Pay the over, and trying to cash in on my side bet

That's right, for those of you who bet the "over" in my freeroll quest, it's time to cash in.

This morning, I won three dollars for finishing seventh in a $50 prize pool Limit Hold'em tournament on Absolute Poker. My second finish in the money upped my total freeroll winnings to $11 and pushed me past the over/under line by a buck.

Now that the over/under question has been settled, just one question remains: Can I win one dollar on Poker.com through their Fun Steps?

Steve doesn't think I can do it. Even though he should be sick of losing money to me (he plays in my weekly home game), he's giving me 8-1 odds on getting through the three steps to win a dollar. If I win, Steve owes me eight dollars. If I don't, I owe him a buck.

If I had unlimited entries it would only be a matter of time. Unfortunately for me, it costs $100 in play money to enter the Fun Step 1 tournament. And you can only get $500 in play money every 24 hours on Poker.com.

While I could try to grind out some extra entries by playing on the play-money tables, I'm going to stick to these last 10 entries and see where they take me.

I haven't focused on these tournaments as much as I probably should have, considering my pride is on the line. But when I have played in them, I've done well, winning one-third of my Fun Step 1's and one-third of my Fun Step 2's.

But now that I've hit my over/under requirement, it's going to be a Fun Step bonanza.