Shipped a somewhat well known tourney down here in Brazil this past Sat for a nice $15K score and the second one in the same series (unfortunately it didn't count for the ranking as it was postponed from Dec to Jan or would also shipped POY for this series).

I had an amazing 2012 even though I play poker just as a hobby and basically play only live poker. Well into positive territory with a comfortable BR for the tourneys I'm playing.

Add to that another 2 weeklys shipped, a 5th in a 6-max side event in the largest series down here (and the first time I've played it), and a bunch of FTs and ITMs in other mid-size tourneys, and it was a year to remember.

TPE was a major factor in improving my game so fast and I couldn't be happier with the awesome advice given here. Thanks!