Wednesday, April 26, 2006
A local cash game and more...
It's been about three months since I've played in any kind of local/live cash game and it felt good to have that opportunity over the weekend. Booked a nice winner of 45BB's in a shorthanded limit game, which has quickly evolved into one of my favorite types of games. Between my natural aggression and a little fine tuning after reading Matt Maroon's book, specifically his shorthanded section, and I'm feeling really comfortable in those situations now.
PokerDon and JT are currently sitting at the felt in my favorite place in the world, Las Vegas. I'm more than a little jealous but the September trip (heretofore to be known as Armageddon) should more than make up for these few days I'm missing. I didn't participate in the Monday night tournament this week either, even though I've had some really good results there over the last two months. As much as I enjoy poker and playing with my boys, after a year and a half, there isn't much play going on as it is just the same ol', same ol'... and it gets to be a real grind. Oh well.
Jason Berilgen just missed the money at the WPT Championship but I'm sure he'll have a ton of good stories at the wedding. Sooner, rather than later, I hope to have my own stories about sitting on a pile of chips between Phil Hellmuth, Allen Cunningham and Chau Giang.
Speaking of stories, I'm sure David Williams wishes his porn career hadn't jumped into the spotlight this week. But I think it just goes to show how far poker has come along that it actually is such a story that a poker player did a porn at one point. All the writeups I've seen on in mention that this story could have broken a couple years ago, back when Williams was one of the top Magic players in the world. The reason the story got no traction back then? Because Williams was one of the top Magic players in the world.
Well, just trying to keep some content flowing, while working on the site update and trying to qualify for the Grand Tournament this weekend. Hope the cards are hitting you in the face...
PokerDon and JT are currently sitting at the felt in my favorite place in the world, Las Vegas. I'm more than a little jealous but the September trip (heretofore to be known as Armageddon) should more than make up for these few days I'm missing. I didn't participate in the Monday night tournament this week either, even though I've had some really good results there over the last two months. As much as I enjoy poker and playing with my boys, after a year and a half, there isn't much play going on as it is just the same ol', same ol'... and it gets to be a real grind. Oh well.
Jason Berilgen just missed the money at the WPT Championship but I'm sure he'll have a ton of good stories at the wedding. Sooner, rather than later, I hope to have my own stories about sitting on a pile of chips between Phil Hellmuth, Allen Cunningham and Chau Giang.
Speaking of stories, I'm sure David Williams wishes his porn career hadn't jumped into the spotlight this week. But I think it just goes to show how far poker has come along that it actually is such a story that a poker player did a porn at one point. All the writeups I've seen on in mention that this story could have broken a couple years ago, back when Williams was one of the top Magic players in the world. The reason the story got no traction back then? Because Williams was one of the top Magic players in the world.
Well, just trying to keep some content flowing, while working on the site update and trying to qualify for the Grand Tournament this weekend. Hope the cards are hitting you in the face...
