Sitting down to write my first blog entry ever&.  I never thought this would happen. My last composure was in uni, which I dropped out of three years ago and kind of stumbled on poker in the process. 

but here it is . . . . . . just finished going through the WSOP schedule and finally have a tentative plan mapped out, 14 events working out to approximately 40K.  I can live with that number, I was expecting it to be much worse. Half of that is already covered with a couple packages, allowing me to breathe a little easier.  I arrive in Vegas  June 9th, just in time for the 5k the following day. It will be a great starting tournament with a sweet prize pool. ONE TIME PLEASE!  Hopefully summer in Vegas will be good to me (5 weeks in an unreal flat sweet pad- with my Sarah(gf) and 7 poker buddies, I don’t know how it couldn’t be).

My live success of late has been shocking. I have cashed a decent amount but always for the minimum.  The last silly hand I experience took place on the PPM Cruise. I don’t often play back hands, but I think this is a fun one to review for a chuckle.  So yea, I have about 46kish, blinds500-1k, average stack is roughly 40k. Timex is to my immediate left and bond18 to my immediate right. The big stack at the table is a young German Dude who  I had played with before in Dortmund (I got my chips in just inside the money with 44 to his TT and another guys AA. I obviously turned my 4 since I run so well, but a T on the river sent me for some beers with my buddies, worse could happen).  So back to the ship, this German Dude makes it 3k to go from 1st position. I flatted with KK in MP. The SB, who I perceived as tight, makes it 8.5k to go leaving 12k behind.  German Dude announces ALLIN, I put my chips in too, and the SB smirks to himself saying he’s crushed, but should probably call anyway. He folds shortly after and shows KQdd.  Well I probably don’t need to say more, but the other guy flips over QQ. The flop and turn are all rags. Just before the river, Timex chimes in with he’s (German Dude)a favorite now.  They have some history and Timex thinks the guy runs like a Titan. Obviously a Q ball hits the river.  Shite.  And to make it even more unreal, Timex 2 outed me on the river with QQ to KK in Copenhagen! The hand had far too many dimensions.

But ah well, I was on a cruise and exploring the Mediterranean with my family so it wasn’t hard to get over. Kind of made me smile . . . . . . ok, dinnertime for me here, and nightly session is start soon . . . . . .

Till later, R