Not much to report on the poker front this week. I took some time off from playing cash games and went on a tourney bing for the week. My results were so-so and I will be back grinding it out at the cash games again. I came really close to having some big finishes in the tournaments but I couldn't get lucky when it counted the most.
Last night (Saturday), Colin and Crystal threw a holiday party with a crazy/cheesy sweater theme. The party was a blast and there we had a good collection of people there. Suprisingly there wasn't a 'major' crazy event that's worth writing about but it was definitly a crazy party overall.
After this week I may have a huge goal for myself. I need to take this week and see if it's even going to be possible. It involves me moving playing my cash games from Party Poker to Poker Stars since PStars' rewards program blows Party's away and it's not even close. Look for a post at the end of this week or early next week to see if I'm up to the challenge or not.
My face is offically healed!!! The black is pretty much gone, just a little yellowish and if you didn't know I had a black eye then you would notice. The bottom part of my nose is still a little sore but the doctor figured I just bruised the cartaledge real bad and it should feel 100% in 2 weeks. I haven't heard anything as far as any charges being brought against the a-hole (keep it PG i guess) who hit me but I'm gonna try and make some calls and see what the word is.
The new season of 24 starts in about 10 minutes and I'm pretty physched for it. Don't know if I'll take time out during the week for another post unless something 'big' happens.
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Saturday, January 07, 2006
New Years Goals (and a FT)!
Frustrating... that's the one word I'm gonna use to sum up this week. Played some great poker and I really had some tough luck. Down to 10 people in one of my tournies, 9 make the final table where all the big money is, I'm sitting 3rd in chips and get AA and lose to the guy whose second in chips when we get it all in on a flop of J55 (turn was a two outer J). Also I had a rough week in my cash games despite playing pretty well.
HOWEVER, I just finished another tourney up in 7th place. I played pretty well up to the final table, I thought, where I didn't get cards and didn't play that well. I'm not dissapointed though since making any final table is a damn good feat, especially in a 1000+ person field.
I'll list off a couple of quick New Year's resolutions/goals. I only have one big resolution for the year (with a couple of small ones built in). That's to get on a better schedule. I want to try and be getting up between 10am and 12pm and be getting to sleep around 2am. This will allow me to get on a better playing schedule and also to get on a regular workout schedule. I did really well this week and was actually getting up around 8am or so each day and getting to sleep around midnight. I got some workouts and a run in this week and I think being on a regular schedule helped that out.
My poker goals for the year are simple:
1) Don't go on tilt
2) 100k
3) Play in 1 big live tourney
First goal is pretty easy as I find that I rarely go on tilt (playing badly after having a bad beat put on you). It doesn't happen often but to be one of the best players it should never happen! So I'm going to try and keep track of when it happens and see if I can't find some ways to counter it.
Second goal is just a number to shoot for. If I put my hours in (goes back to my resolution) and play my best poker this should just come naturally.
For my last goal I'm going to shoot for a WSOP event. Either the 1k, 2k, or 5k buyin (maybe the 10k main event!?!), whichever I feel my bankroll can handle when the WSOP gets here.
Well it's 10pm on a Saturday... I gotta go find something to do!!!
P.S. The nose and face are doing much better! The nose is still tender and might be factured. I'll know more after my doctors appointment on Thursday. The swelling is gone and my black eye is starting to disappear... I should be back to my ugly self in no time! :)
HOWEVER, I just finished another tourney up in 7th place. I played pretty well up to the final table, I thought, where I didn't get cards and didn't play that well. I'm not dissapointed though since making any final table is a damn good feat, especially in a 1000+ person field.
I'll list off a couple of quick New Year's resolutions/goals. I only have one big resolution for the year (with a couple of small ones built in). That's to get on a better schedule. I want to try and be getting up between 10am and 12pm and be getting to sleep around 2am. This will allow me to get on a better playing schedule and also to get on a regular workout schedule. I did really well this week and was actually getting up around 8am or so each day and getting to sleep around midnight. I got some workouts and a run in this week and I think being on a regular schedule helped that out.
My poker goals for the year are simple:
1) Don't go on tilt
2) 100k
3) Play in 1 big live tourney
First goal is pretty easy as I find that I rarely go on tilt (playing badly after having a bad beat put on you). It doesn't happen often but to be one of the best players it should never happen! So I'm going to try and keep track of when it happens and see if I can't find some ways to counter it.
Second goal is just a number to shoot for. If I put my hours in (goes back to my resolution) and play my best poker this should just come naturally.
For my last goal I'm going to shoot for a WSOP event. Either the 1k, 2k, or 5k buyin (maybe the 10k main event!?!), whichever I feel my bankroll can handle when the WSOP gets here.
Well it's 10pm on a Saturday... I gotta go find something to do!!!
P.S. The nose and face are doing much better! The nose is still tender and might be factured. I'll know more after my doctors appointment on Thursday. The swelling is gone and my black eye is starting to disappear... I should be back to my ugly self in no time! :)
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Punching in the New Year!!!
For those who still don't know about my New Year's Eve incident check out the two pictures below this blog entry to see my new look for 2006. After what was turing out to be a great New Year's Eve celebration, some drunk-jealous boyfriend decide he didn't like me and popped on the left side of my face at about 2am on January 1st. So after spending an hour talking to the police and filing a report and giving them his name it was off to the emergency room for another 2 hours to get everything looked at and see if anything was broken.
Good news is that it doesn't look like anything was seriously damaged. As you can see from the two pictures I put up below the swelling's gone down but I've developed a nice black eye. I have a follow up next week to see how everything is healing and allow the doctor to get a better look after the swelling's not so bad.
It's been almost a month since my last post though so I'll do some quick updating on the past month. Christmas was awesome and I had a great time with my family and friends celebrating. On the 24th it was gift opening at my Mom and step-dad's house in the morning and then Grandma's house with all the aunts, uncles, cousins, and the all of the cousin's kids (think we are up to 9 now with more on the way!). Then on the 25th it was Christmas with my Dad and step-mom over at my aunt's house. My grandparents from my Dad's side were also there. Of course I can't forget my that my sister, Krisi, and her BF, Chris, were also at all of the events.
Fast forward to New Year's, which, besides the 'incident' I had a great time and have to thank my awesome cousin, Sarah, for spending the 2 hours with me at the emergency room and making sure I was well taken care of.
Yesterday then I had a couple guys over to watch the Badgers beat down the Tigers in the Capitol One Bowl despite being 11 point underdogs!!! What a great game! It was nice to see Barry end his coaching career with a big win.
This blog's already gotten long enough but one of my resolutions for 2006 is to update twice a week. So in the next day or two I will update with with the rest of my 2006 resolutions.
Good news is that it doesn't look like anything was seriously damaged. As you can see from the two pictures I put up below the swelling's gone down but I've developed a nice black eye. I have a follow up next week to see how everything is healing and allow the doctor to get a better look after the swelling's not so bad.
It's been almost a month since my last post though so I'll do some quick updating on the past month. Christmas was awesome and I had a great time with my family and friends celebrating. On the 24th it was gift opening at my Mom and step-dad's house in the morning and then Grandma's house with all the aunts, uncles, cousins, and the all of the cousin's kids (think we are up to 9 now with more on the way!). Then on the 25th it was Christmas with my Dad and step-mom over at my aunt's house. My grandparents from my Dad's side were also there. Of course I can't forget my that my sister, Krisi, and her BF, Chris, were also at all of the events.
Fast forward to New Year's, which, besides the 'incident' I had a great time and have to thank my awesome cousin, Sarah, for spending the 2 hours with me at the emergency room and making sure I was well taken care of.
Yesterday then I had a couple guys over to watch the Badgers beat down the Tigers in the Capitol One Bowl despite being 11 point underdogs!!! What a great game! It was nice to see Barry end his coaching career with a big win.
This blog's already gotten long enough but one of my resolutions for 2006 is to update twice a week. So in the next day or two I will update with with the rest of my 2006 resolutions.
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