Ruth said it just didn’t seem the same flying into Vegas in daylight. She missed the shot of adrenaline you feel when you first spot those dazzling lights emerge from beyond the scope of the plane’s wing. Personally, I could give a shit. Vegas is Vegas. And besides, in retrospect I guess I was already…

Stupid Blog! It’s been over six months since I wrote in this stupid blog. In the days after Monte Carlo I couldn’t help but think about – and ultimately blame – my blogging and how it affected my results. Forget about the fact that I generally played tentatively, tight and passive in complete contrast to…

My Bar Mitzvah party was held in the basement of the old “Monte Carlo” Restaurant on Eglinton Avenue. I remember, the boys stood on one side of the room talking about sports and the girls… ? Actually, to this day I have no freakin’ idea what girls talk about. Anyway, THIS Monte Carlo was not…

Well as they say in the barber shop… “NEXT!” The 500 is done for me but I lost “good” in a blaze of glory, making the RIGHT move and getting the WRONG result – which is not as good as making the RIGHT move and getting the RIGHT result but it’s twice as good as…

OK, here’s the skinny. Played in two “sit n go’s” (1 table 10 person tournaments) last night and came 1st and 3rd. Final tally for the night: 1400 Euros my way. I can beat these guys, I just haven’t been able to quite work out the timing. But I will. Anyway it’s plenty enough to…

But she’s off key. and not only that but she’s… she’s… well, she’s FAT too! I waited for the right situation, a preflop raise of 800 from the loosest guy/biggest stack at the table . I look down at AK and push my little 3600 chip stack all-in. This guy will raise with any two…

I’ve got 4600 chips. I don’t want to talk about it… Which is an odd stance to take for someone who’s WRITING A STUPID BLOG! I stink. What’s there to talk about? The average stack is about 25000 and there’s guys at my table with over 50K, blinds are going up to 200/400. Making it…

My KK ran into AA. It was an ugly collision. Lucky the guy didn’t have a huge stack. Relax, it’s a poker term. I’m down to 8500. Average is over 20k. Who knows, if I can survive that, maybe there’s hope.

Dinner break and so far I haven’t set anything on fire (reference Blog Number 6 – Copenhagen dinner break). I’m sitting at about 16500, still in Limboland. Because of the large starting stack there have only been about 30 eliminations so far. We started today with 396 so the average stack right now is probably…

We just finished the second break and I am PISSED OFF! I mean REALLY TICKED! My Buddhist calm has left me, I am fit to be tied. THERE’S A CRACK IN MY MP3 PLAYER! It’s a little crack in the screen like you would get if a little rock hit your windshield. But… NEWSFLASH –…