So lately, I've been playing some hands, the results of which have basically been this:
Full Tilt Poker Game #14285833297: Table Stock (heads up, deep) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:52:45 ET - 2009/08/26
Seat 1: LOLOLOLOLOL ($5,000)
Seat 2: BadBankroll ($5,099.50)
LOLOLOLOLOL posts the small blind of $25
BadBankroll posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to LOLOLOLOLOL [Qh As]
LOLOLOLOLOL raises to $150
BadBankroll raises to $550
LOLOLOLOLOL calls $400
*** FLOP *** [Qc Jh 7c]
BadBankroll bets $505
LOLOLOLOLOL has 15 seconds left to act
LOLOLOLOLOL raises to $1,250
BadBankroll raises to $4,549.50, and is all in
LOLOLOLOLOL calls $3,200, and is all in
BadBankroll shows [4c Jc]
LOLOLOLOLOL shows [Qh As]
Uncalled bet of $99.50 returned to BadBankroll
*** TURN *** [Qc Jh 7c] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [Qc Jh 7c 4h] [Tc]
BadBankroll shows a flush, Queen high
LOLOLOLOLOL shows a pair of Queens
BadBankroll wins the pot ($9,999.50) with a flush, Queen high
LOLOLOLOLOL adds $5,000
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $10,000 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Qc Jh 7c 4h Tc]
Seat 1: LOLOLOLOLOL (small blind) showed [Qh As] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: BadBankroll (big blind) showed [4c Jc] and won ($9,999.50) with a flush, Queen high

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Then I won all that back except a bit playing 1knl and 2knl. It's pretty frustrating trying to move into 5k because if you lose a stack, it's so hard to get your losses back playing another game that runs that isn't against the same player pool... anyways, I'll get there, I'll probably have to race away the standard 8 buy ins or so to pay my dues and whatnot.

All hilarity aside, Last weekend I went with some friends to go indoor rock climbing in Greensboro. We arrived at 1pm only to find that the gym wasn't open until 5pm. We looked around for something to do to kill some time and finally settled on indoor go-karting. These are legit racing go-karts on a legit course. There were a good mix of clueless people (like us) who had all played mario-kart and maybe raced a bit as kids, and there were also people who raced professionally all around. Needless to say, I held my own within the clueless groups, but the pros just completely crushed me. Here's a picture of two kids destroying me with their custom helmets and racing gloves, BAH!

I did smoke my dad the entire time, except for the last race where his best lap time was better than mine by 0.08 seconds... so sick. It's surprising how intense and how draining racing can be.

Once we finally got to the gym, it was insane. There was a smaller room for bouldering, where basically all the lines took you close to vertical, and the bigger room... well here's a picture:


Once we were belay certified, we went to it and I was doing a decent job I think for being fairly clueless, technically speaking. I asked for some tips from people who worked there and they were very nice and helpful. I'm also going to a class on Tuesday nights at a smaller wall that's in my gym across the street from where I live. I actually am meeting my trainer there in about an hour and he's going to kick the shit out of me since I've only been rock climbing the past few weeks. One time, I was trying to climb an overhang that was about 35 feet off the ground (epic fail, obv) while my dad belayed me. Little did I know that a lady who worked there informed him to leave about 6-7 feet of slack in the rope so that it wouldn't pull me off the wall while I was on the overhang. I fell off just under it and free-fell for about 7 feet, which wasn't a lot of time, but it did scare the shit out of me. It was pretty funny after I knew I was alive.

I also have a new video coming out soon. It's me 4 tabling 200nl on FTP. I'll be doing the audio later today, but I played it a while ago. I remember one pretty hilarious hand that I'm sure you guys will enjoy as much as I did. I wanted to do 200nl because I think that seeing me play and explain what's going on at that limit will help my students out the most. I should have a coaching page up soon, so definitely PM me before that if you're looking for some lessonizing. See you in the video, sirs.

-Reid