Can't Sleep

Since I've been taking my pain pills for my back I have had a hard time sleeping. Add to that fighting off either a cold or some sort of sinus infection and I think I'm going to cough up a lung; that makes it hard to sleep too.

A lot of the +1 guys just got back from an AC trip. Seems like a good, drunken time. The gathering was for Hellory's bachelor party, poor bastard, and from the trip reports it seems that waking up as the sun set was the norm for the weekend. Fuckers. I was too poor to attend, but maybe next time. Indy will be a definite.

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The Caesar's event is approaching quickly and barring some miracle, anonymous donor, or a MUCH larger commission check I will have to sit this one out. Probably not as bad a thing as I think, although I was REALLY looking forward to some soft ring games.

I attended last year and played as an alternate, the format was horrible and the staff handle the larger than expected field rather poorly, staying around much longer than I should have with a dangerously low starting stack. Sitting with T1500 and blinds 75/150. I managed to outlast approximately 2/3 of the field before losing AK vs. JJ then insta-jamming with 6bb with KQ vs. A10 (was stoked I was 60/40 as the "caller" made an isolation raise).

The play the night before was what was attrocious. I played a SNG for a T500 WSOP chip and was amazed at how truly poor the players were. It was re-inforced when I set up a CR w/ K-10 from the bb on a flop of K-10-X, getting two callers. One with K-8 (drawing dead) and another with 5-6 (of hearts with one heart on the board). He, of course, back-doors a flush. Oh well.

I might try to make a trip over to Louisville during the Circuit events, but it's in "depends" mode. I am REALLY jonesing for some live poker tho', some REAL live poker.

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Speaking of which, my softball team is hosting a poker tourney to raise some money for some uni's next season, man I hope the back is straightened out. It will take place this weekend and I'm really looking forward to it too. There haven't been many home games or I just haven't been actively seeking them out as before.

Having that second kid and my new position at my "real" job is really cutting into my poker time. Add to that so much other stuff going on like: daughter's soccer, in-laws flood problems, back pain, Colt's games, etc. It's been rough.

Anyway, that's my goal. I'm setting up a weekly poker game in lieu of our weekly bowling league that I was in the last few years. Hopefully that will provide some entertainment, cheap beer and possibly a "live" roll to take to Aztar.

That's something I've had a hard time holding on to and not spending, my "live" roll. I always plan on working on this and enacting some discipline but I think it'll be easier now, I've got a little bit of disposable cash.

In addition to the weekly game and the upcoming softball fundraiser, I am going to try to play a lot more of the local church tourney's. Fundraiser's for local churches, usually catholic, that usually have a decent pay structure and several VERY poor players. I am also going to make an effort to play in a local weekly tourney just north of town that is a $17 rebuy tourney. I've played this only three times and finished third for a little over $300 and 14th to finish out of the money, used to be about 70-ish entrants. These local "home" games actually have a mix much like I've seen at the local casino. Maybe better actually.

I'll try to update and get some stories regarding these games and maybe post a few hands if I can remember them.