A friend of mine visited this week so I really didn't want to play a lot of poker, plus I felt like a break would do me good. Was nice to see him again and finally got to show him the city I have been hyping about.

Kind of felt wierd not playing poker for a week. I played a live game with a couple friends here, but online I don't think i played a hand. I've played maybe 2-4k hands since my friend left a few days ago and am up about 50k or so. Feels good coming back from a break on a hot streak. I'm really slacking this month with hands, but I've only been playing 25/50. I've only been playing on stars and fulltilt recently because I'm still going through the process of moving my stars/ftp money onto other sites. I should have moneybookers within the week, so I will be able to play for the month+ I will be in Europe.

I leave the 28th for San Remo and will be going to Monte Carlo after that. Monte Carlo I still need to get a place in, and every hotel seems crazy expensive and many already booked. I'm also planning to go to Amsterdam to hang out with some other poker players and my college roomate (thehoboking). After Amsterdam I'm headed off to Mallorca and then Las Canarias, both in Spain to visit friends from college. I won't return to Buenos Aires until early May. Definitely going to be a few crazy busy months coming up because I will come back to BA for a month, then to Las Vegas for 1-2 months, then back to BA again!

suerte,
Ben

Last week has been going good, missed one spanish lesson, but can't really blame myself when it was on a Friday and didn't get home til 8am or so the 'night' before. Typically when people go out in Argentina they don't get back until very late since the nightlife really doesn't even get going until 2-3AM. Went over to stdjog's place the other day for an asado (Argentinian BBQ basically) which was great. A lot of amazing food.

Yesterday went over to my friend Matias' house and his girlfriend made a great Mexican dinner. Some Swedish poker playing friends were there as well and everyone had a good time. My friend from back home is flying out on Friday for a week so I won't be playing as much poker as I'd like, but will be a lot of fun. I'm excited to show him the city since he has never been to South America before I'm sure it will be a new experience for him.

I've also been busy planning my trip to Europe at the end of the month. I'll be going to San Remo EPT and Monte Carlo EPT as well. I was looking at hotels in San Remo and it seems like most of the good ones are already sold out for the most part so may have to find one in a nearby city.

After EPT's I'm planning to go to Amsterdam then to Mallorca and Las Canarias in Spain to visit some friends who I studied with in Sweden that I haven't seen in a year. Also looking forward to 5 de mayo in Spain!

Poker has kind of been, well I guess a 'grind' would be the best word to describe it. Have played another 10k hands or so losing about 40k. Pretty frustrating stretch of hands but that's poker and there's not much I can do but play my best. I won't bore you with bad beats or complaining b/c that really doesn't help anyone and is pretty pointless. Still having an OK month, but probably won't play as much hands as I would like. That's ok though, I have played a ton the last few months and am looking forward to having another break from poker.

Also having a hell of a time getting neteller or moneybookers to work with me. Both of them seem to have just terrible support. Especially neteller. I am actually happy that they won't let me use their services because they are just so annoying to deal with.

I was using the livechat on their website and had an operator that was probably slightly more intelligent than a rock, or maybe a tree. I asked to speak with a supervisor after wasting my time for 30 minutes to an hour with this clown. After I asked for a supervisor he says 'ok one moment'. Then he comes back and IMPERSONATES the supervisor. After wasting another 15 minutes of my time, I thought there is no way there couple be a supervisor this stupid, and finally got to talk to someone. How insane is that?

Best of luck to all, and I'm looking forward to making my next video!
-Ben

Welcome to my poker blog. First I will give a little background about myself before I get into my poker goals for the month.

I have been playing poker for almost 2 years now. Last year around January I studied abroad in Sweden after finally building my bankroll to the 6 digit mark. After a bad run and some serious tilt issues I was down to about 30k bankroll and took a few months off. After Sweden and travelling Europe in June and July I started taking poker seriously again and had a great summer.

I decided to take some time off of school because I wasn't exactly sure which business major I wanted to go into and I could afford to take time off without having to 'backtrack' and take more years of school than I normally would have. I moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina in September with a few other poker friends and was playing poker professionally.

I just got back to Argentina after a couple months back in the US. I am from Milwaukee, WI originally. I played a lot of poker while I was back in the states and had a pretty good setup at home with the 30" Dell monitor. I'd definitely encourage buying one if you multi-table! While back in the states I went to Lake Tahoe with a few friends, saw some family over the holidays and also visited a friend in Montreal.

Anyways, I just got back to Buenos Aires a few days ago and will probably stay here until the end of May. If anyone is planning to go to San Remo or Monte Carlo EPT's in April let me know. I am just about to buy plane tickets for those.

I'm really excited about leggopoker! We have a ton of talent and dedication and I know this site will just keep growing and gaining popularity. There are so many dedicated people working on this site and trying to make it the best it possibly can be. The last few months at leggopoker have really shown that!

My poker goals for the month are to play 30-40k hands of 25/50 6m on my A game. Since I'm back in Argentina I'll be playing on some fishier euro sites. I've been on a sick heater so far for the month, hopefully it can continue.



Also I really want to go to all my spanish lessons this month, I usually have trouble doing that. Hopefully going to an electronica music festival this weekend as well. I will try to get some pictures but I don't have a camera here yet.

Best of luck to all,
Ben