Was cruising along and trying to put some hands in for this month since I was in vegas and Grand Cayman with the fam for a few days (pix soon I hope).

Anyways, just had AK < 62ss for 300bb pot, AK < AA 200bb, KK < set in rr pot 260bb, AT < 97 on T78fd 2o for 320bb (to the same guy as the 62ss, who then leaves ldo)... very annoying month so far, my all in EV is giving me nightmares... sec, some 2k hu action...

Meh, just made 3k... nothing special happened, a few soul reads in small pots. Not sure if I got bluffed in one of the last hands, but it always seems whoever I'd play at 2knl hu sits the moment I'm closing out all my tables.

So NOW I'm up for the month, which is soooo much less depressing for whatever reason. It's not a huge loss or anything, only about 4k playing mostly 1knl, but it just sucks to lose like 4 ~250bb pots (so thats 10k?) when they're just sick spots like that. It always gets to me just a bit, until I walk away from the computer for a bit.

I seem to be getting worked at 1k in the past few days, and I'm wondering if it's because I don't take it as seriously now? I think most of it has to do with playing too many tables, so I'll tone that down.

New Harry Potter tonight! ship ship! I'm not a huge fan (seen all the movies, read 0 books) but I love awesome movies and this one promises to be just that.

I read these recently:



and a real estate book. The Holmes story was pretty awesome. I picked it up in the airport before our 3 day beach extravaganza and finished it in all it's glorious 240 pages in the car on the way back from the airport. The language was very colorful and descriptive and the plot is quite captivating. With little details being revealed chapter-by-chapter, it kept my attention pretty well. I usually read philosophical essays or texts or something else that's a similar grind and use TV for entertainment and mindlessness, so this was a pretty refreshing change o' pace.

The RE book was introductory, but I found it interesting that the author's main point was outsourcing a lot, almost all, of the work. He talked about hiring people to manage the property, do the landscaping, do the carpeting, etc etc. That got me thinking about this book:



My friend Jon read it and said that it was interesting discussion about outsourcing business tasks to other, cheaply paid, people and the increased (or decreased) productivity it allows. Having been considering real estate investing for quite some time now and the state of the real estate market, some of this could come in handy, especially if I have to interview / call people for about 30 different things if I end up buying an apartment building.

Also, ironing takes FOREVER if you have a lot of shirts and cleaning is a huge grind. Thankfully, all of those things are done now and I went through all my mail and got groceries. All these things had become so daunting a task that it's a huge relief they're all finished. Rambling aside, I'm thinking about hiring both a PA for the real estate stuff and a made to do a weekly / bi-weekly thorough clean on my place.

I read the PA thread recently on 2p2, seems pretty cool overall. (made another 2k just now playing hu with no showdowns in about 60 hands, fun times)

I think for now, I'll read up on the 4hrWW, maybe a little halo 3, some dinner (ty whole foods!), and then Harry Potter and out with friends to get some beers! A littttttttle pokered out for the day, but I'll see if I can find an hour for a little more sometime... crap, I still have to gym.

Take care guys, I hope that you enjoyed my rambling nonsense!

-Reid