2012 basically kicks ass.

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Kara's Blog

February 11 2012

2012 basically kicks ass.

One more day in beautiful Venice and then I'm going home after 56 days on the road. Phew! My suitcases are stuffed full of dirty laundry and I have exactly one clean outfit to wear on the flight. One of the difficult things about staying in hotels is the ridiculous cost of having clothes laundered. I spent 10 days in one hotel that wanted 20 Euros to clean a pair of jeans!! Unless they're being licked clean by fluffy albino kittens, I can't imagine how that's reasonable.

Anyway, enough of the complaining. This has been a killer trip and a great start to 2012. 2011 was a good year in some ways (ESPN and the WSOP, great friends, travel) but also a very difficult one in others (jaw surgery, living out of a suitcase for 5 months, car accident, Black Friday etc) so I was definitely looking forward to getting rid of the 2011 calendar and facing a fresh start with a new year.

So far I've been able to spend a lot of time with my friends in Brighton (who I miss horribly when I'm in California) as well as going to Dublin, Amsterdam, Paris, Deauville and Venice. I've made some money at poker and managed to get quite a few hours of live play in with my Party Poker patch on and during all of this, I've been hanging out in incredible cities with really fun groups of people. I played an EPT for the first time in years and was able to catch up with all of my old friends on that circuit from the days when we all worked together. I've eaten a LOT of very rich food and I think I've gained about 10 pounds. I got to be on the cover of a magazine in France and see my face on posters in shops and restaurants there...Seriously, 2012 is kicking ass so far.

I get to go home tomorrow for a break; to rest and recover a bit from life on the road. As awesome as it has been, my immune system is really worn down and I'm ready for a week in my own bed.

Oh yeah, and it's my parents' 45th Wedding Anniversary today. 45 years!! Incredible. I'm so proud of them and so grateful to them too. If you fancy saying congrats to them, you can go on twitter @ellenspot and say it there. I think that would really make my Mom laugh :)

In Deauville, I made my friend James Dempsey have dinner with me in this restaurant because they had my photo in the window. I know this makes me kind of a dick, but I CAN'T pretend that I wasn't geekily excited by seeing it!

For me, Venice is one of the most beautiful cities in the entire world. I absolutely love it here. I've been practicing my camera skills...

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The WPT put on one hell of a party for Venice and they had the magician Dynamo come and do tricks for people at the party. He's not just some guy who does tricks - he's phenomenal and a pretty big deal so it was a real score for them to get him. His website is so worth a look http://www.dynamoworld.com/ This photo was at the WPT Player party and we're with two Italian poker players - my teammate on Party Poker and my good friend Giovanni Rizzo and the lovely Max Pescatori.

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February 11,2012

It actually rained here this week. You would've felt even more at home in the UK :)

Spudt24

February 12,2012

cmon Kara whats that red sweat shirt! next time wear something more sexy! :)

RainingPleasure

February 13,2012

Thanks for reading my blog and a very big THANK YOU for leaving comments - that's like crack to anyone who blogs :)

I have to object to your comment though RainingPleasure. I'm sure that you meant well so I'm not so much 'having a go' at you as I am at this common theme in poker.

I'd be very surprised if anyone would leave a similar comment for a male poker player. There's nothing wrong with wanting people to look a bit more together and polished when they're representing poker or a particular brand (like I do with Party Poker) but treating it as though I've somehow fallen short of a a mark because I'm not 'sexy' enough totally misses the point. I didn't sit at the poker table for 12 hours that day hoping that people would think I was 'sexy'. I sat there hoping to make Day 3 of a WPT and I did!

You can say all you like about Men being the main audience for poker and how we need to market for them but I'd counter with the fact that women are WAY under-represented in the game and we need to be making it somewhere THEY feel they have a place, without them needing to conform to an arbitrary ideal of 'attractiveness to men'. End/rant

Kara

February 13,2012

A good read Kara. Random question, as a Partypoker rep are you allowed to play in events sponsored by a competitor e.g. UKIPT? Also where's home for you? Is it Brighton? I hope 2012 continues to be great for you.

InYourDome

February 13,2012

I could certainly play UKIPT events but I've just never been over there at the right time, sadly. I do tend to play more of the Party Poker related events but also some of the smaller WSOP things and a few others. They're a great sponsor and I've certainly got no complaints! Home is in California for the time being but I wouldn't be surprised if I moved back to Brighton in the next few years.

Kara

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