bit of insomnia tonight. might be cause i've been studying a lot for finals and wired mindless on caffeine. seems i blog more about school than poker these days but for good reason. i suspect i'll do extremely well once finals are over. its a pretty tough exam schedule, but i think i've allocated enough time to study and prepare for everything. once exams finish this coming wednesday, i get a few days off before summer classes start. school almost seems like work, its me crunching nmbers several hours a day while reading tax stuff and figuring if i can deduct my meals in vegas as a business expense.

unfortunately i have not played much poker this month. to be honest, while its on my mind, its at the back of my mind. not so much in a looming sort of way either, more like i know its there, and it knows i know its there. we have this mutual agreement to just relax for a bit and that the games arent going anywhere so there is no real pressure to grind.

i have accomplished less than nothing this month. however, in the past week i did finish 4 seasons of entourage. i've had friends tell me that californication is the most superficial show ever, but rave about how awesome entourage is. i have a totally different perspective on that comparison, where entourage is a pretty generic superficial show about nothing and californication is a show with substance. i dont hate entourage, but when it comes to tv, i feel its more of a guilty pleasure type of show.

obviously i have watched way too much television this month. but its been good. i have a few things coming up in the near future and am almost remotely excited. i've gotten a coach signed up for sessions starting in may. really excited about that, hopefully i can learn a new trick or two.

i had the chance to go golfing this tuesday. i am a terrible golfer, and my friends know this, but its silly to golf without betting on it. i managed to convince them that both friends had to beat me by 2.5 strokes on each hole par 4/5 and 2 strokes on par 3. now, i havent been practicing or nothing, but i managed to win 9 skins total which was pretty nice. they complained that the line was unfair from about the 5th hole onward, but i countered with the standard im running above expectation argument. lost both CCR and had to pay for the round of golf (180) and dinner (175) so that kinda sucked.

i am extremely frustrated at my friends from tuesday too. there were 3 of us for the golfing day and dinner. they demand, for some strange reason that when running CCR that its the first card out of the hat. personally i dont care how many people are involved, the last card remaining is the one that pays. i want to be able to celebrate when my card gets pulled and sweat the next pull if i didnt get yanked. somehow they fail to see the appeal of that. however im stuck to them, so i'm going to be eating a lot of steak and lobster in attempts to maximize ev or get even.

pokerwise, i think i've played 6000 hands this month? maybe a little more, maybe a little less? i think this is my first month in the red for a very very long time. however, i am up from poker, but i did pay for my coaching upfront and lose a variety of prop bets this month. a bit disappointing, but i dont think i've been this calm for a very long time. apparently people think im high strung or strung out like 24/7, which is absolutely not the case, but i can see why they would think that.

anyways, hopefully i find some time to get to platinum this month on stars. would be a bit disappointing to revert back to gold status, but i dont really care. rakeback is nice and all, but at the end of the day its the winrate that matters.