Sounds like you've had a good year. Congrats...
Next year's schedule looks VERY similar to this year's. I don't have them side by side, but I can't help but wonder if it's exactly the same, in fact.
I'm not sure what preliminary events I'll play in, but I'd love to get in that 6 handed one. I'll probably end up going out for the Main Event again this year, and play in the smaller events they have running that week. That worked out pretty well for me in 2005.