With about 20 hours of play left this December (all in one last 3-4 day trip to Las Vegas), the year was not as good as 2017 but okay for a recreational part time player.

Over the year, so far, I spent 402 hours (actually at table), spent $8,515 (airlines, car rentals, food, gas etc.), and won $32,115 playing 75% DD, 25% 6D games (about 75% rated, 25% anonymous). Its about $6k less in winnings than in 2017.

After almost 5 years, I finally burnt out all (the ones I played at) the local casinos. I did poorly in Las Vegas (8 trips) primarily because of high expenses (won $3380, played 110 hours had expenses of $2k) and playing too conservatively. I need to play more aggressively or cut down on expenses for Las Vegas but trips lose the fun quotient when I do that.

Coming year will be different because I will mostly play by taking trips. Hopefully I will be able to take more trips as my kid will get his own drivers license. I bought him a used Honda Fit and traded my Nissan 370Z for a used European luxury coupe a week ago.

Hope all of you have done much much better!