We’re on the 2nd break now. Play resumes in 3 minutes. There are 415 players left on 47 tables. The blinds are going to 500/1000 ante 75. I’m wounded. Average stack is 32216 - I’m at 16,600. All I can do now is hope that I don’t make any mistakes (that’s always the #1 flaw in my game). I can’t help it if I get out drawn or if I can’t find a playable hand…my best choice is not to make any mistakes.

I survived first break, the next one is in 34 minutes - blinds are $300/600, in four minutes the blinds go to 400/800. There are 700 players left on 78 tables. And they are dropping like flies. I’m below average stack. I’m not making hands, stealing a bit now and then. If I make it past the next break, it’ll be because the Card Fairy finally smiled on me.

“Administrator: Welcome to the 2007 World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! Before the night is over, one of you will have a seat in the 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Play hard and we’ll see you at the final table. –The PokerStars Blog Team” (more…)

There’s been a lot of noise lately about men playing in Women’s Only Tournaments. I don’t have an opinion on whether or not there should be women only tournaments. I do know why they were started. It’s a marketing thing, most of you think it’s to get women into playing poker (yes, that’s a huge part of it), but I believe it was also to make sure a man could make it to the tournament, if he could get his wife interested, and playing…WOW! Couples that play together - sometimes stay together? (more…)

I will be spending plenty of time up at the old digs - probably until Monday or Tuesday when the Refurbished D3 will be arriving via UPS from Salt Lake. That little piece of wizardry is what connects the router and modem to the satellite. The D3 searches and stows, shows the status of the signal, and who knows what else. But that may not even be the problem. (more…)

My Motostat quit staton early yesterday a.m. I’ve been out of service for over 24 hours. Right now I’m posting from the iPhone while Ashley from satellite world is checking out the “moto”. More later.

I made it to the CU today, signed all the paperwork, while my guy Riot kept me busy entertaining him at the same time, and had a chance to visit with CU notary about the how and whys of CC thievery. She asked if I had purchased anything at Best Buy - yes I have and do, but not a frequent type of thing. Then she asked if I paid at the pump with my CC. Sure. (more…)