Trying to get 50k hands in 12 days

I took another couple days off to visit with family and go down to the NCAA tournament in San Jose. It put me a little behind for my hands goal so I am now going to try to get in 50K extra hands in before the end of the month. I started this goal 3 days ago and have played 14k so far. I skipped my lesson this week so that we would have more material to go over next time. I noticed that a couple guys were starting to catch me on the overall Omaha hands played for the year, which is another reason I am trying to make a big push by the end of the month. I am not sure if I have given the link out, but here is the site that tracks all the cash game hands. You can sort by different categories and click next to hands or net to sort from highest to lowest.


http://www.pokertableratings.com/stars-top-omaha-winners-year/2-4-PL

Here is a graph of one of my days last week. I was up pretty big but then went on a 8k downswing. If you click on the graph it should enlarge.




I went to see my Grandpa last Thursday with Jenny and Preston. We hung out with him for a couple hours and he seemed pretty happy. Then I went to the NCAA basketball games with my uncle Howie and his kids (Ben and Alex). We got to see a great game when Wash beat Marquette with a last second shot. We watch the first half of NM and Montana and then went home because it was 9pm at halftime.

My friend Greg came over on Friday to show me some stretches and strength exercises for my back. We watch some of the NCAA games while going through a small workout. I am going to a yoga class tonight for the first time. My back is pretty tight after playing poker for 3 long days and playing basketball last night for a couple hours. Hopefully the new exercise and stretching routine will make playing long hours easier. It already has seemed to help.

Back from vegas

Had a good time though I was feeling guilty for taking a few days off. We spent most of our time around the sportsbook watching games. Flew in Wednesday night after a delay in sac and a couple cocktails on the flight. We met up at Ballys and played some blackjack and roulette. Then we headed back to Harrahs but not without making a stop to play Beer Pong at 4am. Went to bed around 6:30am and woke up at 9:30. They had run out of regular rooms the night before and Scott and I ended up in a two bedroom suite. I sat in the Jacuzzi and watched basketball before we had to change rooms. Scott and Dustin were still up from the night before and playing in a poker tournament at the flamingo. I met them there for some Bloody Marys and some poker. Scott won the tournament for around $500. We met back up with Joe and Trent at Harrahs to watch some more hoops before heading to ESPN zone for dinner. Dustin and Scott didn't make it since they were now asleep for the first time since getting there. We came back to grab Scott and tried to get Dustin rallied, but even though Trent yanked him off the bed he still didn't make it out. We marched across the street to Mirage to meet up with Newt. We ended up at the high limit poker bar till about 1:30am. Then back to the outdoor bar at Harrahs where a band was playing. Of course had to finish up with Beer pong again from 4-6am. I got up at 9:30am getting 3hrs of sleep on back to back nights. We sat out at the Caesars pool on Friday I had lunch inside at around 2:30. I was exhausted and pretty hammered still. I walked back to the room by myself and watched the Big east semifinals games. I thought about going out that night, but was too tired. I tried to sleep, but with Scott's snoring and the TV still going since I couldn't find the remote, it was difficult. Didn't do much when I got home on Saturday, laid around watched TV and recovered.

I played a little yesterday about 3k hands. Going to need to get as many as I can in until Thursday. I am going down to San Jose all day for the first round of the NCAAs at HP Pavillion.

Baby #2 on the Way

We are soooo excited!!! Jenny is about 8 weeks along and has a bad case of morning sickness. We ask Preston if he want a little brother or sister, he goes back and forth between the two. I always thought that someone without a family would have an easier time putting in long hours of poker, but I think I way more motivated because I have them. There is nothing better than having Preston's eyes light up and run over to give me a big hug after I am done with a session.

I was going to try to do this once a week, but I already missed that. My biggest cash game winning day started my biggest session winning streak. I won 23 sessions in a row, most of those being between 1k and 2k hands per session. It has been a pretty crazy run. I have played 210k hands for the year and have 270k VIP pts. My back unfortunately has taken a toll. I had to go to physical therapy on Thursday because it was getting almost unbearable. I receive some electrotreatment along with heat, they took some measurements and gave me stretches to do twice a day for about 20 min each. Hopefully this will help.

We had a pretty good time at Dustin's bday last weekend, I didn't go overboard with my drinking so I was able to get home at a reasonable hour to play poker. I am heading to Vegas for 2 nights next week for Newts bach party. A bunch of the guys from my wedding are going (dustin, scott, trent, marc, greg). I fly out Thursday afternoon and come back Saturday morning.