Florida
Well i just arrived yesterday into Orlando. I am here for a week or so, for no particular reason. Just to hang out with a couple friends (Matt--GrinderMJ,Sean--RankMEnow, and Shawn--Jordankickz) before I'm off to Germany. For some reason I am up at 8:30 am. Which, if you know me, is very unusual. But I'm only in Florida for a week! Gotta get a early start!
As for poker, I think I have only played once since Sunday. I played a couple Wednesday tourneys while watching my beloved Maryland basketball team lose to Duke, which was a lot more upsetting then getting one outed on the river. I hate Duke, but that's for another time. I didn't cash or go deep in any tourneys, but that is standard of course 
. Though I'm vacationing in sunny Florida, I'm actually excited to play Sundays tomorrow, I really want to win something cool!
We got really good seats to the Magic v. Suns basketball game on Tuesday, I am really excited for that. Growing up the Magic were my favorite team (now the Wizards are) and I don't think I have ever seen them play live. A battle of Dwight Howard v. Shaq should be a lot of fun to watch. Too bad both teams aren't at their best because of injuries.
Until next time.
-charder
GG L.A.
Well another WPT, another disappointment! I busted out of the LAPC yesterday in spectacular fashion.
Young Kid who was playing pretty well and aggressive opens the hijack to 1500 @ 300/600, I make it 4850 in the SB with 25k behind with AcKs. Folds back to the hijack, who after a little bit of thought pushes in a stack of 1ks and 5ks. I call quickly, and he turns over KcTc. Now for the fun part; The Board runs out A67...Q......J!!!! And that's all for me. It was a disappointing end, but I wasn't too upset. I understand his play, this was the third time I had 3 bet him, and the stacks were good for a four bet.
So what else would I do besides instantly register for online tourneys right after I busted. I got back to my room @ 4pm California time, so I could only play a couple tournaments, but I ended up with like all the chips in the Pokerstars 109+ rebuys. Unfortunately I couldn't close that out, as I ended up getting 4th for 13k and change. I can't complain, I won every big flip and won every hand I needed until 4 handed.
Tonight, I'm taking a red eye flight home. Then I am most likely going to Florida this weekend for a couple days to hang out with some friends. Then I'm off to Germany to see some friends and play EPT Dortmund. From Dortmund I will fly back to California for WPT Bay 101 Shooting Stars and see some friends and my sister. So yes a lot more traveling, after Bay 101, I have no idea, hopefully have some much needed time at home...
Home?
After being on the road non-stop for 2 months it's great to be home. In December I fly too Mexico to play the LAPT there and hang out, which was a very good time until the Mexican government stopped the tournament with 80 some odd people left, good thing i was long busto. (Link to an article about it: http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/article/5684/lapt-nuevo-vallarta-poker-event-cancelled-after-starting) After hanging out in Puerto Vallarta, I was off to Vegas for the 5 Diamond Poker Classic.
I played two 5k's and the 15k Main Event and it was brick cityyyy (translation=no cashes). This was my first time that i played poker in Vegas. Though i didn't do well, It wasn't the end of the world, such is the life of a professional donkamenter. Kind of like a baseball player, except hitting .200 is good? Anyways, Then i went home for Christmas, but shortly i was off to the Bahamas!! I have fond memories of Paradise Island, but this year was not my time, though i guess it was my roommate's time as Tony Gregg aka wwwBTHEREcom got second for a whole lot of money. Bahamas was a blast though, the people, the weather, the food/alcohol, and everything else. I already can't wait for next year.
Then for some reason i went to Turning Stone in Up State New York.... in January. Turning Stone is my home casino of sorts, being that its a 18+ Casino and i have been going there since i was 18, but its nothing amazing. After a week there (i got 9th in a 300$ donkament for 1k!!!) I was off to Atlantic City. This was my first time in AC and in my first AC tournament i got 4th in the 2k for 31k. That was pretty cool, tournament went pretty smoothly, until the Final Table, but it just wasn't meant to be. After AC i went home and that bring me to now. But in two weeks I'm back on the road again, making my trip to LA for the LAPC...Until next time!
-charder
Yo!
Hey guys im glad to join the plus team. I look forward to doing more videos, blogs, articles, and whatever the bosses want to do.
Today I played the Sunday tournaments and watched the Superbowl of course. Wow what a game! Amazing second half, but whats up with the no review on the last play? Anyways, Sunday tourneys were not good this week. I cashed in a couple things, but no scores of note. Last week i got second in the pokerstars 500 for 72k, so i have a couple weeks before i can complain about running bad on Sunday.
So for the next couple weeks im going to be playing a lot of tourneys and crank out some more videos. It should be fun. I have been traveling constantly for the past month or so, so these 2-3 weeks will be relaxing. On the 17th im going out to Los Angeles for the WPT-LAPC. I have never been to LA, so I'm excited about seeing some friends, the sights, and of course the poker. Anyways thanks for reading! Sorry about another short blog :/
-charder