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Archive for February, 2009

I’m on a boat

if you havent seen this yet, you need to:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU
 Just reminds me of how much I love T-Pain.  I’m going to be making  a T-Pain related prop bet soon. 
So here’s the news:
1) Book is into the editor.  Sick sick.
2) Book release looks like it will be in early April.
3) My website is coming out in [...]

been a while since i’ve updated!

What’s up everyone,
first and foremost i didn’t realize how many people that I know read this from time to time, so I’m going to have to start giving shoutouts… especially if you’re deserving of photo credit.
Funny story of the week:  some members of my house at Dartmouth stumbled upon my old myspace page which included [...]

Poker, Life, and Jumping into a Frozen Pond

hey everyone,
 So the last couple days have been a little bit rough.  First, I got involved in some girl drama (as I commonly do) and I don’t see a positive end to it.  Then, I lost over 50 grand in a half hour.  These things happen over the top of the already gloomy Dartmouth climate–frigid [...]

worst poker day of my career

whats up guys,
 I started playing at like 3:00pm today.  At 4:00pm, I was up 15k.  At 4:30pm, when I’m writing this now, I’m down 36k on the day.  51k swing in 30 minutes. 
 some highlights:
Full Tilt Poker Game #10571894273: Table Rotan (deep hu) – $25/$50 – No Limit Hold’em – 16:33:33 ET – 2009/02/11
Seat 1: balugawhale [...]

haha sorry about that last post

im in quebec city, but apparently my iphone won’t let me write a blog post other than just the title.  hence the only titled thing last time.  don’t worry, your computers are fine.
carnival here is pretty fun, staying in the five-star hotel frontenac with a view of the river, pretty beautiful.
will add pics and stories [...]

off to Quebec city for the weekend!

b**** called February, I pimped her (what!!)

Sorry, that’s a line from Nas in his track “black president”.  Check it out, it’s awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzQgAdhWT1E
he actually says ” b**** called life,  I pimped her (what!!), but whatever
actually i haven’t quite pimped February yet, run into a little trouble here and there, like these hands:
Full Tilt Poker Game #10421228856: Table Cram (deep) – $10/$20 [...]

first poker class review

hey guys,
 just finished my first poker class.  I’d say it was a success.  We had a few tech problems, that’ll have to be ironed out. I also noticed that it’s a lot more difficult to streamline the discussion with 7 people than it is with just one, as in a 1-on-1 coaching environment.  I’ll have [...]

End of January

very promising.
+75k on the month.  hooray.  Would’ve been 85k but skier coolered me a couple of times tonight.  sad sad.
My website comes out very soon.  very excited about that.  Lots more information coming very very soon.
Lots of book info coming soon as well.
Having an assistant is fantastic.   So helpful.
Can’t wait to actually give you [...]