I'm All In, Baby!!!

So, I'm moved into my new place which is awesome! It took me all weekend to get the move done but it was worth it. I had wood floors put down before I moved in which was probably the best decision that I've made thus far. I did have to buy a new dishwasher because the one that was in the condo mysteriously stopped working between closing and when I moved in. Oh well, I suppose that I had to find out about the "joys" of home ownership sooner or later, right?

In other news, we had month two of the WSOP tour. My two memorable hands of the night involved winning and losing. I had AKo and with the blinds at $50-$100, I threw out a $500 raise preflop. I was raised buy a guy who went all in which only cost me an extra $150 so naturally I called. He had AQo and I paired up my king on the flop to knock him out and become the chip leader at the table. I won another couple of hands after that but wasn't really involved too much after that. I made it to the final table and was dealt QQ. The chip leader calls the big blind ($200). I go all in for roughly $800 and the chip leader calls me - he's got the chips to play with, so I suppose that I'm not surprised. I show my queens and the chip leader shows AJo - a terrible call by all accounts. Anyway, an Ace comes up on the flop and ends up holding up for the win and I bust out. WD says that I should have folded to the chip leader because there is no way I can run him off with only about $800 in chips and in a tournament game, I should be trying to stick around as long as possible and earn points. This is a valid point which I understand entirely, but I also believe that BT has an extremely valid point that my opponent is only drawing to 3 outs and as he says, "what the hell am I waiting for?" I see this as an extremely valid point too. Why not take a chance to double up my chip stack, right? So, I see both points but which one is correct? Any thoughts?

Finally, I haven't played golf in almost 4 weeks or so. I'm playing in a 3 club tourney this Saturday. I have no clue what clubs I'm going to play with. I'm realtively certain I'm going to take my putter, but after that, there are a lot of theories. Perhaps a 3 wood off the tees and a 9 iron for around the green? Maybe a 5 or 6 iron for my long shots, my 52 degee wedge and my putter? Something else? Any thoughts? Let me know!

I've Been Busy...

Well, I've been busy as hell during the last month or so. I closed on a new condo at the end of July and will be moving later this coming week/weekend. I hate moving, but it's only a few miles away from where I currently live so hopefully it won't be that bad. Regardless, I'm excited as hell to finally be getting in there. I had the new washer and dryer delivered last week after 3 days of hit and miss delivery service from Best Buy and my the wood floors are being installed tomorrow, so I'm pretty stoked!

A few days after I closed on my new place I hopped on a flight to Las Vegas to support JS in the main event at the WSOP. A couple of my buddies were flying out on a flight after me but the weather was so bad that they were delayed 2 hours, so I was stuck in the Vegas airport getting drunk waiting for them to arrive. When we finally got to the hotel, we were all pretty beat from the time change that we just crashed out. The next morning, we played some cash games and entered a $50 tournament which my friend BT won and took away something like $1,000! It was awesome watching him take people out left and right and when he got to heads-up play, he was at his best and just bulldozed the guy he was playing against.

The next day we were there, we went to watch JS play, but the tournament organizers weren't letting any spectators in for most of the first day because the room was just way too packed and was a fire hazard. So, the whole group of us walked around the poker trade show that was going on, saw some poker celebrities and tried to get as many free drinks as we could. It was almost impossible to gamble at the Rio because the lowest limit table was $25 bucks a hand. So, we wasted our money at the bar drinking and waiting. By the time they were allowing spectators in, JS was low stacked and about to go out. He played well, but it's tough when you get your Ace's cracked in the first 15 minutes and lose half your chip stack. He fought hard though and did us all proud.

After JS was knocked out, it was time to get as drunk as possible. We went to this bar/casino next to The Flamingo (O'Malley's I think) and drank $1 drafts during their 18 hour happy hour. Then it was off to New York, New York for some pizza and partying at the piano bar there which was awesome! After we closed that place down, everyone wanted to gamble so we all went over to Excalibur for the $1-$3 NL tables. I was drunk and shouldn't have been on the table and made some stupid plays and lost my $100 pretty quick.

The next morning I went to The Flamingo's poker room for some cards and bloody mary's. The bloody mary's kickstarted my system again just enough to actually go up on the weekend at the cash tables. After I spent a little too long on the table, I ended up even on the weekend which was pretty damn good for me. The rest of the day was spent hanging out by the pool and playing some friendly games in the hotel room with my friends before I had to take the red-eye out. I was winning money when I had to rush out of there like a madman for fear of missing my flight! I just made it to the gate in time and after getting maybe 1 hour of sleep on the plane, was back home for a full day of work first thing in the morning. It was rough, but fun as hell! I even got to see an old friend of mine who used to work for me at a former job. She's living in Vegas and working for Mandalay Bay now.

In other news, I played in Moneymaker's Millions freeroll on Pokerstars this afternoon while I was at work today. Out of over 9,000 players, I finished 1793 which is pretty good. I had some big wins, but the cards went cold for me and I didn't stand a chance after that. Still not a big fan of online poker, but I'll play some small cash games and freerolls just to get some games in and perhaps sharpen my skills a bit. I don't know if it really helps though.

Anyway, I gotta run. I've been at the office all day and I would really like to get home and relax a bit. I'll post more later when I get some more time!