I decided to start a blog to allow me to write shorter articles and pen about things going on in my poker life. My wife Aleda and I just returned from a trip that included Santa Cruz, CA; Bakersfield, CA; Las Vegas, NV and Yuma, AZ.
Aleda and I had a great lunch with Humberto Brenes, his family and fellow Costa Rican poker great Jose Rosencranz. I have found a new love at P.F. Chang’s. The Candied Cashew Shrimp, with melon balls is probably the greatest neo-Chinese dish known to man. Unfortunately both were knocked out of the WSOP Main Event on Day 1B. I am rooting for them in the WPT Bellagio Cup in a few days.
I am on probably the worst run of my poker life. I have now gone four tournaments in the last three weeks without a cash. I came closest at Ceasar’s Palace Mega Stack $235 Event. With a starting field of 590 I was KOd in 66-69 place, 12-15 people from cashing out. I went All In against the table chip leader with my Jacks against Ace Queen. A Queen on the flop crippled my chances and one on the river did me in. What more could I do with a 57% chance pre-flop. I so often get knocked out near the cash cut-off my wife is calling me “Bubble Boy.” I just cannot sit back close to the bubble just to cash, I always go for 1st. I made quick exits at Binions and the Stratosphere a few days latter.
Oh, Thanks! Really amazing. keep working!