of over 50k and average somewhere around 12k). I started off well doubling my chips in a hand where I had a set of Ks against a set of 10s. He thought he had it and pushed all in. I knew I had it and called him. He was one of the chip leaders so it didn't really hurt him, but it helped me. Unfortunately, right after that one great hand I got moved to a different table that housed one of our leagues biggest fishes. We call her Suck out Silvia. Once again I have trips and I'm betting big from pre-flop. She calls EVERYTHING. She also had a huge chip stack. I think the only way I might have bet her off is if I'd gone all-in (maybe). In the end, she rivered a straight!!!! This is what she is known for. That knocked me back down below where I started and I wasn't in much longer than that.

So the new season started on Sunday. There are two different places that we play at where the points count towards this particular league. C&S and MDs

I played at MDs Sunday afternoon with a 7th place finish. Played again Sunday night at C&S with a 3rd place finish. Monday night I played and didn't even make the final table. I was playing too tight and betting too low when I did bet, or not betting when I should have bet (and allowing someone to suck out on me).

I learn each time I play and my goal is before this season is over to have a 1st place finish as well as to enter the final tournament with an above average chipstack. Based on the current start, I should easily accomplish the latter. The former is a little tougher.