Ok, fine, a poker post

Ok, it's time for an actual poker post.

First order of events... I'm going to miss the Blogger Vegas Thingy, and I'm sad about this. At the time I needed to request off of work, my company was in turmoil, and I was broke. Now that the Thingy approaches, I have almost enough money to take a weekend off (and miss my prime money-making shifts), but I can't request the days off, nor get replacements for my shifts (nor probably a decent room at the inn).

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Seriously, I have a plan to update my blogroll. There are awesome people I read on a regular basis, but I've never mentioned them. If you're reading this, you've probably read them.

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Smokkee and Blinders are probably brilliant Orange Co. poker players, and I've never played their live tourney. I need to correct this. If Speaker can drive for hours, 15 mph at a time, I can make the trek.

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In the last three Sunday homegame tourneys I've hosted, I've finished first, first and third in fields of 12+. Naturally, my best play came in the tourney I didn't win.

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In sorta-poker news, I took a few weekdays off next week. Six weeks ago, I thought my brother would be out at Mammoth by now. Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. He's the family's Mysterious One. Doesn't answer email, has no cell phone. Fairly nomadic existence, too, and I'm pretty sure he likes it that way.

Why is this poker news? If my brother doesn't call me tomorrow, I might be spending Tues-Thursday at Hawaiian Gardens or Commerce, attempting to beat bad players at low limits. $100 NL, $4/8 limit, and/or $3/6 Omaha/8. Oh yeah!!