PSO -- 11/2

Well, Day one of the November PSO did not go as well as planned. Two middle of the pack finishes (literally: I placed around 660/1400 and 700/1300) did not mean good things for my score. And when I looked yesterday morning, lo and behold, I was sitting in around 2400th place. And while part of the 783 place jump between the 10pET tournament last night and the results posting of the 8pET tourney can be attributed to an increased number of players, I was able to regain all of the 10.27 points I lost on the first day... So I guess hooray for not digging too deep of a hole? I'll check again in a few hours to see where I am after the 11/2 11pET tourney posts.

October's payout also landed on the 11/1, so there was $30 in my account. Which is good, because a couple really bad days at the table had totally wiped me out. I say bad days, my cash game was shit during the last full week of October, because I wasn't focused on poker. And tilting is deadly to a bankroll even at 5/10c limits.

Update: OK, so the results (10pET) tournament got posted. I'm not happy with where I'm sitting, but I know it could be a lot worse. Again, I finished on the wrong side of the bubble, about 60 places out of the money; but I picked up a dozen points, which puts me as far out of the hole as I was in it when I started the day.
Not surprisingly, I'm on the outside of the league's bubble as well; but only by about 220 people. How close is it? The money starts at 1,000th place, who currently has 1522.15 points. I have 1513.60. Yes, 220 people are within 8.55 points of the Active player prize pool.
Two things are coming into play here. Every month, the bubble number has gotten bigger. Part of that is probably due to an increased number of players -- bigger tournaments mean bigger point payouts. But I can't discount increasing skill levels of the rest of the field; theoretically, that's what this league is supposed to be about. Last month's cutoff was 1635.06; and the difference between 1st and 1000th was 307.44 points