October, Already?

Well, it has been nearly a month since my last post. I've been busy.

For one, Johan had left to visit his mother and father in Colombia. He was gone for about 10 days in the middle of last month so my hands were full running the household solo.

In addition, I played The Commerce Hold'Em Series and it did a lot to lift my spirits. While the few poker playing friends that I have may not be celebrities, or even high rollers for that matter, they treat me with adoration and respect. The encouragement I received from people like Johan Ramirez, Lawrence Douglas, D.J. Vegas, Kimi Rondon, Jack Boghossian, Scott Diamond, and Robert Durant, just to name a few, has put me back on track and focused on my goals. Thank you, all of you for your support!

During The Commerce Hold'Em Series, I got to meet Matt Savage face to face and had a wonderful conversation with his lovely wife, Maryann. While I didn't cash in any of the events I played, I won 4 out of the 5 satellites I played and basically free rolled so my losses were minimum.

Yesterday (October 1) I played the first event of The Bike's Big Poker Oktober, which was basically an over inflated "Nightly-Nooner" tournament. For $65, I got 6,000 chips. The blind structure was basically the same as their daily tournament - which I've cashed in every time I've played it; but instead of the usual 100 to 200 people, there were 1000 entrants! In a word, SICK! I did get to see my good friend Mike Jones, a Bicycle Casino regular; and I got to meet one of my favorite Tweeps "GambitDZ" in person (who, in actuality, is Lawrence Douglas).

I was stuck playing on the main floor, rather than the Event Center, and The Bike kept switching between the tournament clock and their casino promotions.
I really had no concept of time because of it. Everybody was playing loose aggressive, and given the cheep price, I thought I'd play along - just to see what would happen if I changed my style. HAH! I was out when I pushed with a straight/flush draw - and MISSED- just before the first break. Of course, I didn't know how close I was to the break until I looked around and found what seemed to be a group escort to the exit. Wow! I thought, they really want me to leave!!! Ok, ok...I didn't really think that, but all of the smokers almost ran me down on their way out for a cigarette. I was home just in time for my 10:00 p.m. bedtime and I slept relatively soundly, without nightmares about bad plays or bad beats (although I took a more than my share of bad-beats last night at The Bike).

I can't say that September was a perfect month, and as my prior blog post suggested - it actually started out pretty bad. But, the month improved and with it so did my spirits. Of course, along with the ups, there were still inevitably some downs...but I'm working through them with a light heart. I know that in the long run the good always out weighs the bad - and for that, I can be happy.

So, I welcome October with hopes that the latter part of my year will prove to be far better than the early months. Again, for all of you out there that encouraged me - I thank you, and I apologize if I didn't specifically name you herein.

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