After a two-year hiatus from the Bookie Challenge competition (Challenge yrs' #9 and #10), 7mick7 has now handicapped two seasons since returning to the competition. But it was last year's competition in which the Mick finally shook off the rust from his two-year absence and produced a decent showing. Specifically, the "Irish Hustler" hammered out three 6-point parlay hits in last year's regular season, which hugely complemented his overall 34 points he racked up in last year's regular season, of which the 34 points ranked as his third-best output for a regular season. More importantly, 7mick7 become a relevant contender for a divisional title again, but in what turned out as last year's closest and toughest divisional war, the Mick was eventually and barely beaten out by two of the league's better handicappers in Blitzkrieg and dbucc, with Blitzkrieg ultimately winning last year's Hail Mary divisional race. Unfortunately for 7mick7, his best-bet showing in last year's competition is what doomed his overall season, as he finished last year's competition, regular season and playoffs combined, with the most best-bet losses on the season (28 in all). What's more, his overall record of 21-28-1 for last year's competition factored out to the league's second-worst winning percentage of best bets, of which was a paltry .444 win percentage. But the overall good news for the Mick as he heads into the 13th annual competition is that, at least from all appearances, he's gotten his handicapping footing back underneath him. If anything, it's some much-needed momentum that could possibly lead to a significantly propitious season in this year's upcoming Bookie Challenge competition.