After five years of excessive drinking and having every pizza place in town on speed dial, my body has officially taken a beating. I've put on the freshman fifteen twice over. I have never been a very skinny person, but I never considered myself out of shape until now. This weekend, I was playing sand volleyball at my sister's graduation party and was winded after only one game. As a result, I've decided to dedicate this summer to getting back into shape.
My plan consists of the following:
Mondays- Strength Training (AM) Cardio (PM)
Tuesdays- Circuit (jumprope, lunges, pushups, situps, wall sits, planks)Cardio (PM)
Wednesdays- Strength Training (AM) light cardio (PM)
Thursdays- Rest, (golf, walk, or bike ride)
Fridays- Strength Training (AM) Cardio (PM)
Saturdays- Cardio
Sundays- Rest
Aside from the fitness training, I also plan to limit my daily caloric intake to 1750 calories or less. I went to the grocery store yesterday and loaded up on chicken, pork, eggs, fruits, veggies, and nuts. Optimistically, if I can stick to this plan, I should be able to drop anywhere from 30-40 pounds this summer, which would get me back to my weight in high school.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Free Time
Online Poker, as I once knew it, is no more. The Department of Justice has seized the domain names of the top three poker sites, effectively putting me out of work. Reading some of my old blog entries made me realize how much I will truly miss it. Poker has given me an avenue to satisfy my competitive streak in a way that I haven't experienced since playing high school basketball. In addition, poker has afforded me an exciting, carefree lifestyle, free of the constant burden of money troubles. It has been a truly memorable aspect of my life and is something I will never forget.
Now that online poker is out of the picture, I've been doing a lot of soul searching in an attempt to figure out what life holds in store for me next. I will probably try to grind a meager living at casinos for the summer. After that, I will begin my final year of school as a student teacher in 3rd grade. Finally, I will enter the real world. I had always considered the possibility that I could play poker semi-professionally for the rest of my life. That is seemingly unrealistic right now. Besides, I'm not sure that the poker lifestyle is something in which I would truly like to embark upon. It is, at times, stressful and unreliable.
I have many exciting plans this summer. First of all, I plan to play a lot of basketball and golf, two things that I neglected last summer. Travelling will also take up much of my time. I have trips planned for Vegas, a roadtrip to the upper northwest US, and our annual family trip to a lake in Wisconsin. Aside from these, I have put reading on my summer "to do" list. This winter, I read the entire Harry Potter series. This rekindled a love for reading that I haven't felt since 3rd grade. Reading is a beautifully magically experience; one that I have under-appreciated through the years.
And lastly, since I will have so much free time, I guess I will try to update my blog a bit more. So for you three people who actually read this, enjoy!
Now that online poker is out of the picture, I've been doing a lot of soul searching in an attempt to figure out what life holds in store for me next. I will probably try to grind a meager living at casinos for the summer. After that, I will begin my final year of school as a student teacher in 3rd grade. Finally, I will enter the real world. I had always considered the possibility that I could play poker semi-professionally for the rest of my life. That is seemingly unrealistic right now. Besides, I'm not sure that the poker lifestyle is something in which I would truly like to embark upon. It is, at times, stressful and unreliable.
I have many exciting plans this summer. First of all, I plan to play a lot of basketball and golf, two things that I neglected last summer. Travelling will also take up much of my time. I have trips planned for Vegas, a roadtrip to the upper northwest US, and our annual family trip to a lake in Wisconsin. Aside from these, I have put reading on my summer "to do" list. This winter, I read the entire Harry Potter series. This rekindled a love for reading that I haven't felt since 3rd grade. Reading is a beautifully magically experience; one that I have under-appreciated through the years.
And lastly, since I will have so much free time, I guess I will try to update my blog a bit more. So for you three people who actually read this, enjoy!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
AP Yearly TLB
I finally started to put in a little bit of volume in the past few weeks and have gone on a tear up the TLB. I was sitting at 15th in October and am now ranked #5. My goal is to finish top 3. The top 3 players in the yearly TLB win cash prizes as well as a $5500 Aruba seat. To do so, I'll need to get some big wins. I've had a gazillion 4 figure cashes, but only 1 5 figure cash this year. I'd like to add one more before the end of the year, hopefully a win in a major weekend tournament. I'll try to post updates semi-frequently but I get lazy sometimes and just don't feel like it
Monday, September 7, 2009
What happents in Boji...
This weekend was labor day weekend, which meant no school on Monday. My roommates and a group of our friends decided to go to my best friend's family cabin in Okoboji. It is a huge cabin with 11 bed rooms about a block from the lake. There was a group of about 15 of us, which included 4 of the hottest girls I have ever known personally.
We left friday evening and ran into some stupid detours that ended up sidetracking us and turning a 1.5 hour drive into a 2.5 hour drive. Once we got settled in, we started drinkin and playing card games. This lasted well into the night. At midnight we celebrated one of the girls' 20th birthday with a round of birthday shots and some singing.
The next morning, once everyone was awake, we packed up a cooler and took off for the beach. It was a beautiful day- 75 degrees and sunny. There was a floating dock about 40 yards out from shore, so the group swam the cooler out there and hung out on the dock, tossing the football and sipping some drinks. There were a bunch of families there to celebrate the beautiful day, and I imagine they were quite amused at the site of 15 drunk college kids jumping off a floating dock trying to catch footballs and beer cans.
By 3:00, we were completely out of beer (about 2.5 cases) so my buddy went into town to get 2 more cases. He returned with a plethora of grill food. Brats, Hotdogs, Hamburgers, Chips, and a bunch of other stuff. We all swam into shore and grilled, then ate.
We returned to the cabin in the early evening. Everyone was beat after being out in the sun all day. Some of us crashed and some of us watched college football. Around 8, everyone got a 2nd wind. We decided to go into town for a carnival and free concert. The carnival setting was very cool. It was a really small carnival, but still very fun. The setting reminded me of a california type boardwalk.
After the fair, we got some pizza and bought 3 more cases. We returned to the cabin and started drinkin again. We played this game called "Landmines." To play, players take turns spinning a quarter. While the quarter is spinning, the player has to take a drink of beer and pick the quarter up with 2 fingers before it stops spinning. If they fail to do this, they have to drink and start over. If someone finishes their beer, they can place the empty can anywhere on the table (including right on top of the spinning quarter). If someone does this while you are spinning, you have to finish your beer.
The game was so wild with so many people and before we knew it, the table was almost completely covered with empty beer cans.
I cannot say what happen next as I have been sworn to secrecy, but I will tell you that the rest of the night was a blast.
I woke up the next morning hugging a garbage can that reminded me of how out of control i had gotten the night before.
We decided to leave that morning and I returned in time to play the 200k. I ended up placing 12th for $2100. Unfortunately I ran into AA blind vs blind trying to steal with K7 and suffered a final table bubble. Later that night, I placed 2nd in the 40k for $6500. I really played well and ran well, which makes poker easy.
We left friday evening and ran into some stupid detours that ended up sidetracking us and turning a 1.5 hour drive into a 2.5 hour drive. Once we got settled in, we started drinkin and playing card games. This lasted well into the night. At midnight we celebrated one of the girls' 20th birthday with a round of birthday shots and some singing.
The next morning, once everyone was awake, we packed up a cooler and took off for the beach. It was a beautiful day- 75 degrees and sunny. There was a floating dock about 40 yards out from shore, so the group swam the cooler out there and hung out on the dock, tossing the football and sipping some drinks. There were a bunch of families there to celebrate the beautiful day, and I imagine they were quite amused at the site of 15 drunk college kids jumping off a floating dock trying to catch footballs and beer cans.
By 3:00, we were completely out of beer (about 2.5 cases) so my buddy went into town to get 2 more cases. He returned with a plethora of grill food. Brats, Hotdogs, Hamburgers, Chips, and a bunch of other stuff. We all swam into shore and grilled, then ate.
We returned to the cabin in the early evening. Everyone was beat after being out in the sun all day. Some of us crashed and some of us watched college football. Around 8, everyone got a 2nd wind. We decided to go into town for a carnival and free concert. The carnival setting was very cool. It was a really small carnival, but still very fun. The setting reminded me of a california type boardwalk.
After the fair, we got some pizza and bought 3 more cases. We returned to the cabin and started drinkin again. We played this game called "Landmines." To play, players take turns spinning a quarter. While the quarter is spinning, the player has to take a drink of beer and pick the quarter up with 2 fingers before it stops spinning. If they fail to do this, they have to drink and start over. If someone finishes their beer, they can place the empty can anywhere on the table (including right on top of the spinning quarter). If someone does this while you are spinning, you have to finish your beer.
The game was so wild with so many people and before we knew it, the table was almost completely covered with empty beer cans.
I cannot say what happen next as I have been sworn to secrecy, but I will tell you that the rest of the night was a blast.
I woke up the next morning hugging a garbage can that reminded me of how out of control i had gotten the night before.
We decided to leave that morning and I returned in time to play the 200k. I ended up placing 12th for $2100. Unfortunately I ran into AA blind vs blind trying to steal with K7 and suffered a final table bubble. Later that night, I placed 2nd in the 40k for $6500. I really played well and ran well, which makes poker easy.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Gran Torino
When the movie Gran Torino came out, it was one of those critically acclaimed movies that I tend to stay away from. People hype it up so much that whenever I do actually see a movie like that, its either really disappointing or really wierd (man, movie critics love wierd movies). However, this weekend I rented it and I must say, it is an awesome movie. It's the best movie I've seen in a really long time. Clint Eastwood is so freakin balla, even at his advanced age. The plotline is great, and there are a lot of nice subtle messages sprinkled throughout. Its got everything you could want in a movie- action, humor, sadness, and a powerful message. It really made me think about how we percieve people of different cultures and create boundaries based on these perceptions. This movie gets my highest recommendation for anyone who hasn't seen it.
Poker has been decent lately. On Tuesday night, I took 4th place in the $15k guaranteed for $1750 after forgetting to add on and having only 3900 chips after the break. Then on Wednesday, while driving to Lincoln, NE with my mom (we went down to visit my sister who attends school at UNL), I won the $55 10k guaranteed on Cake poker for $2200. I got really lucky as a shortstack when my 10-8 beat AA to double up, then again when I shoved a late position limper with 47s against his AJ and hit 3 of a kind 4's. After that, I cruised and played really solid with a big stack. I'll probably take tonight off and get back at it again on saturday. I haven't had a 5 figure cash since March, so I'm hoping to get another one here soon.
Poker has been decent lately. On Tuesday night, I took 4th place in the $15k guaranteed for $1750 after forgetting to add on and having only 3900 chips after the break. Then on Wednesday, while driving to Lincoln, NE with my mom (we went down to visit my sister who attends school at UNL), I won the $55 10k guaranteed on Cake poker for $2200. I got really lucky as a shortstack when my 10-8 beat AA to double up, then again when I shoved a late position limper with 47s against his AJ and hit 3 of a kind 4's. After that, I cruised and played really solid with a big stack. I'll probably take tonight off and get back at it again on saturday. I haven't had a 5 figure cash since March, so I'm hoping to get another one here soon.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Disadvantages of Multi tabling
Sundays are my biggest poker days. I usually play about 8 tables at a time, sprinkling in 12 early in the day. Though playing this many tables reduces variance and increases my chances of hitting a nice cash, it can backfire in some instances. Here is an example from yesterday:
Its about 1:15 P.M. and I am just beginning to recover from another night of moderate/heavy drinking and downing 1/2 of a large pizza from Gary's Pizzaria. I have 12 tables going, 4 of which are sngs and another 2 of which are sattys. I am 4 handed or less in all the sngs and the blinds are huge in the sattys (turbo rebuys for the 100k). (to those non poker players out there, this basically means that I have to make 6 fast decisions at the same time, and each one is essential to winning or losing money). I am frantically clicking buttons and darting my head back and forth when all of a sudden it hits....
Anyone who has ever topped off a night of drunkeness with a fat, greasy pizza knows exactly what "it" is. "It" is a form of the most ungodly, foul-smelling, sloppy shit you have ever witnessed.
It came without warning, causing me to jolt forward in my chair. Panicked, my eyes darted towards the bathroom a mere ten feet away. However, I was frozen in place, shackled by 12 flashing screens, all holding the promise of fortune. Greed held me captive in my chair.
Moments passed as I tried desperately to control my sphincter for just 15 more minutes. My efforts proved to be useless when, at the exact moment that I trapped a guy with the nut straight to win a $530 seat, I helplessy shit my pants.
The fecal matter quickly seeped towards the edge of my shorts, finding a resting place on the black leather chair beneath me.
Broken, ashamed, disheartened, and alone, I sat crying in a pile of my own shit for the next 20 minutes while I finished the rest of my session.
Its about 1:15 P.M. and I am just beginning to recover from another night of moderate/heavy drinking and downing 1/2 of a large pizza from Gary's Pizzaria. I have 12 tables going, 4 of which are sngs and another 2 of which are sattys. I am 4 handed or less in all the sngs and the blinds are huge in the sattys (turbo rebuys for the 100k). (to those non poker players out there, this basically means that I have to make 6 fast decisions at the same time, and each one is essential to winning or losing money). I am frantically clicking buttons and darting my head back and forth when all of a sudden it hits....
Anyone who has ever topped off a night of drunkeness with a fat, greasy pizza knows exactly what "it" is. "It" is a form of the most ungodly, foul-smelling, sloppy shit you have ever witnessed.
It came without warning, causing me to jolt forward in my chair. Panicked, my eyes darted towards the bathroom a mere ten feet away. However, I was frozen in place, shackled by 12 flashing screens, all holding the promise of fortune. Greed held me captive in my chair.
Moments passed as I tried desperately to control my sphincter for just 15 more minutes. My efforts proved to be useless when, at the exact moment that I trapped a guy with the nut straight to win a $530 seat, I helplessy shit my pants.
The fecal matter quickly seeped towards the edge of my shorts, finding a resting place on the black leather chair beneath me.
Broken, ashamed, disheartened, and alone, I sat crying in a pile of my own shit for the next 20 minutes while I finished the rest of my session.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
First $20r win of 2009/FTOPS #1
Most of my full poker days begin at 11:00 with the $20 rebuy 6k guaranteed. It is one of the softest fields on the site. I have numerous final tables over the years with few wins. In 2009, I had yet to win... until today. I came out on top for $1800. I can attribute this win to a combination of running well and a weak final table. Unfortunately, the win pretty much breaks me even after a ridiculous cold streak of cards. On top of that, I wasted all my good luck on a small tournament on the night when I was playing the 80k and the FTOPS #1 $1million guaranteed.
I just busted out of the FTOPS tourney after flopping a set on a board of 10 j Q. Of course villain had AK and I couldn't improve. That would have given me a top 40 chip stack, granted there were still 3,000 players left.
Tomorrow I will continue trying to satty into FTOPS events and hopefully gain a little ground with my tilt bankroll
I just busted out of the FTOPS tourney after flopping a set on a board of 10 j Q. Of course villain had AK and I couldn't improve. That would have given me a top 40 chip stack, granted there were still 3,000 players left.
Tomorrow I will continue trying to satty into FTOPS events and hopefully gain a little ground with my tilt bankroll
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