On the Road Again

The blog is back and so is my bankroll.

After "hitting bottom" in Vegas a month and a half ago I returned to Boulder. I deliberately avoided playing any serious poker for about ten days in an attempt to refresh. I didn't want to come back to the game until I was fiending to play and feeling good about myself.

I eased back into the game playing $600 and $1000 buy-in tables on Party Poker. Right from the start I was able to win with ease and my confidence quickly returned. I played a lot of live poker with friends and also at Mark's home casino-imitation game in Westminster. One Friday night late in July I reached poker nirvana in Westminster with a flawless session. That night I went to bed with a smile on my face, content with poker and life.

The next day I rolled out of bed and hopped into the Party Poker Million Guaranteed, a monster $600 buy-in tournament with over 2000 entrants. With the help of aces, ace-king, ten-six offsuit, scared opponents foolishly trying to eke up the pay ladder, and Paul Wasicka, I was able to score a 6th place finish for 38k.

This enabled me to return to the alluring, sky-high realm of the 2k tables on Party Poker and I immediately dominated, setting all kinds of personal records including total bankroll during the next few weeks.

I have played very little poker the last couple weeks, losing both times I have played online. Today I flew into Los Angeles (America West...abysmal...I don't want to talk about it) for the Bicycle Casino's Legends of Poker WPT main event. I don't play until Day 1B, Sunday at 4:15. Last year this tournament had over 600 players and a million dollar first prize won by Doyle Brunson. Should be a similar-size field this year. I have a good feeling something big might happen.