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July 01 2009

HORSE Shout Out, 2010 Series, & Life

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So I have been kind of depressed lately. Being in so much pain 24 hours a day, 7 days a week wears on your utility (happiness), especially after 2 weeks of it! The worst is how it feels to ask someone to open a heavy or stuck door, reach something, or help me. Grabing and holding anything over 5lbs hurts, and literally putting popcorn in the microwave that is above my head is painful. It makes me feel less than others which bothers me sooo much.

I always prided myself in using logic at all times but I find myself "toughing it out" aka hurting myself because I for some reason feel inadequate as a person not being able to do simple things in public. Literally laying with my girlfriend is EXTREMELY PAINFUL, and she even once jokingly hit me in the chest pretty hard. The whole next day I was miserable because of it. I know it is an honest mistake and don't want to make anyone feel bad so I "tough it out". Well after 2 weeks of "toughing it out" I am drained, and I'm not even halfway through how long it takes!

I would take a prescription to deal with the pain but pain killers fuck me up and the only thing the doctor would prescribe me is Oxycodone, which...sadly, at one time in my life I had a serious problem with and I have sworn off heavy pain killers without absolute necessity because of it. Also I needed to grind out my Iron Man for FTP everyday for 10 days in a row so I needed to be consious.

I think I am just going to listen to Michael Buble & play internet poker for a couple of days straight to try and clear my head.

So it is officially July and FTP has incorrect information on their promotions page as usual. It shows no mention of prior months qualified for, has an incorrect amount of Iron medals, and has no mention of my mid year bonus. I figure this will be fixed within a day or two, I just hope I don't have to email support, because it sucks for Full Tilt.




So last night I spent the whole night watching the 50K HORSE Final Table. You could send them emails and they selected some to say and at 2:10AM I got them to say "Bill Craven from CardRunners says, hey guys great job commentating, love the quality of your side talk! Also your knowledge of Razz and various games is impressive, many players seem to forget poker isn't Texas Hold'em!" I rep CardRunners real hard hahaha


Back to the 50k HORSE Event, so the Razz play was absolutely horrendous except for Vitaly & Huck. Literally Huck Seed can be heard saying "WOOW" multiple times if you watched the whole broadcast. For example when John Hanson defends his king bring in against Vitaly Lunkin showing a 2 he gets up and says it. David Bach showed he obviously doesn't play razz much as well drawing to a 97 against a potentially made 7 5 of Erik "Erik123" Sagstrom and then pays off again when he made a T97 on 7th. Bach is routinely chasing showing 3KQ on 5th against opponents with quality boards.

Also I noticed the tournament director telling David Bach to take off his headphones at the final table and that if he wanted to block noise he had to use ear plugs. Apparently there are no electronic devices allowed at any final tables at the WSOP.




So my mother is completely okay with me taking off the next Spring semester for the 2010 Series so I don't have to worry about upseting her. I turn 21 April 19th and I'm thinking about heading out to Vegas for the whole month of May & hopefully back in June for the Main Event. If anything I may just take 3 online classes from random CT community colleges (although there really aren't many left I can take for any reason towards my major) just to keep my health insurance lol.

I am hoping to be able to play at the casino earlier than my birthday, at local casinos, if I do in fact take the semester off. I am looking forward to being healthy, focused, and legally able to play live in a casino!

I currently have a backer for 2010 for all low buyin ($2,500 or less) Omaha events, as I have outright won 3 out of 7 Omaha MTTs, cashed twice and bubbled a $100 Omaha rebuy for the UBOC. I also have played a ton live & he realizes the value he is getting with our deal. I will probably be looking for backings for low buyin Razz & Triple Draw events as well as these games have a ton of value if your very good at the games. So many players play for the chance at a bracelet/player of the year points, especially low buyin ones, so I am looking forward to playing these games as I have played a large volume of hands at these games!

I am hoping that they have multiple 1k events for the 2010 series as I can justify buying in to those myself and keeping 100% of my action, which is what I really want. I hate giving other people money lol but I also can't committ bankroll murder, not having any other source of income.



Well I will be playing a lot more cash online in July. I am buying Holdem Manager as I write this, no more lame Poker Tracker & PAHUD, and look forward to finally moving back up to 50NL with my FTP roll next month barring some drastic variance. Also I have a list of juicy live games I might have to "tough it out" and crush lol!

Well until next time, good day and good luck at the tables!

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