So Vegas was pretty much a total bust. I played a few WSOP and Venetian events and bricked everything super hard. I hate to be "that guy" but I would be remiss if I didn't point out I went 0-12 in big all in situations including when a few hours into the $2500 mixed event I got it AIPF with AA vs AK and AK and lost for a pot that would have certainly put me in the chip lead.

I imagine when I make a deep run in one of these live events I will be hooked but for now I have no desire to ever play one again. Live poker is EXCRUCIATING. The inane strategy talk, the smells, the ten-handed tables. I don't mind some of the bigger events but playing 1ks and 1.5ks is a fairly large waste of time. I sincerely doubt playing those can match my hourly coaching or playing online. Not to mention when you bust you have to walk into 120 degree Vegas heat at the shitty Rio. This was all topped off by getting food poisoning and ending up in the emergency room. With all this mind I got ghost out of Vegas early and decided not to play the Main Event. People told me I would regret it but honestly I could care less. When I stepped back in my house and saw my cat chillin I couldn't have been happier.

I suppose I dislike Vegas because it basically represents everything I hate about the poker community - glamorization of the "baller" lifestyle, pointless spending, everywhere you go is designed to part you from your money, etc. And oh yeah it is 120 degrees. The parts I do like are the food and people you get to meet that you have known online and never met in real life. Big ups to Braminc, Walchy and James.

Sit and goes haven't been going much better but I was due for a slump. I made about $70k in a few months before June but since then I have sort of been spinning my tires. Frustrating of course but I relatively used to it by now. Every 10,000 games or so you experience a stretch that questions your faith and skill advantage. I have been trying to plow through it and have already clocked 1,700 games this month and am third on the Full Tilt leaderboard. I might decide to go for the win for the first time ever, haven't really decided.

In happier news, I custom ordered a car the other day - a 2011 Camaro 1LT. The funny thing is I am totally not a muscle car guy but this car is such a sweet machine I couldn't pass it up. I always told myself my first car would be a BMW M3...things changed when I saw this. Being from Detroit it feels better to buy American, too. This isn't my car (takes six weeks to come through when ordered custom) but pretty much exactly what it will look like. Sorry for the emotional blog but hey that's me right now!