It took awhile...

But I made my decision. I made a check request for a nice chunk from PokerStars which is on the way as I type this. I left enough in the account to play a bunch of small SNGs, so hopefully I can build it back up to a few thousand over the next year. I also have a very few bucks left at Full Tilt, and will play that off soon, and see what happens. Even if I can get that built up, I have no idea how to get the money out of there!

It just doesn't make sense for me to keep a bunch of money at any poker site given the current environment. The SNG's will be there for me when I need my poker fix, but I am going to start focusing more on trading the markets. I still maintain that area is easier to beat than playing poker, so all I have to do now is prove it. I may start a trading journal, or may just update this one once in awhile. I have been busy investigating different brokerage firms, and will be set up and good to go very soon.

I have to admit that even after my awesome month of December, I was still somewhat burnt-out on playing poker, so maybe this is some sort of twisted blessing, but it's still bullshit that we had it shoved down our throats by a cat killer.