#4

Decided to call this one #4 because it is my fourth post to this blog. The other reason I decided on the title is because about 6 days ago, when I originally planed to post, my roommate Chris Bolek had already cashed for his 4th time out here in Vegas. Well I am obviously a procrastinator like 90% of the poker community and since I have been so slack with this, Chris actually now has 6(SIX) cashes. As you can imagine, this feat is completely outstanding. I am so happy for him even though I am actually 0-12 at the current moment, hopefully I can get something going in the $1500 WSOP tomorrow and actually have an accomplishment of my own to write about.

I guess it's not too bad out here in the desert for me. Although, since my last post, I have actually had some chips in another $1500 and $1000 WSOP respectively. When I say chips, I dont mean 10 big blinds but actual stacks of 25-45K in each of these events. If you are familiar with my style of play(stone nit) this probably surprises you that I have not converted these stacks to at least one cash. I guess that is the way it goes and I am humbly 0-12 like I have stated earlier.

There is other good news and also some bad. The good news is that my girlfriend and some of my most interesting friends and have come to town. One of my friends that have arrived is my buddy Jeff Fogel, who I have known about 20 years now. This is the first time he has been here for WSOP since 2006, many things have changed and he is taking it all in. The bad news, unfortunately, is that I have caught this nasty flu bug that is going around. This thing has attacked many poker players, including my roommate from Florida, the colorful, Ronnie Bardah. Pretty random that both of us are really sick with same flu, considering we havent even bumped into each other and shaken hands, WOW.

Try not to feel too bad for me, I usually complain plenty, and being sick with this bug takes that up quite a notch. I am so lucky to have my girlfriend here with me until friday and she has taken the best care of me. Without her I would be laying face down in the desert somewhere with the buzzards picking at my liver.

In closing, I would like to once again congratulate my roommate, Chris Bolek on his amazing start to this WSOP. It would not surprise me one bit if he catches up to me in lifetime cashes this summer alone; for now Chris is 4 in this summer and has 7 total cashes lifetime. I am willing to bet my last food comp that he is not done yet. It is always awesome to see hard work and preparation pay off, as CB has worked harder on his game than anyone I know. I also want to congratulate Matt Waxman on his final table in the 10K H.O.R.S.E. event. Matt late-regged this event and was selling action on Twitter at the last moment. Many of his friends made jokes that they would buy at .8, which is less than even markup, which I am sure highly motivated him to make the amazing run he did. This final table included Phil Ivey, Helmuth, John Monnette, and David Baker to name a few elite players. Although Matt finished 7th, in my personal opinion, I was equally, if not more proud of that final table than I was for his win in Paris for around $800K. Matt played amazing and I am sure this will not be his last final table at WSOP, especially in mixed games.

That should close this thing out, as I feel like a death sandwich and just tired of rambling ungrammatical nonsense. I will try to update this thing sooner than later, until then, thanks for giving it a look, you must be bored. :)

SK