Since I last updated a week or so ago I've only played poker once - last Sunday where I had a good online session, winning another WSOP Seat and coming 7th in the 200 rebuy.

On Monday I got up early and flew to San Francisco for a much needed break from Las Vegas.

I have been having a good time in the desert, and actually been quite healthy while out here all things considered.

Nevertheless, Vegas is an exceptionally frustrating place to spend a month, and a cultural wasteland, so a trip to SF for a few days was a welcome change.

I had a secondary reason for heading out there too - picking up my ex-gf/permanent bff/frequent travel wife Bonni, who I flew out here to hang out with me for the rest of the trip.

We went and saw a couple of bands (Grizzly Bear, Isis) and did a bunch of shopping/exploring/etc.

Had an amazing time, life-affirming even... what a great city.

Tough to come back to Vegas afterwards, though I had missed poker a little and was excited to play the $1500 yesterday (until I found out it sold out the night before).

Instead we went to Okada for Teppenyaki (was awesome) and then XS for MonsterDong's 21st.

We drank quite a lot of sake/wine before we even got to the club so our partying was um, spirited... and today I am lazily playing the Sundays with roughly zero enthusiasm.

There's only a few WSOP events left now - I might not even play the $1500 on Monday because it would suck to miss the $5k 6-max on Tuesday, and then after that all there is is the Main Event.

I'm gonna play Day 1a so that if I bust out I can head to New York asap - I've never been, and always wanted to, really badly.

Then I'm probably going to Chicago, and I have no idea what I'm doing after that.

I don't really know what my life is anymore, I have no home and no real plans either... nothing to go back to.

I found out I can't get into uni mid-year like I had hoped, and I left all my bands behind to move to Melbourne, so I really have absolutely no ties whatsoever.

There's more live stuff - Macau, WSOP Europe, Vic Champs, so I guess I'll just keep doing what I've been doing for a while.

It'd be nice to have a home but I don't know where, Melbourne is so unappealing at the moment with all its cold weather and past romantic failures.

I'm sure I'll come around, but right now I dunno.

I guess I can play the circuit until it's Spring in Australia and then try and start again (again) in Melb, that seems like a good plan.