O-Poker

Last night started out good. I worked my way through rush hour traffic and made it home around 6:15 PM. The kids had already eaten dinner and my wife was giving them a bath. She was heading out to a movie with a friend. After she left, I managed to finally get both of the kids in bed (and quiet) around 8:15. I made some dinner for myself - OK, I microwaved leftovers. After I finished my dinner, I was planning on playing three tables of 5/10 NL for at least 2 hours. (It is so much easier to focus when there are no distractions.)

Around 8:45, I got a call from Loopy. His internet connection (road runner) was down. He had just started playing a $50 PL tourney (lost his connection after 3 hands) and was wanting me to play the tourney for him until he re-established his connection. He said that he had called road runner and they said the problem was effecting his entire area but would be fixed shortly. I use road runner, also. I live about 10 miles from Loopy, so I didn't think that I would have a problem.

I turned my laptop on and tried to open pokerstars. "Unable to Establish Connection..." WTF?!? Noooooooooooooo!! How could this be true. My Cable TV was working - same network. I called Loopy and told him the bad news. My road runner was down too.

I sat there for a minute and didn't know what to do. I had pumped myself up for a great night of distraction-free poker. Man, I must be a degenerate. :)

Luckily, a new episode of the WPT was on, so I could get a little of a poker fix. Have you ever seen more bad beats or lucky suckouts in one episode?

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Live Poker Tonight

Tonight, I am heading to what used to be my regular weekly game (UPC) before our 9 month old was born. I usually make it there about once every month and a half now-a-days.

They started a point system a couple of months ago and the top point earners get to play in a $1,000 freeroll at the beginning of July. I find it funny that I am in the top 10 point earners since I have only played once since they implemented the point system and some points are given out just for showing up.

It is going to be fun to play over there again since it has been a while.

cmitch