Bring on the Fall Poker Baby!
Thank God it's October.-----------------------------------------------------------
This month has been one of those that should make any of you thinking of being a professional poker player shake in your boots, birkenstocks, bare feet, or whatever the hell you have on your feet right now. I ended up winning $1673 in 120 hours of work. Now granted, that is better than $13 an hour which many people would be thrilled to make and I have the freedom to travel whenever I want and work whenever I want. However, I would much rather have a normal job for $13 or $23 or $33 an hour and not have to deal with the stresses that come with professional poker playing.
For example, last night I was stuck just over $2k within two hours, got pissed because I hate losing months, and ended up battling all the way back to up $436. I was quite proud of that. Anyways, I'm pretty much just rambling about how poker isn't all peachy and peaches. That said, I still love it. I just need to figure out some passive income.
So, on to October. It's going to be an extremely busy couple of months, but that's okay because I'm going to win a tournament in that time. It's been since March 2002 since I have outright won a live tournament. How sick is that? I've took down several online ones during that time, had 3 chops live, and a runner-up to a bracelet (most sick), but no wins. Therefore, damnit, I'm winning a tournament this fall. Here's what my schedule looks like:
October 2-11, Bellagio Festa al Lago. Will probably only play one or two events, but will be playing most of my cash games there
October 3, Brandon's final table on ESPN.
October 5-6, $100,000 Wynn Freeroll.
October 10, Dutch's final table on ESPN. My thirty seconds of background guy fame.
October 12, Fly to Minnesota
October 14, Paintball Tournament. Bet you didn't know that about me, eh?
October 14-27, Fall Classic at Canterbury Park. I will be playing all events and my goal is to finish in top 3 in all around points.
October 28, Return to Las Vegas.
October 28-November 16 - World Poker Finals begin at Foxwoods. If I have a good October I will be there for sure. I've always wanted to head up to New England, especially during the fall. I also have two friends that I would love to visit during that time. Plus, I got to get my mug up on TV in a playing context otherwise Justin West is going to start getting pissed at me. Anybody going to be any of those places at any of those times? I would love to say hello!
So, times like this month are reasons that I only work 120 hours in months like September. Either way, I'm stoked for a new month. On a positive note, I've started it off on a great note winning $368 in an hour today playing $1-2 NL! Woo-hoo! 8 more of those and I'll undo my status of no-limitarded.
Peace and good luck,
Devo
maverickusc@gmail.com
posted by Devo @ 5:37 PM
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