Not a bad night last night...I have a bunch of food in the fridge, so I will be doing no cooking for a day or two. That means more time for poker!! I got closer to the bonus at TB, but was getting bored and went to a SNG at Martins...I don't care for the structure, but the players are pretty poor...I picked up a 3rd for a few bucks...I then went to P-Stars for one more "before bed" fix---it was a 20+2 SNG (9 peeps) and managed another 3rd is all...I overplayed my bust out hand...I should have known better, but I have made worse mistakes. Oh well....

I made a couple phone calls today to some dear friends that I haven't seen in a long time. They remembered my birthday, so I called 'em up and yakked the afternoon away---Thanks Wendy and Alexandra

Another dear friend has been devastated by her mother's illness---a sad but good reminder to cherish those close to you whenever you have the chance.

It was a real nice weekend....

I played awhile on Friday night on a crypto and got crushed...I need the bonus to be only down $100, but luckily I had food in the fridge! Lobster tails!! They were great, as I hadn't had lobster in ages...I played a little while after dinner, but just broke even...

It was a great Saturday morning...It was my birthday, and had a few Mimosas for breakfast, with a leftover lobster omelet...I played most all day Saturday afternoon and picked up a few bucks here and there, but nothing worth remarking about...I really felt I was playing well, as I was trying to be a little more creative. I was pretty much card dead, but I took many pots down by calling tight players in position, and re raising the usual continuation bet...Feels good to actually think and play poker, as opposed to the usual ABC stuff..I felt good doing it...

I went a little food crazy (again) and cooked up some lamb shanks for dinner, and if you folks haven't had 'em, you are really missing something...a long braise (takes about 3 hours) with meat falling off the bone, and a nice Shiraz to go with it...truly nothing better...

Lazed around after dinner, and was reading the SNG section on BTP...It seems there are a few whiners that I hadn't read before. I don't know why, but I was irritated after reading all that BS, so I jumped into a few 50$ SNGs and came in 3rd in the first one, whiffed in the second, and and and ---

PokerStars Tournament #23557395, No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $55.00/$5.009 playersTotal Prize Pool: $495.00 Tournament started - 2006/04/23 - 01:31:28 (ET)

Dear bobby, You finished the tournament in 1st place.

A $247.50 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

If I can win, anybody can...

It was a lazy Sunday---too much good food and wine lately, so I was happy to read most all day...took a short nap...

I played a short while Sunday evening and finally finished one of my PStars bonuses---they clear slowly, but they don't go anywhere, and great for the SNG's...

Thanks to all who wished me a happy birthday the last few days, I appreciate the IM's and E mails...

It's now Monday evening, and my buddy Bri told me a few hours ago that the VIPs were worth playing some SNGs at Martins, so you know where I will be...

GL all

Just working...

I was at yet another Crypto starting on the monthly bonuses, and got spanked pretty good, but a comeback was again in order...I moved to LIMIT for awhile since I was starting to get a bit annoyed (with NL), and won a few bucks...

After that, I tried a "qualifier" for a WSOP seat...It was just a point deal, but I won it, so I have a free shot next week at a seat. All I have to beat at least 1000 people! I also tried a few other point qualifiers at Stars with no luck...

It was great fun watching the Masters Sunday, no matter what Gene says......rather refreshing to see the camaraderie between Freddie and Phil during the heat of battle...Having a bit of class and style in pressure situations appeals to us "old guys" LOL

And yesterday---

Playing less and having more fun....Now all I have to do is start winning!!

I got the Martin's bonus deposited right on schedule, which was quite a nice sight to see.

I just worked off the Littlewoods bonus with rather laughable results, but as usual, thanks for the bonuses...Plenty more of those to work off in the coming days.

Littlewoods

720 hands at 1/2 LIMIT +3.00 .20PTBB/100
100 hands at 100NL <69.00> -35PTBB/100
bonus +47
MTD <19.00>

WOOT!!!!

Tribeca is treating me a bit better this month, as I am up a little more than 200 at the 100NL...


Japanese style (Tempura) food was on the menu last night, and it was well worth the mess!!

I wrote this a little while back....

I finished the crypto bonus I was working on, and booked another win at the same time, this time it was all LIMIT...It feels good! I also found a couple hundred bucks I had forgotten about at a site I don't play at much (obviously) so that was a nice surprise. I guess I will join the rest of the poker world, and grab the 200 bonus from Empire... If the weather holds, I will be starting my herb garden later on.

And then...

The Empire bonus was finished...Man!!! The games were pretty funny overall, as the 25s were HILARIOUS!! I bet and bluffed more in that short period of time that I have in 3 months. I didn't win much, but it was sure fun...I soon tired of the 25s and went to the 50s (which resembled "real" poker) where I got my ass whipped...I got stacked twice with 3 and 4 outers, and lost another stack with KK vs. The monster A9---running 9s---Jesus...
So it was a lot of hands to get 50 bucks, but you still have to love the bonuses!!

The eggplant ideas came out great, as I had some recipes I had written down years ago, and finally tried them...Yummy!! The latest food challenge is to re-create a sesame chicken dish that a local place does a really good job with... The herb garden has been started...It has rained MANY days in a row here, but there was a window of 2 or so hours where I could play in the garden...

And thanks for reading Greg, I think you were the first response---keep kickin ass....

Book Review

Radical Evolution : The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies -- and What It Means to Be Human by Joel Garreau

The author is a writer and editor for the Washington Post, so this book was well written and (I think) well researched. The reason I threw in the WP reference is that there was a refreshing lack of an agenda here...Overall, this book was very interesting with glimpses of the future that truly stagger the imagination. There are several approaches and views of this "super hi-tech world", some of which sounds exhilarating, and some is just plain scary shit. I'm an old school guy, and I have no idea how any of this will affect me personally, but I'm glad I read the book.