Hey guys, it's been a while now! I took some time to go to Tahoe again to do some snowboarding and I went to NYC to see some buddies I'd been missing for too long now and to celebrate my friend Derek's bday.
Needless to say, it was all a ton of fun. I got to do a little work on my book, which is nearing completion. I'll be sending it to an editor in the next few days if I can make myself just grind it out for a few more hours. But here I am, blogging because I wanted to say something that I probably repeat a lot and that something has to do with my students. You guys are priority number one as far as my scheduling goes and I missed a lesson because I forgot my mic at home over my trip and it made me feel like shit. I'm going to see everyone Tuesday again, but it feels like it's been forever, so I just hope you guys don't feel like I'm letting you down at all. Anyways, sorry again guys.
To make up for my lackadaisical nature and my recent shortcomings as a leggo video producer (rather be snowboaring and partying obv), I'm going to release a video of myself playing some deep 2knl and some 5knl. It's one of the best videos I think that will be on leggo and it's pretty unique in that not that many hands are played. While it is a session of me playing, the in depth examination of a few complex hands make the video more into a conceptual video and show why high stakes is so much fun. When the game becomes more like chess and less about wondering if this guy is just donking it off with something retarded, it's a lot more fun to me and I'm sure to all of you guys who love challenges and come from gaming / nerdy backgrounds (like me).
BTW, random shout out to my trivia team for winning last Thursday thanks to some clutch answers, not the least of which was me knowing something about "Settlers of Cataan." If you know what that is, we're in a very special group of people, I'll just say that.
I've been getting more and more into mixology lately, which is just making super awesome drinks. I want to make a blog post with a lot of drinks to showcase my skills and kind of force me to amp them up a bit, analogous to the way a leggo video makes me stay sharp with poker. I also think it's going to be a fast spreading cultural change of which we're on the cusp. It sort of merges with being rich and hipster, but overall, the classier and more relaxed atmosphere as well as the thought and care that go into all these great recipes I'm learning just kind of pretty all my buttons in the right way. So if you guys care about that at all, I'll show you what's up soon. Plus, I'm going to get my mixing skills down before Vegas (our house has a swim-up bar in the pool obv).
Take care guys, that video will be out soon.
-Reid
