The monkey has arrived!

http://www.pokerstars.com/vip/store/promotions/monkey/?utm_id=4

Be afraid, be very afraid. I've decided to name my monkey Lee in honor of Star's coolest spokesperson ever. Photos will be posted here as they are available...I can already smell the 100k fpp's!

I still have a blog?

Ha, forgot about this thing. I'll leave this up incase I get the urge to make periodic posts, but they will likely be few and far between.

Since I went MIA a couple of interesting things have happened in my poker career. First, I quit playing :)

In October of last year I cashed out about half of my BR from Stars to pay for a week in AC at the ITH convention. It was an awesome time, and I'm sorry to see there won't be an official meetup this year.

About the same time Stars re-introduced limit HU tables, which I've always enjoyed playing. The effect of the rake at the low limit tables is devistating, so I did the only smart thing and jumped right in at the 5/10 and 10/20 levels. You can probably guess how that ended for me :)

After I went busto I decided to call it quits for online poker. Until about 2 months ago that is :)

In March a friend of mine transfered me $2 to donk around with him at .1/.2 NL, which I wound up taking to $10 that night. A week or two later I decided to start over with that ten bucks with low limit 6max LHE, but still playing much bigger stakes than my BR allowed for. Long story short, I am now well funded for 2/4 SH and enjoying the game again. While I still take occational stabs at the 5/10 game, I think I am happy back at 2/4 for the time being. There are still some very soft games there after 11PM EST just about every night.

So we'll see how things go, and I'll try to post updates from time to time. Oh, and note to self - stay away from the HU tables!

My only attempt for a wsop seat....

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!

This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers.

Registration code: 6481007

Still playing

Although not as much as I'd like. Sorry I haven't been updating, I think the blog thing may have lost it's appeal to me. I'll still try to post periodic updates, at least of my progress towards (insert favorite vice here).

not happy with this

I've gone on -100 BB runs before, but never this quickly. This is my last 2 weeks. :(

WSOP satellite

My friends and I are talking about converting one of our normal $50 homegames into a WSOP satellite. There are a bunch of upcoming events in AC, both at Ceasar's and Harrah's...with buyins ranging from $500 to $10K.

Out of our regular 20 players, only 8 committed to playing in a satellite. At $100 a pop that's only enough to send 1 player to a $500 event.

So it looks like we're going to open up the game to others with hopes that we can get 20 players (2 $1000 seats). The game will be on a Saturday in Allentown, but the date is still TBD...we'd like to start early with fairly deep stacks. ITHers Buddy and Elmo said they'd consider playing, but I'm not sure I want to invite sharks the likes of them :). Still, playing in a satellite where you have a decent chance of sending someone you personally know is much better than sending a total stranger via an online qualifier.

Once things get more solidified I'll probably post an open invite on the ITH forums for anyone in the Philly area that's interested. Should be a fun time either way.

Maybe gravy, maybe mashed potato

I can't get this retarded DAMNED SONG out of my head. Lord help me, this is torture!

I actually typed that URL into my stars chat after a bad beat tonight. No one said a word at the table for the rest of the night. The song probably had them too emotionally disturbed.

Poker update coming as soon as I regain my composure.