Must... play.... more......Oblivion!

I'm really loving that Oblivion game. It has consumed my soul. The game is honestly like crack. I'll finish this quest and the I'll stop. Well, maybe after the next quest. I knew I had a problem when I got up at 7:30 a.m. yesterday morning and decided to fire it up before even taking my morning piss. Fortunately, I haven't abandoned all of civilization yet and have really only put 4-5 hours into it. But I can see myself playing some more tonight!

I have been playing a bit of limit poker recently. The only reason for really playing LHE is because it's quicker to clear the bonus on Eurolinx when you play $1/2 limit than it is to play $.10/.20NL. Fortunately, I've ran around expectation playing the games and have padded the Eurolinx bankroll a little bit. I'm still only about 4% of the way to clearing this bonus, but it's getting quick now. It's also looking like when I get done clearing this bonus, I'll have enough LPs to buy a $100 bonus (no clearing required). Then I can take advantage of the $500 reload bonus. That's $850 in free money for me! For those of you with a bankroll, you can get the $1000 1st deposit + the $500 reload + the bottomless bonuses with the LPs. If you want in on this action, see the right hand column for details.

I'll be excited to have these bonuses cleared out soon though. I plan on moving up to $50NL and might even dabble in the $100NL games soon. It'll be nice for the bankroll to be healthy enough to do that!

I have the remainder of my fantasy starting rotation going today. Verlander already had a good start, but blew his wad in the 5th or 6th inning. Sheets is doing OK right now early in his game, but he's up against Zambrano who is also doing well and not on my team. Then I have Oswalt going against Peavy tonight (yuck) and Bedard going against Millwood. Hudson scored me some decent points last night, but just like my team always does, he got me a quality start, but no win (10 lost points). I can see myself staying up late tonight watching the Padres/Astros game. 2 Stallions pitching in that game! 1 of them being my horse.

New month

A new month always brings freshness to the poker tables for me. My goals this month are simple:

- Clear the Eurolinx bonus and then start working on the reload bonus.

March sucked butt poker-wise. April will be better. I swear.

Holy Crap!

Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion is so awesome. It sucks me in and I lose track of time. I keep telling myself that I'll finish this one quest and then quit, yet there's never an end because the quest turns into a whole chain of adventures. It's really great. Also, the world is HUGE!

Big day!

I'm stoked for tonight. Baseball season kicks off for real on the home turf tonight when my beloved Braves meet the stinky Nationals. I love baseball season. It means summer is here. It also means fantasy baseball and shit talking.

I didn't play any poker yesterday. Instead I spent the entire day painting. I had yet to paint the downstairs bedroom. It was a mess too. The room used to be hot pink. Then they had primered it and started painting over that, but never finished for whatever reason. So it was a mixture of hot pink and olive green. Beautiful! I (meaning my Mother) chose a hearth brick color to cover that clusterfuck of colors. It took 3 coats to do the trick. What I thought would be a 1/2 day job was an all day event. But it was worth it. I got to spend time with my parents as they came over to help me.

After that, I watched some of the 2008 Civil Rights baseball game between the Mets and White Sox. Joe Morgan has to be the most annoying announce on earth (Just ahead of Joe Rogan). On normal days, Morgan is barely tolerable, but on Civil Rights day, I finally quit watching. The man just babbles about stupid shit and second guesses every move made by every manager. He also makes sure to regurgitate all this crap about racism and how hard blacks have it. We all have it hard dude, it's the 21st century. Get over it and quit doucheing up my baseball games! Morgan will be on hand to announce tonight's game. My finger will be on the mute button.

I also went to some friends house last night and played some cards (not poker) and watched some stand up comedy on Comedy Central. I have 5 words for you: DANE COOK IS NOT FUNNY!. What a joke this guy is. His entire routine consists of telling far fetched stories in excrutiating detail while making stupid gestures and body movements the entire time. He's a shitty actor too as Good Luck Chuck would prove. My theory is that he spent too much time with Ryan Reynolds on the Waiting set and tried to mimick him.

Today is more of the same. I might grind some poker or might just play some video games. It all depends on how I feel. I'm feeling a cold coming on. I haven't had a cold all year long and it pisses me off that I'm getting one in the Spring time!

Eurolinx Review

My Full Tilt cash out hit my bank account today, so I have been able to get thing going for my bonus whoring adventures on Eurolinx. I wasn't expecting much from a Microgaming site, but color me impressed so far!

First of all, deposting was a breeze. I set up my account with Eurolinx, set up an account with Togglecard.com and used my debit card to deposit to Togglecard.com. Then used my Togglecard.com account number to deposit into Eurolinx. Think of Togglecard.com as the Neteller of the entire transaction. Except no fees! I put $250 into togglecard and ended up with $250 in my Eurolinx account.

The Eurolinx lobby is pretty cluttered and takes a little while to used to. The also spread non dollar games which would be nice, except they are raked in non-dollars (I'm guessing those are Euros?) So, with the dollar being what it is, if you sit down at a Euro table, you're gonna get ass-raped on the rake. Sit at dollar table and all is normal.

The bonuses are the killer part of this site. It's looking like Eurolinx wants to be the people to drive the stake through Absolute's heart. You have the sign up bonus, a reload bonus, plus bottomless bonuses that you can buy with your Linxpoints (I got 3.5 LPs in 4 raked hands and it only costs 3800 LPs for a $100 bonus). I'm pretty sure you don' thave to clear the bonuses you buy either.

The actual gameplay takes a few minutes to get used to, but after all is said and done, it's really pretty decent. The table layout is simple and there are nice 3x, 4x, etc raise buttons that you can use instead of manually typing in an amount.

All in all, I'm impressed with the site. Don't forget, I'm offering a $1000 bonus if you sign up through my site instead of the standard $500 bonus. You can sign up here.

Congrats to WVU for making the sweet 16 and then choking hardcore at the foul line... both in the last seconds of regulation and all throughout overtime. I hate basketball and I hate that I wasted my evening watching that garbage. The good news is that the real baseball season starts Sunday night with my beloved Braves.

I finally got back to playing some Bioshock last night. That game is amazing. I am maybe only 20% through it. I can't really tell. It's a very fun game and very creepy! I also got to see the final GTA:IV trailer last night.... Whoa!

In other news: Coast Guard Siezes over $100M in cocaine. If you watch the video on the right, that's my cousin with the M-16. I wonder if I can score some of that 100% pure Peruvian marching powder from him and put it out on the mean streets of WV and become the redneck Pablo Escobar?

I did play some poker last night as well. I just donked around at the Uber micros tryign to run up my Pokerstars balance a little bit. I didn't. It stayed the same. I've lost all confidence in my game and really don't feel like playing much anymore. I need to take a break and stick with it.

I think some personal coaching would help me more than anything. I'm looking around for someone to help me out with some personal training. I'm not opposed to investing 25% of my bankroll for a couple hours of solid training. I think it will pay me back infinitely. I'm a Stoxpoker member and I can watch those videos and pick up stuff...but I think my game really needs attention at a more personal level. If I would just hit more flops, turns, and rivers, then everything would be alright.

Live

I'm rapidly approaching being a "bad debt" free man. I'm excited, yet nervous at the same time. One thing I've missed out on since buying this house is being able to play live poker. My area has turned into the next G-Vegas...minus the douchebag police officers knocking down doors to steal your bankrolls and smack you in the face with a bible.

Live poker is so much more fishy than online poker. Yet, the stakes are usually higher than what I play. There is a place nearby that runs a regular $1/2NL game and sometimes spreads $2/5 as well. I've only had the chance to play there once, and of course I ran bad as I had KK all in pre-flop one time against T8s and lost. Then lost a coin toss with a short stacker.

I keep getting text messages about the games running from the host of the games. Occasionally I'll be passing by the establishment when a game is running and the parking lot will be full! I feel left out on all that money that is in play in that big room. I really want to establish a bankroll and be able to play at least the $1/2 games.

When I finish refinancing this house and free up some financial burdens, I can afford to play in that game. Which will be awesome. I'm pretty sure a retarded monkey can beat that game. Luckily for me, my mental capacity is just north of "Retarded Monkey". Bonus!

In addition to those games, there are several other establishments around the area that spread NL games. It's pretty much the same crew of people that go from game to game and pretty much all of the suck. If I can get a bankroll going, I can see online poker becoming a side thing instead of my main gig.

Who wants free money?

I mentioned yesterday about moving my money over to a different site to whore up a nice bonus. Now I can mention that the site is Eurolinx. I didn't want to mention it yesterday because I wanted to get all the details so I could offer the same thing for my readers:

Currently we offer a 100% up to 1000$ deposit bonus instead of the normal 500$ and on top of that a reload bonus of 100% up to 1000$! WHILE you are clearing those bonuses you are also eligible to collect your points for the bottomless bonuses!

As you know you can buy cash bonuses on Eurolinx (you dont have to play to clear them, you just trade in your points). So basically you are clearing a double bonus! A first deposit bonus, a reload bonus and in conjunction a bottomless cash bonus!

That's a lot of free moneys. I need all the help I can get with my bankroll so I'll be playing there a lot from now on.

I couldn't stay away :P

I decided to fire up a $4.40/180 when I got home from work. I'm not real sure why...habit I guess. I ended up just busting out in 4th place for a decent take. I got bad beat out of the final table. But oh well, it was a decent profit for a couple hours of fun. I didn't give it my 100% attention as I ended up firing up the laptop around 8:00 so I could watch American Idol (sucked ass all around) and cook some dinner. Cooking dinner and playing poker at the same time is pretty damn hard to do.

Boo freakin' hoo

It seems as though some of the poker bloggers have their panties up in a bunch about some crap to do with the BBT3. I don't read those said bloggers, but evidently it has something to do with possible collusion. Who knows.

I have had a poker blog since 2004 and never really felt part of the "Poker Blogging" family. I played aroudn with those guys back in the day, but then someone would start flaming someone else for a certain play. It was all a little too soap opera-ish for my tastes and it's not like these were very good games to be playing anyway. They were just fun.

I have a short to moderate list of poker blogs that I read on a frequent basis. Most of these are the old school guys that I read back in 2004. I read these blogs for the entertainment value. With Pauly's talents on the keyboard, he can paint a story of his travels and I for that moment travel with him. Then on the other hand, you some douche with a blogger account critizing some other douche with a blogger account's play on a daily basis.

"OMG WTF, he called off 3/4 of his stack with AT and cracked my Kings!!!"

Well, shit happens...you don't like it, send me the guy/gal's screen name and I'll play with them all fucking day long.

I don't understand why some people have a blog. I use it as an outlet to life. I could sit on my ass all day and just type about random crap in my life nobody cares about. I don't mind. This blog helps me keep sanity and it's a fun hobby. Some people just use a blog to flame others. These people are most likely miserable human beings in real life.

Here's a tip: If you honestly thing that these folks would collude with one another, then DON'T BUY INTO THE FUCKING TOURNAMENT! Of course, these are probably the same people that think 9/11 was an inside job. Wackos!

In the meantime

While I'm on my poker vacation, I figured this would be a good time to move some money around and do a little bonus whoring. I really miss Neteller for times like these. I cashed out $250 from my Full Tilt account directly to my bank account. This is the first time doing this option, but I wanted to avoid the MyWebATM fees and the check wait. So supposedly, I'm going to have the funds available in 5-7 days.

With this $250, I'm depositing into a lesser known site that I'll mention at a later time. I get 100% bonus with a 7x raked hands rate to clear. I could get up to $1000 bonus, but the bankroll can't afford it. I figured I'd just start with $250 since that would help out my roll pretty well right now. So, with $250 bonus, I have to play 3500 raked hands in no particular amount of time to clear. This site also allows for "bottomless" bonuses up to like $20K a year (no, this is not Absolute). My affiliate also has a 3rd incentive that can't be used as a "sign up" incentive, but does promise that it's better than the 100% deposit bonus + the bottomless bonuses. I can't get the details on that until I sign up. Gay, but intriguing.

I've been checking out play on this site and the games seem pretty good at my levels, so I shouldn't have any problems. Once I clear my $250, I'm not sure if I'll actually stick around or not. It all depends on the quality of the site and the games.

Refinance time

I've just begun the process of refinancing my house. This is scary for me because it's my first time. I'm most scared of the appraisal. Will I get some dickhead/cunt having a bad day? Or will I get the appraisal I want? The house appraised for $101K last summer and I did about $20K in renovations to the house including a brand new kitchen, all new ceramic tile throughout the downstairs, and all new paint, new heat pump, etc.

I really don't know what to expect, but I do know my goals. I would like to be able to pay off my debts and have the money left over to finish the house. I don't think this will be a problem considering I bought the house for $72K. I have around $90K invested in the house. So, once everything rolls over, I should have around a $90K mortgage for a house that once appraised for $101K and has since been remodeled.

So, I'm expecting the house to appraise in the $130K-$140K area, but this is all new to me, so I don't know. Unfortunately, the bank can't choose the appraiser anymore, so it's a luck of the draw. This is idiotic to me, but whatever.... that's just a bank being a bank. They are just a shade more efficient than the Federal Government at some stuff, so I don't put any stock into them.

If all goes well, I will be absolutely debt free with the exception of my mortgage. This will translate into me not being a broke bitch anymore. I will be able to do some finishing touches on the house, but most of all, it will allow me to save more money and not live paycheck to paycheck. If I can get everything rolled over into the mortgage and still have another $40K in equity in the house, I'm going to be a very happy man... Mission accomplished and shit.

Even if I can just be rid of all my "bad" debts, I'll consider it mission accomplished. If that day comes here in a couple weeks, you'll see this man celebrate. I don't celebrate often, but when I do, I do it good!

Then, when I'm done celebrating, I'll take that opportunity to scope out House #2.

******* Edit **********

I was looking at comps in my area using my super secret website with a not-so super secret (stolen) username/password. I looked a few comps in my area. I think I'm in good shape. There aren't many houses comparable to mine in the same neighborhood because 1.) I have the double lot, and 2.) I have a full, finished basement instead of just a crawl space. One comp sold for $151K earlier this year and it didn't have a heat pump. However, it was a split foyer instead of a ranch...not sure if that makes much of a difference. There is another active listing now that is comparable... they are asking $180K ...again, no heat pump and the square footage is less than mine. That's uplifting/comforting news.

Gameography

I've really missed playing video games over the past year. That's not to say that I haven't played any in a year, because I have. But the only games I've played are maybe at a friend's house on the Wii. I used to love video games. Nothing obsessive, but just a love.

Over the years there are maybe a handful of games that I've devoted more than 20 hours of my time to. The NCAA Football games probably got the most play from me as I would just play season after season with WVU. 2nd on the list has to be GTA: Vice City. I tried to get 100% on that game. I think I gave up around 95-96% because I came to my senses. I devoted some time to World of Warcraft, but it just wasn't my style. I'm a single player kind of guy unless I play with people I know. WoW is just gay in most of my friends' eyes.

I used to buy every console that came out. It all started with the Intellivision. We had one and my aunt had one. My father was laid off from the coal mines one year and he and my aunt had an epic Burger Time battle that lasted for months. I'm not sure who had the high score between the two. I didn't care for that game much, I was a Night Stalker kind of guy.

After the intellivision, my next stop was the NES. This was the first console that I bought with my own money. I saved and saved. I remember the first time I beat The Legend of Zelda. I had to call all my friends and tell them. However, I think my favorite game was Kings of the Beach. It was a 2 on 2 beach volleyball game that I loved for some damn reason.

Next up was the Sega Genesis. My neighbor got one and I just had to have one. Sonic was amazing at the time. Then came the 6 button controller and Street Fighter II and Mortal Kombat. Whoa! The Genesis came out the same time as the SNES (same gen anyway). I could only afford one and the Genesis won. However, my cousin had a SNES and one summer we swapped. I spent that entire summer beating Zelda.

When the PS1 hit the market, I was too old for games. I skipped out on the PS1. Then the N64 hit the market and I had to have one. It was awesome and so was Mario 64 and Excitebike 64. This renewed my love for games and I bought a PS1, modded it, and had every game you could think of for the Playstation. Then I outgrew the PS1 and N64 and sold them.

The Dreamcast was my favorite system. I could play Crazy Taxi until my fingers bled. The NFL 2K games were breath-taking at the time. I remember getting into the Super Bowl with the Redskins one time against the Colts. The Colts were handing my ass to me until the 4th quarter. I staged an Elway-like comeback and tied the game. I had to hold the Colts one more time to force OT. James busted the first play for like 40 yards and I was in trouble. Then they tried to pass to get in to field goal position to put me away and Deion Sanders out of nowhere picked off the pass and ran it back for a TD. Best NFL 2K game ever against the CPU (it might have been 2K1, I can't remember).

The PS2 hit the market and was causing a scene. Everyone wanted one, but supplies were low. I scored 1 by luck after work one day. I tried to buy all the store had, but they wouldn't allow it. I didn't put the PS2 on ebay, but I did advertise it for sale. I got a lot of bites to buy the thing for double price, but nobody actually pulled the trigger. Finally I gave in and just plugged the thing up and fell in love with it. There were so many good games on the PS2....my favorite though was Vice City. 80's Rock n' Roll playing while I run over hookers with my Sanchez motorcycle.....sheeeeeeit.

I then got an Xbox for Christmas one year. It reminded me of the Dreamcast. There were several great games for it. I spent most of my time playing Tiger Woods though. I never really got a chance to give the Xbox the love it deserved.

When the next gen consoles hit, they prices got out of hand and so did the people wanting them. I was older then and could wait. I finally decided on an Xbox 360 year before last. I bought a few sports games for it, but never gave it the love it deserved. I was spending most of my time playing poker instead of video games.

I still don't have a Wii or PS3, but would like both. The only reason I want a PS3 is for the Blue Ray player and the MLB: The Show game. The Wii would be great for company, but isn't the best console for single player action. That's the reason I don't have one right now (although I've tried!).

This all brings me to yesterday when I decided to take a little vacation from poker. I coudln't ask for a better game than Bioshock. It's intense! It has refueled my video game urge too. Now, I have this long list of stuff I want to play! The good news is that they are all on the 360. The bad news is that I don't have the time nor the money to be getting all these games. I hope to finish up Bioshock this week (I'm going marathon on it's ass tonight!) and then that should do me until GTA:IV comes out. If not, I never finished GTA: San Andreas. I'll whip out that bad boy and start going on rampages.

My gaming Wish List:
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o Nintendo Wii
o PS3 w/ MLB The Show
o Mass Effect
o Oblivion
o Orange Box
o GTA:IV
o 50-60" LCD to play it all on!

No Problems

So I opted for Bioshock over Oblivion and Mass Effect. I think it will have about the right amount of gameplay for me. Not too long, but definitely not short. I'll have to say that I'm happy with the purchase too. What a friggin' game! I'll have no problems staying away from poker this week.

I had to quit when I about had a heart attack during the game. I was in some dark corner searching a cabinet or corpse or something and when I turned around, this dude was standing right on top of me just staring. It was pretty fucking spooky and I didn't realize he was a bad guy at first until he busted me in the forehead. The music and sound in this game is brilliant. The sounds creates the atmosphere and makes the game twice as awesome.

When I was at Gamestop, I went ahead and pre-ordered GTA:IV. So I know what I'll be doing towards the end of April too.

Vacation / Pisgah House / My Neglected 360

I'm going to take a hiatus from poker for a couple days. I've decided this is the best thing overall for my bankroll. This isn't a permanent vacation or anything... just until the weekend or at the latest next Monday. Poker has wore thin on my patience the past few days and I need to take a break from the tables to get my head clear. That's not to say I won't be studying the game or even blogging about it, because I more than likely will!

So what to do with all the extra time? Well, I've had my 4th bedroom that needed repainted. That's getting done this coming weekend. Once that is complete, then I'll need to touch up a few things and I'm ready to re-finance the house, which in turn should take a lot of financial burden off me this coming summer. I only expect the room to take a few hours to paint as there is nothing really tricky paint around. The closet was the hardest thing to paint in that room and it has already been done. Once the house is re-financed, I will be able to roll over my HELOC into my mortgage and then pay off the rest of my credit card that got run up a bit during the renovations. I should also be able to pay off my appliances and any other outstanding debts I have. This will ease my financial pain a bit.

Other than working on the house, the weather just hasn't broke like I had hoped, so I still need to do something to occupy my time during the cold hours. My poor Xbox 360 has sit collecting dust for a long time now. I think it's time to break it out. I'm going to find a good game this evening to pick up. I'm probably either going to get Oblivion or Mass Effect. It all depends on which I can find the better deal on. I'll also be placing my pre-order for GTA: IV which comes out towards the end of next month....awesome.

I have missed out on a lot of gaming the past couple years. Some due to poker, but most due to buying a house. There are a bunch of titles for the poor neglected 360 which I'd like to pick up: Oblivion, Mass Effect, Assassins Creed, Orange Box (I've never played any of the Half Life games, except for a little Counter Strike back in the day), COD4, and Bioshock. The good news is that I have friends that have most of these games and can just borrow one instead of having to buy them.

Also, I'd still love to have a Wii, especially since we have SSB: Brawl and Mario Kart coming soon.

Easter Hangover

I don't feel right today. Not mentally, but physically. I had a hard time getting to sleep last night. I tossed and turned for 2 hours before finally drifting off. Once I did sleep, it was a continuous sleep until the alarm sounded (way too early). So I was able to drag my ass out of bed, although I could have slept about 4 more hours I think. I skipped out on breakfast because my stomach didn't feel right. I didn't have any dinner last night because of the larger than normal lunch I had thanks to Easter with the family. Right now, my stomach doesn't feel stable and I'm yawning like a mad man. My eyes are swollen from the lack of sleep. I'm not sure if I'm sick, tired, or just need to take a big dump to make myself feel all better. Hopefully a nice lunchtime nap will help.

Easter was OK I guess. Our family spreads out more and more each year. Some of the cousins are off in foreign countries making $500 Million drug busts, laid up having babies, patrolling the streets of WV for criminals, and other less interesting things. So we didn't have the normal family lineup that I'm used to. It was basically, me, my parents, my aunt/uncle, and a few of my aunt's relatives. I had a reasonably good time too. My uncle is a fairly wealthy man and has and awesome home. I spent some time watching NCAA basketball, pretending I cared. My uncle also has The Getaway, a pinball machine that I played several games on. I couldn't get my name on the high score list, but I was getting close. I also watched some of the cousins and cousins of cousins play some Wii games. These people are gaming fools! They were playing Super Smash Brothers, some old school Street Fighter, REsident Evil, World of Warcraft, and a host of other games.

I also got to hear my cousin's band for the first time. I knew he played bass in a band, but I thought it was really just a bunch of guys sitting around jamming. He let me listen to their stuff yesterday and I was blown away. They are very talented and I think the oldest is 21. It's not the type of music I listen to, but it was good stuff. The production quality of their recordings was top notch. One of the band members started his own recording studio and they used that. I'd like to hear them live though.

The highlight of the day though was finding a hidden gem on DVD. I walked into my cousin's room and noticed a special edition DVD of Snatch. I was talking to him about the movie (my favorite movie of all time by the way) and my cousin gave me a DVD by the name of Layer Cake. I had never even heard of it. It's got the guy that played the new James Bond and is made by the same guy that did Snatch and Lock Stock. I really liked the movie. It was the best movie I've seen in a while. How can movies like this fly under the radar when turds like American Gangster and Michael Clayton get all the attention? Marketing I guess.

I did get to play a few SnG's when I got home and cashed in 4 of 6 with one first place victory. I had played some SnG's earlier before leaving for dinner and cashed in about half of those for a small profit on the day.

Tonight, I'm not sure what I'll be doing. I know I'll have dinner with the parents, but after that it's anybody's guess. I guess it all depends on how I'm feeling. I'd like to jump back in the cash games a bit, but I believe I need a break from poker. Looking back on my March goals, I have to laugh.

20,000 cash game hands? I got about 1/2 that, but have well over 20,000 total hands if you count SnG's and MTTs.

Move up to $50NL and beyond? LOL...I'm lucky to have salvaged enough bankroll to not have to move back down to $10NL.

Work on MTT game and play many of those? I just completely whiffed on this one. I spent most of my time trying to get unstuck and didn't worry about playing many MTTs.

Make poker fun? Umm...yeah right. No way to have fun when you're on the shit end of every cooler hand, lose 75% of your coin flips, whiff 95% of the flops, etc.

I still have a week left in the month to salvage March. I'm sitting close to dead even for the month (still a bit in the red). I'd like to pull a profit out of this month, but I really need a break.

LOL

If you haven't read Grubby today, this post is great!.

Oh and I got an Easter present today.... I a small win at the poker tables. Go me!

I found my leak!

I found out why I've been losing money on the tables all month long.... this guy has been on a heater of epic proportions and all the money is trickling into his bankroll:

Merry Easter

In an effort to be more positive, I promise not to bring anything negative about poker to this blog anymore. So with that being said, I'll talk about Easter :P What is it about this magical bunny that makes people from all around turn into Church-goers for a single day?

I had a pretty good day yesterday. The weather was nice early and I got to spend about 1.5 hours of the nice weather sitting in line at the trash dump. Nothing like breathing in that fresh landfill air while waiting in line. I made the best of it and cranked up The Allman Brothers on the stereo and zoned out while I waited.

After that, I got to see WVU lay the smack down on Duke in the NCAA tournament. That is the first basketball game I've watched in 124198124 years. I hate basketball, but I gotta root for my beloved 'Eers. And you fuckers rooting for teams other than Duke...You are welcome.

AFter the game, I spent some time with the folks. Then I picked up my temporarily blind buddy Rog (Lasik surgery) to go hang out at some friends house. Now I might seem like an uncaring asshole at times, but my friends had this baby back in November and it's had some heart complications. The poor thing has already had 2 surgeries and will get 1 more in about 2 years. It makes my day to hold that baby. I laid down in the floor and just played with him for almost and hour or so. I kept him occupied while his mommy fed him and gave him his medicine. Unfortunately, it was little Spence's bed time, so my play time with the baby was cut short.

We played some board games afterwards. And then I went home and watched the funniest hand ever on the WPT. I'm not sure if this is old or new because I don't watch much poker on TV these days.

Basically, on a board of 3,7,3,A, Chuck Kelley was holding Q7 and Hennigan had A5. The turn betting ensued and when it was done, Kelley flipped over his hand! Now, I thought this officially declared the hand dead. However, in the WPT, you only get a warning on your first offense. So, that was actually a bad beat for Chuck because when the river came a 3rd 3 giving both players the boat, Hennigan knew he had it won. He knew his hand was best and he knew that Kelley was the worst poker player in the history of poker players, so he pushed. Kelley called and it was over. Dumbest, yet funniest hand ever.

I gotta go do the shit, shower, shave thing and then head up the road to my Uncle's house for Easter dinner. After that, I'll probably try to grind some more poker. It's been a tough run this weekend again. I need to get away from these SnG's and get back to the cash game tables though.

Ugh

The games are so good this weekend! Now LET ME WIN A HAND PLEASE!