If you have checked out the site for a while you will have noticed a lot of changes.  Unfortunately some of those changes had our blogs down for a few days so with everyone’s help I am hoping to get back into the blogging groove in a big way.  We still have some dust with the new construction but overall things are very close to what they are going to be long term. 

Last week was awful in so many ways, first of all I was sick, which made everything seem tons worse than normal.  Secondly I found myself handling a ton of non productive things.  I had a meeting in Florida with Brandon (Adams) and some of his business partners.  I go to a lot of meetings but this was one impressive group of people who are looking to do some big business in the Mixed Martial Arts world and additionally in Poker.  I have to admit, what little I saw was impressive and as more details come out I will keep you guys posted.

Overall though my life has gone through a significant simplification process, sometimes when I bite of more than I can chew it is just time to purge and that process is over and I have a lot of clarity because of it.  Which of course makes me want to play a ton of poker, so you can expect to see me at the Limit Tables on most sites this week; hopefully my clear head will help my game.  I am going back to limit because that is where my sweet spot is, I need a decent run and in the past my best runs come in limit holdem.  Did you know there are more losing players playing limit holdem than in no limit holdem.  I am basing it on the data I have run but it seems pretty apparent that when fish realize they can’t play anything like a jackass they run to limit poker where they lose their money slower.

Personally I left Florida and on the same day I caught a flight to Chicago to go see Wicked with my wife.  It is our 12^th wedding anniversary today and I just wanted her to have my full attention so I left my computer in my suitcase and I left my cell phone off.  I am not a huge fan of Chicago; it just always feels so tense when I am there.  It is really not any different from all of the other mega cities in that way, I am not sure if it is the constant traffic or the merging of so many cultures but in Chicago it isn’t a good mix, at least that was my opinion.  On Friday we got in late and I was wiped out from flying all day so we just went to Geno’s East for some deep dish and got to sleep pretty early (though I did stay up later than I should have watching Blow with Johnny Depp, man, that is still a good movie).  The next morning was a whirlwind because my wife forgot the tickets at home.  Between the concierge at the Sheraton and the ticket office at the Oriental Theater we did get something worked out and both of them helped us tremendously.  Before the show we ate at Morton’s, my wife picked an Italian place initially but I pushed for Morton’s.  Morton’s is not a homerun but it is a solid triple and after a week of being sick and dealing with a lot of little things I didn’t need a homerun, I needed a guarantee and Morton’s delivered.

The play was phenomenal and I have spent most of the evening listening to the soundtrack with my daughters.  After seeing the play I may fly them to either New York or Chicago to see it, it is just too good for them to miss. 

I feel like I could sleep for a week and I might just do it.  I don’t have a lot planned for this week so I am going to take it pretty easy and play a lot of poker.  Just for some fun I will let you guys know.  Tonight I played a mix of 15-30 and 30-60 limit, 2-3 tables at a time, I think I ended down about $600, which is not a huge loss.  I am going to try and not get buried while finding my groove and once I am there I will play as much as possible.  I am hoping for a nice 20-30k run to end the year.  Recently I ran up close to that amount but gave most of it back playing live and then ran bad for about a week online.  But that was playing No Limit.  Middle Limit-Limit Holdem is my bread and butter and I expect I will do well with the clarity I have at the moment.

Wish me luck.