[goodguy_1]

$82K this year.

Next year my goals range from a baseline $72K to $144K.

I played about 1 1/2 years of fulltime B&M poker in AC back in 1995/1996 but I only got in about 1600 hours a year each year. Returned to poker after burning out from trading equities in late 2002. This is my 3rd full year of online poker and about 4 1/2 years into playing professionally both B&M and online.

My first 3 years I only made about $40K a year,last year $55K and this year $82K. I think its taken my 4 years just to become a decent player..some kids do that in 6 months or a year.. but these kids are the exception not the rule ..even thu there are many of them on 2+2... I'm very jealous of the quick studies..but I'm happy with my progress. I seem to be increasing my poker income about 25-30% a year.

So expectations for 2006 are $72K-$144K with a realistic median goal of about $108K. I like to have a wide range of expectations becuase it just more realistic..and takes the pressure off.

I play mostly 6MAX NLHE- $100,$200 and $400 and LHE-$3-6-$5-10 and some PLO. I've pretty much stopped playing anything but cash games..Hopefully by early 2006 I'll be playing all $5-10 LHE 6MAX and all $200 NLHE 6MAX..and by the end of 2006 playing all $10-20 LHE 6MAX and $200/$400/$600 NLHE 6MAX.

I am humble grinder with realistic expectations and I love to play.

2+2 is such a great resource. It's definetly helped thnx guys.