I still feel really good about my accomplishment. In addition, to review my goals for 2008, I completed all of them. I went to Vegas and had a great time, I stayed a winning player, and I made SNE! Especially during the final push, I've really been fighting with myself about what I'm going to do for 2009. The time is fast approaching, so I'm going to make some executive decisions.

I have SNE for 6 months in 2009, then it's gone. The thing about playing when SNE is you have that giant frequent player points multiplier, so I think it would be a bit of a waste to not play my ass off while I have it. In addition, it's going to be winter for a few of those months, so I might as well grind while the weather isn't very favorable. However, when the seasons change and it starts to warm up big time, I want to put on my traveling hat and start seeing what's out in the world.

I'm not going to say at this point whether I'm going to go for SNE again. What I will say, is I want to improve the quality of my play. It is definitely hard to try and improve playing so many tables, but I think reviewing and playing in ways that try to exploit other players is the second best way to win in today's game, the first being fish finding with good table selection.

My goals will be as follows:

1.) Remain a winning player.

2.) Improve my tournament game and final table some tournaments next year.

3.) Travel and do lots of new things in this amazing world.

4.) Be more active this year.