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Time for the WSOP
Hello PokerSifters out there! I have been practically non-existent the past year due to an intense masters program I was in. Last week I graduated with my MS in Information Management and am excited to be able to get back to a normal life with my nights free to watch TV and play some poker. Over the past year, pretty much the only poker I played was the WSOP Circuit event at Rincon this past March. I played 2 tournaments, one NLH and one O8. I sorta bubbled the NLH tournament busting 39th when 27 got paid. I’ve played a few sessions of limit cash games with slight losing results.
Just an Update
I haven’t blogged here in awhile.. but when I stopped by and read about Bellatrix’s dilemma I wanted to update on somethings.. I was laid off from my apparel design job 2 days before my 29th bday. Working 9-6 used to kill me. I hated it. Also, for some reason I always ended up in the least inspiring work spaces.. dark corners. Makes us creative types just want to explode.. Well, the whole time I was trapped in my salary job dreaming of playing poker, pursing my own creative venture and just seeing daylight.. I guess I finally got my wish.
Unemployed and Playing Poker
This is seeming a little strange.. I am approaching my 29th birthday and I find myself unemployed… again. It seems like a dream.. like it’s just a long weekend. I had planned a Vegas trip for this weekend so it just seems like an extra day off was tacked on.. Well, yesterday while I was eating my salad at my computer.. in my dark corner of an office.. I was approached and asked to come to a meeting. I knew it. I sort of knew it was coming with all the lay offs and my lack of seniority at this company. The moment they say the words though, it is real. Another victim of our terrible economy.
1 Year Later and 2009 Goals
My first post to this blog was December 22nd 2007. So much has happened since then. I was living 3000 miles from where I am now. When I was playing poker in Florida I had become accustom to the players and games in the Tampa Bay Area. I had some struggles at first but then began beating the games I was playing. I grew a lot as a player in 2007.
A Few Not So Proud Words
Poker, lately, has been a struggle and the worst part (or maybe the best) is that I’ve been playing a lot. I really love playing. There’s been so much going on in my personal life in the past few months and poker has become my place I go to.. escape.. yeah maybe.. I still feel like I’ve been playing well but I’ve really been losing a lot. I’m a bit disgusted with myself..
WSOP Horse
As most of you know already, ESPN this past Tuesday aired 2 hours of the 50k Horse event. I was eagerly awaiting this show because I love it when they show something other than No Limit Holdem and I wanted to see this star-studded packed final table. Also, horse is an amazing game and my favorite form of poker to play. When this final table was happening I had heard about the raucous atmosphere going on but what I saw on ESPN blew me away and shocked me.
Weekend Vegas Trip Part 2
On Saturday we woke up around 12pm and went down for breakfast around 1pm. We decided we would check out the Rio and then try to get into a 7pm tournament at Planet Hollywood.
Weekend Vegas Trip Part 1
For some reason, I haven’t been in the mood to post in awhile- despite having resent success on Poker Stars. However, we took our first weekend trip out to Vegas on 6/6-6/8 after moving to LA.. so I asked around and found the best time to leave on Friday would be after rush hour.. so we hung out til about 7:15 and couldn’t wait any longer so we hit the road. It was an easy drive that took a little under 4 hours (probably with the excitement I drove a little faster than I should have in my Jeep)… and gas wasn’t too too horrible.
Day 5 of my WSOP week. Event #12, 1500$ Limit Hold’em
Finally, some sleep. It is 11:30am and I am just waking up. The TV is blabbing idiocies about Hillary Clinton and her endorsing Barack Obama. But I just have to watch. I make my way down to the coffee shop. I am so hungry, I say to myself “screw the comps” and just go in and pay for a nice hearty Omelette breakfast. God, it is taking me so long to get going. I don’t know if it’s the 1k I lost the night before or just laziness on my part. I do not feel excited at all. As I sit in front of the Video Poker machine to get my mailings activated, boredom settles in. Man, you can lose so much time in Vegas and survive.
Day 4 on my WSOP week. Mt. Hopkins – Las Vegas
I’m sorry, I just ended this report so abruptly. Las Vegas happened, plus a bunch of other personal stuff (good stuff, don’t worry). Finally I’m getting to update this. Anyway, this is Day 4 on the WSOP trip. Let’s get on with it!
Observing was great. We got a lot of data and I’ve got a lot of work for the next few weeks. But this isn’t about work. This is the day I go to Las Vegas. A lot of driving to do today, but I have done the trip before and I know it’s beautiful. So we all get up at around 11 am (after having worked until 5:30 am), I guess we are all just eager to leave the mountain. After driving down the long and winding road, basecamp is reached at around 1pm. I am in the real world again…
