First of all, I got some great responses from my last post. I’m still in the process of going throught the emails, but I found someone who I think is a perfect fit.

Melbourne is not nearly as cool as Sydney, but the Crown Casino is a nice place, and it’s fun to have all the poker players in one spot. A lot of tennis players are staying here. One night Federer came to sit literally five feet away from me at Nobu. I should have just introduced myself but instead I stared in awe. Yesterday I had a tennis lesson and Carlos Moya was hitting on the court next to me.

The first day here I played golf at Capital Golf Club with the Full Tilt outing. It was a great day of golf but it was extremely hot and afterwards I realized I was probably pretty close to heat exhaustion. The next day at the gym I ran into Ivey and he talked me into going out again. We never came even remotely close to agreeing on a bet. Golf betting is not something I recommend to anyone. There are two scenarios you can get yourself into: 1) You can get into a bet where you have the worst of it, or 2) You can into a fair bet or a bet where you have the best of it, but if you win you won’t be paid or you’ll be paid far down the road. It’s not too far off to say that this applies to prop bets of all kinds.

Poker has been uneventful. I’m even including yesterday’s early bustout from the tournament. It’s a hell of a tournament. The field is very weak. The cash games here are sporadically amazing. The problem is that to get them you kind of have to hang around the poker room and the poker room is not that pleasant (plus it’s a half mile from the hotel rooms).

I’m going to hang around until early Monday. Hopefully some good cash games will go. I’m playing in the 100k buyin TV cash game tomorrow.

Brandon