Yes, I'm a horrid, lazy, pre-occupied blogger! But it was my vacation and the beach and many beers took up ALL my time. Somewhere along the line with the aid of the sun I think I really have crossed a race boundary or two. The whole family, along with the Jacksons, Morrisons and Wolfes had a fantastic time! One day of rain threatened to keep us from the beach, but it cleared up and we still managed a few hours baking on the sands. Beyond that it was just beautiful! I got in several runs on the beach and just soaked in every once of sand and surf that I could. Clearly, I'm an ocean kinda guy... maybe there is something to this Aquarius thing after all. But enough about my beach-time.
When last I left off the WSOP was still weeding down the Tournament of Champion entrants in search of a winner... I'm ecstatic to report that Huck Seed emerged as the winner of the $500,000 top prize! An amazing victory in a stellar field of poker's best players. Congratulations Huck!!!
Event #49 the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em finally played down to a winner and crowned Michael Linn as its champion and coughed up the $609,493 top prize and bling! Congratulations!
Event #50 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha found a winner in Chance Kornuth as he took down the $508,090 top prize money. A quick scan of the winners also reveals that Robert Mizrachi scored a cash and even Annette Obrestad managed to eke out a cash in the event. But congratulations to "Chance."
Event #51 $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em awarded the top prize to Ryan Welch $559,371. He managed to best the 965 player field to bring it home. Congratulations on this first bracelet.
Event #52 $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed was not for the meek at that pricetag, but 191 ponied up the entry. In the end 21 year old Dan Kelly took home the $1,315,518 top prize and the bracelet! Another quick scan of winners and I see Daniel Negreanu managed to triple his cash in the event, finishing in 11th place. But congratulations to Dan Kelly on this victory.
Event #53 the $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout found 548 players competing for the top spot, but in the end Brendan Taylor emerged victorious and $184,950 to the good, to go along with his new bracelet.
Event #54 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em crowned its weary champion Marcel Vonk who managed to best the 3,844 player field and take down the $570,960 prize and the WSOP bracelet. Big Congratulations!
Event #55 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Championship found a familiar face to crown champion in Daniel Alaei. He takes home $780,599 for the victory and his third WSOP bracelet. Congratulations!
Event #56 $2,500 No-Limit Hold’em finally wound its way to a close and Tomer Berda took home the $825,976 top prize. Congratulations on the victory!
The $5,000 Ante Up for Africa Tournament was won by familiar face Phil Gordon who graciously donated his $130,641 win to the worthwhile charity! Out in the 2nd spot was Shannon Elizabeth... Congratulations to all who cashed and even more so to all those who gave it all back!
And then came the grand-daddy event! Event #57 the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Championship!!! It's still playing its way down to the final 9 as I write this... 7,319 players began the journey, only 747 of them would take any cash home for their trouble. They would play for days on end in hopes of becoming one of the final 9 and then disbanding only to return in November to play it down for all the world to see and provide the ESPN climactic spectacle on the air! And as I am here writing this I was reading that there were 10 players left but just now Brandon Steven has been eliminated in the 10 spot with only a $635,011 pillow to soften the blow of missing the final November Nine! Still remaining in the hunt which will resume are:
Jonathan Duhamel, John Dolan, Joseph Cheong, John Racener, Filippo Candio, Michael Mizrachi, Soi Nguyen, Matthew Jarvis, and Jason Senti. The top spot of $8,944,138 looms far out on the horizon for one of them. The 9th spot will offer roughly a $811,823 payday. Yeah, I think I'd very much like to HANG ON!!! Congratulations on coming this far in it guys. We will see you ALL in November!!!
Regards,
cheer_dad
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Sunday, July 18, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
And still MORE WSOP pokery goodness
Sadly, my blogging efforts as of late have been dismal failures. Eagles conventions, concerts, summer, family, friends, and well... you name it, it has all taken a seat closer to the front of the bus than has my blogging. I am sorry. But sometimes kidlets, "dems da berries." SOOOO, picking up where I left off:
Event #28: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha has crowned its champion and awarded the $315,311 top prize to Miguel Proulx. Congratulations on the win! And I see now that blogger buddy SHAMUS covered that one. I enjoyed reading through your writing as always.
Event #29: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship has completed too, and awarded Matt Keikoan a 2nd WSOP bracelet. Way to go! Some other names I'm happy see make the money on this one, Brock Parker, Michael Mizrachi, and David Chiu.
Event #30: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em has completed and the $581,851 top prize and bracelet has been awarded to Mike Ellis. Congratulations on wading through the enormous field!
Event #31: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. awarded $256,820 to Konstantin Puchkov. Congratulations on your new shiny WSOP bracelet!
Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed has crowned a champion and awarded a first bracelet to Jeffrey Papola. To get there he outlasted 567 players, and then ultimately came to heads up play with Men Nguyen, who certainly made him work for it. Congrats to him!
Event #33: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha was awarded to Jose-Luis Velador. He lays claim to $260,517 and the WSOP bracelet. Congratulations.
Event #34: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship has ended as well and unfortunately I can't say that my good friend Vince got to the winner's circle. But he's returned from Vegas with a story or two to tell though. On the other hand a winner ultimately emerged in Harold Angle. He pockets the bling and $487,994 for outlasting the 3,142 players. Congratulations.
Event #35: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship found its winner in Ayaz Mahmood. Congratulations to him. It's also good to see lovely lady Vanessa Rousso finishing in the #5 spot! : )
Event #36: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em has its champion in Scott Montgomery with $481,760 to go with his bracelet. Congratulations.
Event #37: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. I was really excited about this one. And when the dust settled the bracelet and the $329,840 went to one of my all time favorite poker players, Phil Ivey! Big congratulations!
Event #38: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship has awarded the top prize of $627,214 to Valdemar Kwaysser. Congratulations on a great payday.
Event #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout finally awarded the $381,922 to Steven Kelly. Congratulations.
Event #40: $2,500 Seven Card Razz awards $214,085 to Frank Kassela and his second bracelet! Big Congratulations.
Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better has its bracelet winner in Steve Jelinek and $245,871.
Event #42: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Dean Hamrick takes it down wading through the 2,521. He takes the bracelet and $604,222! Congratulations!
Event #43: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship the $611,666 top spot was awarded to Ian Gordon. Congratulations!
Event #44: $2,500 Mixed Hold'em Day. AND at LONG LAST Mr. Gavin Smith has secured his place in the club of WSOP bracelet winners!!! Gavin bested a field of 507 players to take home his FIRST EVER bracelet, not to mention the $268,238 top prize! Congratulations Gavin!
Event #45: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em. Jesse Rockowitz laid claim to the $721,373 and the top prize, wading through the 3,097 player field. Congratulations.
Event #46: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better. The top spot went to Chris Bell with the bracelet and a tidy prize pool $327,040. Congratulations.
Event #47: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em continues to drag on with 9 players remaining of the starting 3,128 players. Sorry folks I'm sure you're all a great bunch a guys but I don't know a one of you... sorry...
Event #48: $2,500 Mixed Event crowned a winner in Sigurd Eskeland and gained him $260,497 along with a shiny new bracelet.
As of Day 2 of the WSOP Tournament of Champions we find 17 players remaining of the 27 who began. Mike Matusow is currently in the lead with 85,500 in chips. The top nine will take home a paycheck, but currently 17 remain.
Event #49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em continues to roll along with 23 of the starting 2,543 players remaining...
Event #50: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Robert Mizrachi is currently on top of chip stack of this event. There are a total of 31 of the starting 460 players left.
Event #51: $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em still has 189 of 965 players remaining.
On tap to get started today Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed AND Event #53: $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout.
And with THAT lengthy recap... I'm spent! Thanks for coming by the blog.
Regards,
cheer_dad
Event #28: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha has crowned its champion and awarded the $315,311 top prize to Miguel Proulx. Congratulations on the win! And I see now that blogger buddy SHAMUS covered that one. I enjoyed reading through your writing as always.
Event #29: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship has completed too, and awarded Matt Keikoan a 2nd WSOP bracelet. Way to go! Some other names I'm happy see make the money on this one, Brock Parker, Michael Mizrachi, and David Chiu.
Event #30: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em has completed and the $581,851 top prize and bracelet has been awarded to Mike Ellis. Congratulations on wading through the enormous field!
Event #31: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E. awarded $256,820 to Konstantin Puchkov. Congratulations on your new shiny WSOP bracelet!
Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed has crowned a champion and awarded a first bracelet to Jeffrey Papola. To get there he outlasted 567 players, and then ultimately came to heads up play with Men Nguyen, who certainly made him work for it. Congrats to him!
Event #33: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha was awarded to Jose-Luis Velador. He lays claim to $260,517 and the WSOP bracelet. Congratulations.
Event #34: $1,000 Seniors No-Limit Hold’em Championship has ended as well and unfortunately I can't say that my good friend Vince got to the winner's circle. But he's returned from Vegas with a story or two to tell though. On the other hand a winner ultimately emerged in Harold Angle. He pockets the bling and $487,994 for outlasting the 3,142 players. Congratulations.
Event #35: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship found its winner in Ayaz Mahmood. Congratulations to him. It's also good to see lovely lady Vanessa Rousso finishing in the #5 spot! : )
Event #36: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em has its champion in Scott Montgomery with $481,760 to go with his bracelet. Congratulations.
Event #37: $3,000 H.O.R.S.E. I was really excited about this one. And when the dust settled the bracelet and the $329,840 went to one of my all time favorite poker players, Phil Ivey! Big congratulations!
Event #38: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship has awarded the top prize of $627,214 to Valdemar Kwaysser. Congratulations on a great payday.
Event #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout finally awarded the $381,922 to Steven Kelly. Congratulations.
Event #40: $2,500 Seven Card Razz awards $214,085 to Frank Kassela and his second bracelet! Big Congratulations.
Event #41: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better has its bracelet winner in Steve Jelinek and $245,871.
Event #42: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em Dean Hamrick takes it down wading through the 2,521. He takes the bracelet and $604,222! Congratulations!
Event #43: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship the $611,666 top spot was awarded to Ian Gordon. Congratulations!
Event #44: $2,500 Mixed Hold'em Day. AND at LONG LAST Mr. Gavin Smith has secured his place in the club of WSOP bracelet winners!!! Gavin bested a field of 507 players to take home his FIRST EVER bracelet, not to mention the $268,238 top prize! Congratulations Gavin!
Event #45: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em. Jesse Rockowitz laid claim to the $721,373 and the top prize, wading through the 3,097 player field. Congratulations.
Event #46: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better. The top spot went to Chris Bell with the bracelet and a tidy prize pool $327,040. Congratulations.
Event #47: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em continues to drag on with 9 players remaining of the starting 3,128 players. Sorry folks I'm sure you're all a great bunch a guys but I don't know a one of you... sorry...
Event #48: $2,500 Mixed Event crowned a winner in Sigurd Eskeland and gained him $260,497 along with a shiny new bracelet.
As of Day 2 of the WSOP Tournament of Champions we find 17 players remaining of the 27 who began. Mike Matusow is currently in the lead with 85,500 in chips. The top nine will take home a paycheck, but currently 17 remain.
Event #49: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em continues to roll along with 23 of the starting 2,543 players remaining...
Event #50: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Robert Mizrachi is currently on top of chip stack of this event. There are a total of 31 of the starting 460 players left.
Event #51: $3,000 Triple Chance No-Limit Hold’em still has 189 of 965 players remaining.
On tap to get started today Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed AND Event #53: $1,500 Limit Hold’em Shootout.
And with THAT lengthy recap... I'm spent! Thanks for coming by the blog.
Regards,
cheer_dad
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Still more WSOP goodness...
Event #20 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha John "Tex" Barch takes home WSOP gold and $259,919. Congratulations to him!
Event #21 $1,500 Seven Card Stud, Richard Ashby take home $140,467 and the bling. Congrats...
Now, the pictures on PokerNews.com truly reflect excitement in this next winner. Event #22: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship. In this one Vanessa Hellebuyck takes down $192,132 and besting 1,054 other ladies... or pseudo/wanna be ladies... Congratulations.
Finally, Event #23: $2,500 Limit Hold'em / Six Handed, brings us a name we know and love. Dutch Boyd takes down his second bracelet and $234,065. Congrats Dutch!
Event #24: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em brought us a winner on Day 4 with Jeff Tebben coming out on top and taking home $503,389 for the effort. Congrats.
And HELL YEAH! I really should be following along much closer. Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship find Sam Farha coming out on top with $488,237! I like Sam, if you don't leave the blog... now!
Event #26: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed is now in the books and has Willam Haydon as the victor! A not too shabby $630,031 prize and bling for his effort!
Event #27: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better finds a winner in David Warga who finds a prize of $208,682 for the effort.
Event #28: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, is down to the final 7 looking for a winner still.
6 of 171 entrants remain in Event #29: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship. 425,969 still awaiting a winner.
Event #30: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em continues with 91 of 2,394 players remaining.
Event #31: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.finds 72 of 828 still in the hunt. The last noted bustout was Tom Dwan!
Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed has far too many to speculate! 318 of 568 remain.
And finally I'll mention 2010 World Series of Poker
Event #33: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha, which is for all intents and purposes "just" getting under way!
I'm dog tired! work, run, lift, and now eagles' convention is exhausting... Yes, I'm a delegate and so I will not be at work tomorrow, if anyone cares.
Regards,
cheer_dad
Event #21 $1,500 Seven Card Stud, Richard Ashby take home $140,467 and the bling. Congrats...
Now, the pictures on PokerNews.com truly reflect excitement in this next winner. Event #22: $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship. In this one Vanessa Hellebuyck takes down $192,132 and besting 1,054 other ladies... or pseudo/wanna be ladies... Congratulations.
Finally, Event #23: $2,500 Limit Hold'em / Six Handed, brings us a name we know and love. Dutch Boyd takes down his second bracelet and $234,065. Congrats Dutch!
Event #24: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em brought us a winner on Day 4 with Jeff Tebben coming out on top and taking home $503,389 for the effort. Congrats.
And HELL YEAH! I really should be following along much closer. Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship find Sam Farha coming out on top with $488,237! I like Sam, if you don't leave the blog... now!
Event #26: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed is now in the books and has Willam Haydon as the victor! A not too shabby $630,031 prize and bling for his effort!
Event #27: $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better finds a winner in David Warga who finds a prize of $208,682 for the effort.
Event #28: $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, is down to the final 7 looking for a winner still.
6 of 171 entrants remain in Event #29: $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship. 425,969 still awaiting a winner.
Event #30: $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em continues with 91 of 2,394 players remaining.
Event #31: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.finds 72 of 828 still in the hunt. The last noted bustout was Tom Dwan!
Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed has far too many to speculate! 318 of 568 remain.
And finally I'll mention 2010 World Series of Poker
Event #33: $2,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em/Omaha, which is for all intents and purposes "just" getting under way!
I'm dog tired! work, run, lift, and now eagles' convention is exhausting... Yes, I'm a delegate and so I will not be at work tomorrow, if anyone cares.
Regards,
cheer_dad
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Continuing WSOP goodness, personal updates too!
I know I'm WAY behind. There's just been a lot going on! But here's my WSOP 2010 catch-up post...
Event #11 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em has been won by Simon Watt, who dashed the hopes of Tom Dwan's first WSOP bracelet. Congrats to Watt for taking home the bling and the $614,248 top prize.
Event #12 $1,500 Limit Hold’em found Matthew Matros as the eventual winner taking home $189,870 for besting the field. Congratulations.
Event #13 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em has also crowned it champion in Stephen Gee who pocketed a nice $472,479 sum.
Event #14 $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball found Yan Chen coming out on top of the players, and taking home the gold and $92,817. Yeah, I know it's not a whopping amount of money, but it'd sure put a dent in the ole mortgage! Congratulations to him!
Event #15 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship has its champion in Frank Kassela, who walks away with the WSOP bracelet and a tidy $447,446 prize for first! Others who found there way to a decent payday in the event were Allen Kessler in 2nd, Jennifer Harman Traniello in 3rd, Steve Zolotow 4th, John Juanda in 5th.
SHEESH, I really AM behind on the series recap, huh!
Event #16 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed found a winner in Carter Phillips. $482, 774 was a nice payday for him, congrats.
Event #17 $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em was won by Jason DeWitt. He takes home $818,959 for his trouble! Big congratulations to him!
Event #18 $2,000 Limit Hold'em... and the winner is Eric Buchman who takes home $203,607. Yes, you'll recall Buchman as one of the November Nine from last year's 2009 WSOP! Congratulations on a game well played.
Event #19 $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship's $294,314 top prize payday goes to David Baker. In reviewing the folks who got paid in this one. Baker is to be congratulated even more: Eric Cloutier, John Juanada, Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu, Andy Block, Yan Chen, and even Peter Gould. Nice job!
Event #20 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha is down to the final 4 at the time of my catching up on my reading! Nenad Medic, Trai Dang John Barch, and Klinhammer Thibaut are all that remain all in search of the bracelet and $256,919.
Event #21 $1,500 Seven Card Stud has 6 players remaining of the 408 who started. $140,467 awaits the eventual winner.
Event #22 $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship continues on with 71 of the original 1,054 remaining. $192,132 awaits one lucky lady! Of those remaining in the game I quickly recognize: Liv Boeree, Mimi Tran, Linda Johnson, Evelyn Ng, and Lacey Jones.
Event #23 $2,500 Limit Hold'em / Six Handed has 49 of the original
384 players remaining.
Event #24 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em, 640 players remaining from the 1,931 who began the journey.
Event #25 $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship is just getting underway.
Sorry guys, I just have little to say. Despite being off work for a couple days this week, I have been incredibly busy. Even on the days at work, I've been hitting overtime hours that I could do without, but seem somewhat essential.
The Black Stone Cherry concert at the Eagles was a phenomenal success on Wednesday, with more than 800 people in attendance. Fantastic show by both BSC and JINXD who opened for them. My son got to meet the members of both bands. I hung out with a number of them myself. What a great bunch of guys and I see great success in their futures! Any group with such talent and a great dedication and work ethic has what it takes to go the distance.
In personal poker news! Last night Big Red and I played cards at the Yanok's house. I bubbled the money on game one (got points) and then in game two, Big Red and I chopped the 2 payout spots. Lighter than usual turnout but a GREAT time nonetheless. I drank a lot... too much of course and got to bed way too late. Then, at 9am my dad showed up to continue working on the screening in of our back deck. We worked on until 7pm! The first couple of hours I know my sweat had a beer foam to it! I survived and the deck is looking GREAT! I'll try to get some pix up of it.
Tomorrow I have to mow, and work some more on the deck. But by 9pm tomorrow night my backside will be firmly planted in front of the TV for the Season Premiere of TRUE BLOOD!!! Don't call me at that time... I will END you! : P
Regards,
cheer_dad
Event #11 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em has been won by Simon Watt, who dashed the hopes of Tom Dwan's first WSOP bracelet. Congrats to Watt for taking home the bling and the $614,248 top prize.
Event #12 $1,500 Limit Hold’em found Matthew Matros as the eventual winner taking home $189,870 for besting the field. Congratulations.
Event #13 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em has also crowned it champion in Stephen Gee who pocketed a nice $472,479 sum.
Event #14 $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball found Yan Chen coming out on top of the players, and taking home the gold and $92,817. Yeah, I know it's not a whopping amount of money, but it'd sure put a dent in the ole mortgage! Congratulations to him!
Event #15 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship has its champion in Frank Kassela, who walks away with the WSOP bracelet and a tidy $447,446 prize for first! Others who found there way to a decent payday in the event were Allen Kessler in 2nd, Jennifer Harman Traniello in 3rd, Steve Zolotow 4th, John Juanda in 5th.
SHEESH, I really AM behind on the series recap, huh!
Event #16 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed found a winner in Carter Phillips. $482, 774 was a nice payday for him, congrats.
Event #17 $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em was won by Jason DeWitt. He takes home $818,959 for his trouble! Big congratulations to him!
Event #18 $2,000 Limit Hold'em... and the winner is Eric Buchman who takes home $203,607. Yes, you'll recall Buchman as one of the November Nine from last year's 2009 WSOP! Congratulations on a game well played.
Event #19 $10,000 2-7 Draw Lowball Championship's $294,314 top prize payday goes to David Baker. In reviewing the folks who got paid in this one. Baker is to be congratulated even more: Eric Cloutier, John Juanada, Erik Seidel, Daniel Negreanu, Andy Block, Yan Chen, and even Peter Gould. Nice job!
Event #20 $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha is down to the final 4 at the time of my catching up on my reading! Nenad Medic, Trai Dang John Barch, and Klinhammer Thibaut are all that remain all in search of the bracelet and $256,919.
Event #21 $1,500 Seven Card Stud has 6 players remaining of the 408 who started. $140,467 awaits the eventual winner.
Event #22 $1,000 Ladies No-Limit Hold’em Championship continues on with 71 of the original 1,054 remaining. $192,132 awaits one lucky lady! Of those remaining in the game I quickly recognize: Liv Boeree, Mimi Tran, Linda Johnson, Evelyn Ng, and Lacey Jones.
Event #23 $2,500 Limit Hold'em / Six Handed has 49 of the original
384 players remaining.
Event #24 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em, 640 players remaining from the 1,931 who began the journey.
Event #25 $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship is just getting underway.
Sorry guys, I just have little to say. Despite being off work for a couple days this week, I have been incredibly busy. Even on the days at work, I've been hitting overtime hours that I could do without, but seem somewhat essential.
The Black Stone Cherry concert at the Eagles was a phenomenal success on Wednesday, with more than 800 people in attendance. Fantastic show by both BSC and JINXD who opened for them. My son got to meet the members of both bands. I hung out with a number of them myself. What a great bunch of guys and I see great success in their futures! Any group with such talent and a great dedication and work ethic has what it takes to go the distance.
In personal poker news! Last night Big Red and I played cards at the Yanok's house. I bubbled the money on game one (got points) and then in game two, Big Red and I chopped the 2 payout spots. Lighter than usual turnout but a GREAT time nonetheless. I drank a lot... too much of course and got to bed way too late. Then, at 9am my dad showed up to continue working on the screening in of our back deck. We worked on until 7pm! The first couple of hours I know my sweat had a beer foam to it! I survived and the deck is looking GREAT! I'll try to get some pix up of it.
Tomorrow I have to mow, and work some more on the deck. But by 9pm tomorrow night my backside will be firmly planted in front of the TV for the Season Premiere of TRUE BLOOD!!! Don't call me at that time... I will END you! : P
Regards,
cheer_dad
Sunday, June 06, 2010
WSOP 2010 Event #s 9 - 15
Event #9: $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em congratulations to James Dempsey, for taking home the WSOP gold a hard won $197,470.
But then there was Event #10 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship. Let me say a BIG congratulations to Men "The Master" Nguyen for taking home the gold and a cool $394,800! This marks Men's 7th WSOP bracelet!
In event #11 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em only 17 players remain going at it for the top spot and a cool pay day of $614,248. And continuing to prove his worth in the poker world, and the current chipleader is Tom Dwan.
Event #12 $1,500 Limit Hold’em also continues to grind its way toward a final table. 10 of the original 625 players remain. The top spot still up for grabs of $189,870. And on top of that one... hey I know and read that guy's blog, no not that one, the other one... Terrence Chan! Congrats and hang tough as always!
With quite some distance still to go, Event #13 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em, continues on with 590 players remaining of the starting 590.
Event #14 $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball, has 42 of the 250 starters still in the hunt, and only 28 ever see the green... Top prize of $92,817 and don't forget some WSOP gold and the bragging right that go along with it!
And it won't be long before the start of Event #15 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship.
Thanks again to the PokerNews.com writing team!
Regards,
cheer_dad
But then there was Event #10 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship. Let me say a BIG congratulations to Men "The Master" Nguyen for taking home the gold and a cool $394,800! This marks Men's 7th WSOP bracelet!
In event #11 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em only 17 players remain going at it for the top spot and a cool pay day of $614,248. And continuing to prove his worth in the poker world, and the current chipleader is Tom Dwan.
Event #12 $1,500 Limit Hold’em also continues to grind its way toward a final table. 10 of the original 625 players remain. The top spot still up for grabs of $189,870. And on top of that one... hey I know and read that guy's blog, no not that one, the other one... Terrence Chan! Congrats and hang tough as always!
With quite some distance still to go, Event #13 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em, continues on with 590 players remaining of the starting 590.
Event #14 $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball, has 42 of the 250 starters still in the hunt, and only 28 ever see the green... Top prize of $92,817 and don't forget some WSOP gold and the bragging right that go along with it!
And it won't be long before the start of Event #15 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship.
Thanks again to the PokerNews.com writing team!
Regards,
cheer_dad
Saturday, June 05, 2010
WSOP 2010 continues Event #s 8 - 14
Event #8 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em was not the magic one for Phil... instead Pascal LeFrancois came up with the top spot, the bracelet, and the $568,974. Congratulations on coming out on top of the pack of 2,341 players.
Event #9 $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em continues on with only 6 players remaining: James Depsey, Steve Chanthabouasy, Mark Babekov, Scott Haraden, JJ Liu, and Armen Kara. Hanging around til the last man standing will garner WSOP gold and $197,470.
Event #10 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship continues on with only 9 of the original 150 players remaining. Top spot is $394,800 while going out next at $38,676 is at the very least guaranteed. Still in the hunt I see some familiar names, Brandon Adams, Men Nguyen, Steve Billirakis, and there's Michael Mizrachi too.
Event #11 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, 151 of the starting 2,563 players remain but hey 270 players get paid! Of course much less than the top spot of $614,248. Hang in there!!!
Event #12 $1,500 Limit Hold’em still has 119 of the starting 625 remaining, all seeking a top prize of $189,870.
Event #13 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em and Event #14 $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball are just getting under way as well. Way too early to even think about a leader...
Regards,
Brian
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Event #9 $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em continues on with only 6 players remaining: James Depsey, Steve Chanthabouasy, Mark Babekov, Scott Haraden, JJ Liu, and Armen Kara. Hanging around til the last man standing will garner WSOP gold and $197,470.
Event #10 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship continues on with only 9 of the original 150 players remaining. Top spot is $394,800 while going out next at $38,676 is at the very least guaranteed. Still in the hunt I see some familiar names, Brandon Adams, Men Nguyen, Steve Billirakis, and there's Michael Mizrachi too.
Event #11 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, 151 of the starting 2,563 players remain but hey 270 players get paid! Of course much less than the top spot of $614,248. Hang in there!!!
Event #12 $1,500 Limit Hold’em still has 119 of the starting 625 remaining, all seeking a top prize of $189,870.
Event #13 $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em and Event #14 $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball are just getting under way as well. Way too early to even think about a leader...
Regards,
Brian
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Friday, June 04, 2010
WSOP 2010 Event #s 2 - 10+
Yes, I'm very far behind in my recap of the 2010 WSOP... but rather than belabor the point let's get on with it shall we!?!
BIG Congratulations to Michael Mizrachi on winning the Poker Player's Championship (Event #2) at this year's World Series of Poker! He bested the 116 players who ponied up the whopping $50,000 entry, to take home a cool little WSOP bracelet and not to mention the $1,559,046 top prize! Fantastic effort!
In Event #3 $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em the winner is Aadam Daya taking home the $625,872 top prize and the WSOP bling! It took 4 grueling days of grinding through the 4,345 player field! He is to be commended... congratulations!
In Event #4 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better the new bracelet winner and pocketer of $237,140 is Michael Chow. Congratulations!
In Event #5 $1,500 No-limit Hold'em, we have Praz Bansi coming up with the bracelet and $515,501 for the top spot. He too waded through an enormous field of players (2,092) to claim the title!
The 358 player field in Event #6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout was also reduced to the last man standing and we find Joshua Tieman taking home the bracelet and $441,692! Congratulations to him!
Peter Gelencser lays claim to the bracelet and $180,730 in Event #7: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball. Congratulations!
Event #8 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em is still underway with only 25 of the original starting 2,341 players. One heavy notable still in the thick of it... Phil Hellmuth. You just gotta love to hate the guy! He is entertaining though!
Event #9 $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em now has only 65 players remaining from the original 650. Top prize in this one is $197,470. Stay tuned.
When I pulled up the page for Event #10 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, I thought I'd misclicked and checked myself again! But low and behold, there is Michael Mizrachi's name AGAIN. No, it ain't over but he is currently on top of the chip counts with 88 of the 150 starters still remaining. But this won't be easy and that war is probably FAR from over with the likes of Doyle Brunson, Men Nguyen, Nick Schulman, Brandon Adams, Greg Mueller, and John DAgostino also appearing in the Top 25.
Scheduled to get underway today, June 4th are Event #11: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, Event #12: $1,500 Limit Hold’em, and Event #13: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em. Lots of pokery goodness still to come in this year's WSOP. Stay tuned, and please continue to follow along with the great writers of PokerNews.com, http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2010-wsop/.
Regards,
cheer_dad
BIG Congratulations to Michael Mizrachi on winning the Poker Player's Championship (Event #2) at this year's World Series of Poker! He bested the 116 players who ponied up the whopping $50,000 entry, to take home a cool little WSOP bracelet and not to mention the $1,559,046 top prize! Fantastic effort!
In Event #3 $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em the winner is Aadam Daya taking home the $625,872 top prize and the WSOP bling! It took 4 grueling days of grinding through the 4,345 player field! He is to be commended... congratulations!
In Event #4 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better the new bracelet winner and pocketer of $237,140 is Michael Chow. Congratulations!
In Event #5 $1,500 No-limit Hold'em, we have Praz Bansi coming up with the bracelet and $515,501 for the top spot. He too waded through an enormous field of players (2,092) to claim the title!
The 358 player field in Event #6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout was also reduced to the last man standing and we find Joshua Tieman taking home the bracelet and $441,692! Congratulations to him!
Peter Gelencser lays claim to the bracelet and $180,730 in Event #7: $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball. Congratulations!
Event #8 $1,500 No-Limit Hold’em is still underway with only 25 of the original starting 2,341 players. One heavy notable still in the thick of it... Phil Hellmuth. You just gotta love to hate the guy! He is entertaining though!
Event #9 $1,500 Pot-Limit Hold'em now has only 65 players remaining from the original 650. Top prize in this one is $197,470. Stay tuned.
When I pulled up the page for Event #10 $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship, I thought I'd misclicked and checked myself again! But low and behold, there is Michael Mizrachi's name AGAIN. No, it ain't over but he is currently on top of the chip counts with 88 of the 150 starters still remaining. But this won't be easy and that war is probably FAR from over with the likes of Doyle Brunson, Men Nguyen, Nick Schulman, Brandon Adams, Greg Mueller, and John DAgostino also appearing in the Top 25.
Scheduled to get underway today, June 4th are Event #11: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, Event #12: $1,500 Limit Hold’em, and Event #13: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em. Lots of pokery goodness still to come in this year's WSOP. Stay tuned, and please continue to follow along with the great writers of PokerNews.com, http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2010-wsop/.
Regards,
cheer_dad
Tuesday, June 01, 2010
WSOP 2010 Action continues Event #s 2 thru 7
And the action at the WSOP continues. Event #2 the $50,000 Poker Player's Championship is down to the final 8 players! On top of the chip counts is Robert Mizrachi with 3,125,000. Also still in the hunt are David Baker, John Juanda, Mikael Thuritz, Michael Mizrachi, Vladimir Schmelev, Daniel Alaei, and David Oppenheim. As I said before, I can't wait to see this one play out...
Heading into Day 3 of Event #3 $1,000 NLHE, there are only 41 of the starting 4345 players left. Congrats to them all, thy've all made the money! Can't say I'm overly excited about any of the names which remain... I'm sure they're all great people... just not "my" people! : P Top spot of $625,872 awaits one of them at any rate.
In Event #4 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, there remain 26 of the initial 818 starters. Again, everyone left now, is in the money... Top spot payout $237,140 and some little bracelet of a trinket. : ) A quick look at the players remaining and I see Ylon Schwartz, Jeff Madsen, and Huck Seed. And oh NOOOOOOs where are you???!!! Say it ain't so BWoP!!!
In Event #5 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 223 players remain of the 2,099 who began. Only 216 of those will be walking away with anything at all... with the top spot at $515,501.
Event #6 $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout is just getting going with a total of 122 players. Too early to get excited about anyone in this one but a quick look at the top 10 in chip counts, and you see Chris Ferguson on top, with Jeffrey Lisandro, Daniel Negreanu, Todd Brunson, Justin Bonomo, and Johnny "frickin" Chan to do a little name dropping! Good luck/skill guys!
Event #7 $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball will commence later tonight at 5pm Vegas time baby!
Thanks to all the coverage being provided the the talented writers at http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/... You guys make it possible for the rest of us to live vicariously through you!
Regards,
cheer_dad
Heading into Day 3 of Event #3 $1,000 NLHE, there are only 41 of the starting 4345 players left. Congrats to them all, thy've all made the money! Can't say I'm overly excited about any of the names which remain... I'm sure they're all great people... just not "my" people! : P Top spot of $625,872 awaits one of them at any rate.
In Event #4 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, there remain 26 of the initial 818 starters. Again, everyone left now, is in the money... Top spot payout $237,140 and some little bracelet of a trinket. : ) A quick look at the players remaining and I see Ylon Schwartz, Jeff Madsen, and Huck Seed. And oh NOOOOOOs where are you???!!! Say it ain't so BWoP!!!
In Event #5 $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em 223 players remain of the 2,099 who began. Only 216 of those will be walking away with anything at all... with the top spot at $515,501.
Event #6 $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout is just getting going with a total of 122 players. Too early to get excited about anyone in this one but a quick look at the top 10 in chip counts, and you see Chris Ferguson on top, with Jeffrey Lisandro, Daniel Negreanu, Todd Brunson, Justin Bonomo, and Johnny "frickin" Chan to do a little name dropping! Good luck/skill guys!
Event #7 $2,500 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball will commence later tonight at 5pm Vegas time baby!
Thanks to all the coverage being provided the the talented writers at http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/... You guys make it possible for the rest of us to live vicariously through you!
Regards,
cheer_dad
Monday, May 31, 2010
WSOP 2010 Event #1 Winner
Congratulations to Hoai D. Pham, who became the first bracelet winner of the 2010 WSOP. He bested a field of 721 players over 3 days to finally take it down. Pham collected $71,424 for first place.
Michael Mizrachi continues to hold a tenuous lead over the field in Event #2 The Poker Players Championship $50,000 buy-in. This high-stakes event drew 116 players this year, up from last year's 95 player field. These are your elite players. The field is now down to the final 21 players. The format of play demands experience in nearly all poker variants and disciplines. It is a mix of Triple Draw 2-7, Hold'em, Omaha /8B, Razz, Stud, Stud /8B, No Limit Hold'em, and PLO... In addition to Michael Mizrachi, some of the other players I recognize in the dwindling field are Daniel Alaei, Robert Mizrachi, John Juanda, Nick Schulman, Andy Bloch, Erik Seidel, David Singer, and Eli Elezra. I'm looking forward to the ESPN coverage of this year's event, with so many big names in the field. Top spot in the event...$1,559,046.
Event #3 the $1,000 NLHE drew 4,345 players of which only 481 remain. Top spot payout in this event is $625,872. Still a lot of thinning of the herd to come in this one.
Event #4: Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better began drew 818 players. of which 274 remain.
Event #5 $1,500 NLHE is just getting under way...
Continue to follow along either here, or for the real quick scoop head over to PokerNews.com and their live reporting!!!
And back here on the homefront... Teresa, Cole, and I went out the wilds of Gilmer County to do some camping and four-wheeling and had an absolute ball. Along for the adventure were the Jacksons, Allmans, and Uncle June did make a showing... along with several other friends and family of his. Fantastic time was had by all, and Big Red in particular surprised me with the good time that she swears that she had! We will definitely be returning for future trips!
Hope all is well with each of you and that life is going your way!
Regards,
cheer_dad
Michael Mizrachi continues to hold a tenuous lead over the field in Event #2 The Poker Players Championship $50,000 buy-in. This high-stakes event drew 116 players this year, up from last year's 95 player field. These are your elite players. The field is now down to the final 21 players. The format of play demands experience in nearly all poker variants and disciplines. It is a mix of Triple Draw 2-7, Hold'em, Omaha /8B, Razz, Stud, Stud /8B, No Limit Hold'em, and PLO... In addition to Michael Mizrachi, some of the other players I recognize in the dwindling field are Daniel Alaei, Robert Mizrachi, John Juanda, Nick Schulman, Andy Bloch, Erik Seidel, David Singer, and Eli Elezra. I'm looking forward to the ESPN coverage of this year's event, with so many big names in the field. Top spot in the event...$1,559,046.
Event #3 the $1,000 NLHE drew 4,345 players of which only 481 remain. Top spot payout in this event is $625,872. Still a lot of thinning of the herd to come in this one.
Event #4: Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better began drew 818 players. of which 274 remain.
Event #5 $1,500 NLHE is just getting under way...
Continue to follow along either here, or for the real quick scoop head over to PokerNews.com and their live reporting!!!
And back here on the homefront... Teresa, Cole, and I went out the wilds of Gilmer County to do some camping and four-wheeling and had an absolute ball. Along for the adventure were the Jacksons, Allmans, and Uncle June did make a showing... along with several other friends and family of his. Fantastic time was had by all, and Big Red in particular surprised me with the good time that she swears that she had! We will definitely be returning for future trips!
Hope all is well with each of you and that life is going your way!
Regards,
cheer_dad
Friday, May 28, 2010
WSOP 2010 Event #1 has begun!
WSOP Event #1 (Casino employees $500) is now underway. Poker madness has now begun! Next up later today will be Event #2 the Poker Players Championship ($50,000 buyin.) This year to later be broadcast by the ESPN minions! Last year they left it out and the numbers dipped. Somehow they continue to be convinced that people don't want to watch any poker other than no limit hold'em. Idiots! Good luck to all of you who are making your way to Las Vegas over the course of the next 7 weeks to try your hand at a tournament game or so. No, I'm not going to make it out there, again... Work, family, life... all keep getting in the way! : ) So, I'll live vicariously through the antics and plays of poker's elite.
To the PokerNews.com covering crew let me just say THANKS in advance for the fantastic job I know you'll do again in covering the WSOP for the world to read and enjoy! I have a feeling my work productivity may once again suffer, for a few weeks. C'mon boss, cut me some slack!
Regards,
cheer_dad
To the PokerNews.com covering crew let me just say THANKS in advance for the fantastic job I know you'll do again in covering the WSOP for the world to read and enjoy! I have a feeling my work productivity may once again suffer, for a few weeks. C'mon boss, cut me some slack!
Regards,
cheer_dad
Thursday, May 27, 2010
How'd I get THIS far behind!
For what seems like forever, the NDPT blog is going to get back to its roots people... POKER! Event #1 the $500 Casino Employees NLHE event gets under way TOMORROW. Where did all the time from the end of last year's series up until now go? Let's try not to let it all get away from me like this again.
To all my friends, family, and most of all the NDPT Blogladytes, here comes the World Series of Poker 2010! Hang on for the thrill ride, it never, ever seems to let us down. Stay tuned, as always for the best of the best of the live coverage over at PokerNews.com!
Time to get all obsessive again.
Regards and Shuffle Up and Deal,
cheer_dad
Thursday, May 06, 2010
With only a slight deviation from sanity,
I return. Hello NDPT'ers! The week is drawing to a close, only a Friday to face. The work week has been trying. (We'll leave it at that.) But a quick 9-ish hours of work tomorrow, with a noon-time 3 mile run and the weekend is mine. Friday night I'll be at the Eagles for the SOLD-OUT concert for rock recording artist Pop Evil, opening for them is another touring band Spider Rockets, AND as an added bonus a local favorite JINX'D. It promises to be a phenomenal, profitable Friday night for our local Eagles Aerie. And you know me, I love me some music... in all its many forms. Hope you've got tickets and if you see me there please say hello, and feel free to either buy me a beer or call me a cab! : P
Speaking of music I'm ecstatic to also report that among my other concert go-ing activities include for the summer/fall season... (the tix are purchased, the credit card's drawing interest)
Brooks and Dunn's farewell tour
Rush, the Time Machine Tour (full Moving Pictures era concert)
AND
Pink Floyd's, Roger Waters Epic performance of THE WALL!
I am truly and ever shall be comfortably numb.
Life... wow!
Regards,
cheer_dad
P.S. In pokery type news... Tournament(s) Saturday night at the Yanok's, 7pm.
Sunday night at 7pm, the Shriners host (at the Eagles) their fundraiser tourney, 7pm.
Then, finally May 14th, the Eagles regularly scheduled tournament which has been consistently holding above the 50 player mark! Fantastic, exciting times abound... if you just go looking for the upside of things!
Speaking of music I'm ecstatic to also report that among my other concert go-ing activities include for the summer/fall season... (the tix are purchased, the credit card's drawing interest)
Brooks and Dunn's farewell tour
Rush, the Time Machine Tour (full Moving Pictures era concert)
AND
Pink Floyd's, Roger Waters Epic performance of THE WALL!
I am truly and ever shall be comfortably numb.
Life... wow!
Regards,
cheer_dad
P.S. In pokery type news... Tournament(s) Saturday night at the Yanok's, 7pm.
Sunday night at 7pm, the Shriners host (at the Eagles) their fundraiser tourney, 7pm.
Then, finally May 14th, the Eagles regularly scheduled tournament which has been consistently holding above the 50 player mark! Fantastic, exciting times abound... if you just go looking for the upside of things!
Saturday, April 10, 2010
In the dark on the details
...Flash forward...
At around 3:30AM, I roll over in bed to what seems like a strobe light flashing, and bleerily make out Poltergeist is on the television. I realize Red is not there. I chuckle and then a few minutes later I hear the garage door and then the tip-toe steps of my beloved. She starts in with "I'm sorry." But I told her I didn't care as long as she was having a good time. I listened to a few words from her before nodding off. I think I heard that she won back her buy-ins plus like $10 for the night. Hey, it's a profit! : P Anyway, maybe I'll get details of her excursion later, when she has caught up on sleep. She did say she thought they had over 50 players again, with a lot of new faces! Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all of you who showed up!
Bowling went quick this morning. I even took a call for support from the Help Desk, from Frank "iamwolfie." Network cut-overs are always a joy on a weekend. I leave in a few minutes to head over to Emerson Lanes for more bowling starting at 1PM. Doubles tourney and Singles after that. Cole picked up his 2nd place team trophy from last week's tournament.
Tonight, I will DEFINITELY be ready for some rest and relaxation. You may all see a little "drunken poker" played LIVE this time from your ole buddy cheer_dad. I'll lay aside the role of Super Dad for another day. Really considering not being there for tomorrow morning's maintenance window at work.
I'll see many of you tonight at the Yanok's tournament(s.) I'm hoping for some music to sing-along to, and that'll go well with the lampshade on my head!
Regards,
cheer_dad
Saturday, April 03, 2010
Busy day
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Tonight of course we'll be watching the WVU vs Duke basketball game! Let's GOOOOOOO Mountaineers! I don't know that we'll be going out anywhere tonight, since it will have been a busy day already. Besides, I have to get up in the morning for work. Server maintenance once again. Hopefully some of the preparation here will provide us with some information following the next service crash. We really need some good root cause analysis to point us in the right direction. We might even keep the "wolves" at bay! But then again I'm not so sure that everyone has the same agenda...
Baseball season has started, at least the practice phase has. And so far, I think Cole is enjoying himself! That's the only part I even care about. That and I'm actually enjoying "not coaching." It is definitely less stressful.
On the fitness front, I'm averaging 12-15 miles a week, running (which is low from my "past running life") but I'll take it. I'm also averaging 3-4 weight training sessions a week. Focusing primarily on upper body, since the legs get their part with the mileage... I feel better. And perhaps even look a little better too. I know, let's not get carried away.
As for poker, on this poker blog... (i know, haha) that feels like a game I "used to" play. Life has it's ways of moving you in different directions that's for sure. BUT, the next game is scheduled for April 9th, 2010 at the Eagles Aerie in Parkersburg. Registration begins at 6:00pm, and gametime is 7:00pm. We had a record 54 players last time, and we look forward to even more. Hope that YOU are one of them!
Time to head out the door to the lanes.
Regards,
cheer_dad
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Thanks for the Stanwick's hospitality
Thank you Chris and Jill for welcoming us into your home once again for a night of poker! Jill you should have played, but you were whipping up lotsa great stuff in the kitchen, so who were we to argue! I played game one and chopped with Jim for 1st and 2nd. Big Red had earlier been rivered, and was knocked out late in the tourney. Knowing I had to work the next day I prepared to leave after pocketing the cash, but I handed a buy in to Red for game 2 and told her to play. I made my departure. Next morning she tells me that she chopped the 2nd tourney with Jerry! Good night all around for the Murrays!
The server upgrades at work went fine today, despite some network and proxy issues, and even phone switch upgrades too. Email continues to flow and no one had to die to make it happen. One of these days we'll actually finish this upgrade... and then what'll we do with all that "free-time?" Yeah right, like that will ever happen.
Enjoyed a rare nap today on the family room floor, when I got home. The kids enjoyed the peaceful sawing of logs, interrupted their tv watching. : P Who's yer daddy!
Regards,
cheer_dad
The server upgrades at work went fine today, despite some network and proxy issues, and even phone switch upgrades too. Email continues to flow and no one had to die to make it happen. One of these days we'll actually finish this upgrade... and then what'll we do with all that "free-time?" Yeah right, like that will ever happen.
Enjoyed a rare nap today on the family room floor, when I got home. The kids enjoyed the peaceful sawing of logs, interrupted their tv watching. : P Who's yer daddy!
Regards,
cheer_dad
Monday, March 08, 2010
into the vortex
The beginning of the weekend was spent in a pokery bliss. Friday at the Eagles. Chris and I played host to the 54 players who showed up for the Texas Hold'em Tournament. Becky took down that top spot, with a fantastic run of cards, the likes of which I'd love to just have happen to me once in my pathetic little poker experience. just once... Then, the following night we played at the Yanok's house. I made 4th in game one, and got my money back, minus the $5 year end qualifier fee. Of course, I donated it back into the 2nd game. But I can't fault bad play. I went out on a KJ, called by Jerry's 3-4. Trip 4's will tend to win that! : ) Hey it happens and he had the stack to make the play.
Sunday morning came a little early for the "slightly" inebriated! I had to head into work for our standard server/application maintenance window. We FINALLY got to begin the upgrade process! The delays imposed upon us, were pointless. It went off without a hitch! A big thanks goes to the team! This process will continue over the rest of this month, and bleed on into April as well. Baby stepping our way to brand-spankin' new email!
Sunday afternoon involved laundry and lounging, and more of the latter than the former. (snore)
I've been trying to be a little more frequent about posting to the blog and I find that I've really missed these little rambling sessions. But lotsa extra hours at the workplace have left me a bit drained. But some of the dark clouds are beginning to lift, both figuratively and literally. Can you believe it, there's actually been sunshine! The snow is gone. C'mon springtime!
Regards,
cheer_dad
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Paint it on
But tomorrow is a new day. They can't take away your birthday, and you can laugh at them all as their folly takes them down. Even the laws of variance apply to donkeys in the workplace! So, bray it up... I'll still be here. You may have beaten me down for a time, but I'm foolish enough to believe that I can outlast you and get back up in the end of this fight.
Today was Tuesday, more like my Monday, thank goodness tomorrow's Hump Day. Then, Thursday and Friday... leading into a great poker weekend for me and the rest of the NDPT crew. Friday night is Poker Night at the Eagles, registration at 6:00, and gametime is 7:00. Be there, and plan on around 50 players. Then, as if last weekend wasn't enough, and this Friday too, but the fine folks at the Yanoks bring us yet another night of poker debauchery on Saturday!. Bless you two! The cheer_dad is in need!
For now, I've got the smile painted on...
Regards,
cheer_dad
Friday, February 26, 2010
FRIDAY! : )
This may be the last coherent statement you'll hear from me for the duration of my 3-day weekend.
Oh but wait...I just realized (thanks to the wonderment of Facebook) that tomorrow (Saturday) is the birthday of one BWoP!!! So, I've determined to take part in some celebratory drinking despite the fact that I'm not even in the same timezone. And remember lady... it's not older, just wiser and better! Happy Birthday BWoP!
Regards,
cheer_dad
P.S. See many of you tomorrow at the Yanok's for Poker Night!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
i can feel it...
I feel better... just knowing that a lost weekend approaches. I think the blood pressure might have even dropped a few points. I'm becoming me again. To those who gather together Saturday to play the game, I look forward to your company, toward spending time and losing ourselves to it.
"Out here we is stoned. Immaculate."
Regards,
cheer_dad
Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Dude, I think u got hacked!
Well I suppose these things are inevitable... but today my email account was compromised, hacked if you will. I noticed (at work) around 2pm today that I had sent myself a message from my Hotmail account. Well, I thought, how nice of me... knowing something was wrong. So, away I go to check it out. While logging in, I get another email from a friend at work, with a subject of "Dude, I think u got hacked!" Yes, you would be thinkin' right. I get logged into Hotmail and there they are, 3 extra messages in the ole sent folder, systematically sending out a link (for Viagra) I think to 10 people at a time, in order from my Address Book. How quaint. Lucky for yer ole buddy cheer_dad that his work email has been among the recipients of my Address Book for years. So, I was among the first to get it. About 5 minutes after the first message went out, I get logged in and change the password and all my other security info. It would appear that a bot was at work, rather than a human being. But some of the other techno geeks at work and I tracked it back to an IP Address in Poland. All I could think to say was, "I wonder how many of them it took..." Okay, I saw the shot and had to take it. Sorry if your ethnicity has just been trounced. Go ahead make an Irish joke to spite me. We shall rain down upon ye from the highlands and ye shall be smitten. Okay, that's the best I can do on short notice.
For those of you who've followed my exploits on Facebook, you'd know that work has been a bit of a bear of late for me. The boss out of town, me in class, and picking up a lot of slack. I think I exhausted the keys on the Blackberry trying desperately to stay in touch with the office. Now that things are starting to get back to normal, some of the lingering pieces of work to be done are beginning to frustrate me. I'm not sure who knows it... I'm not sure who cares... I'm hoping to catch a break anytime soon.
Not much in the poker world for me lately. Red did play last Friday at the Eagles in the charity tournament. I stayed home with my son, for a night of XBox and such. I guess we had a small cash game on Saturday. I think I made $10 and got a helluva hangover to carry into the next day. There is another of the monthly Eagles games this Friday night at 7pm. I hope to make it to this one (hint RED) but there might be a basketball game to attend to. As always the kids come first.
Hope all is well with each of you. Maybe when the dust starts to settle around here, I'll get back to a little regularity in the posting schedule around the NDPT Blog. In the meantime, thanks for stopping by and holding out hope that I'll bang out a few lines.
Regards,
cheer_dad
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