Some Good Sleep and Lousy Poker

I finally got some much needed sleep over the weekend, including ten hours last night. I’d tried to finish my 45-SNG events but couldn’t get them all in. Congrats to Johnny Mac for taking down the event.

The H.O.R.S.E., while fun on Stars, is a major loser for me. I lost almost $200 this morning without winning one pot or even halving anything. That’s in less than an hour, so I’m going on HORSE hiatus for now. I got a bunch of swag out to lottidah, jeremy, ernie, and billyb. I have another batch to send out, then I’ll see what’s left and offer some more up. SWAG ALERT: I have a 3-jacks short-sleeve black golf rain slick thingie that is yours for the taking. Just leave a comment then email me at csquard@gmail.com, and I’ll send it your way.

I’d like to play some serious poker this week, so we’ll see if I can get in 20 hours of real play rather than donking around. May play at the Hoy tonight as well, but we’ll see. If you need to understand the level of training required to reach the final table of the Main Event, see Doug Kim’s Asian American parody song he sang at Duke. Some good stuff from Pauly, still out in Vegas.

A quickie, but thanks for stopping by. I’ll leave you with Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, where we see where this blog takes you.

• BadBlood: He of the G-Vegas game, he of the being a great dad and husband. Hope to sneak in the home game sometime soon.
• slagpile: Always cool if you have a jestocost comment in your pile. Just got back from twelve vacations, I think.
• The Silent Four: Austin blogger, I’m assuming. I think all they do in Austin is play poker.
• Inside the Mind of CL Russo: A great site I don’t get to enough. Check it out.
• Haley’s Poker Blog: A very nice lady and fellow coverer of the WSOP. She sent me some nice photos of me, which I am thankful for. Nice redesigned site, too.
• Jodi Neufeld: Don’t need no stinkin nine-to-five, and what a very cool site with great illustration. I’ll definitely have to spend some time here, and you should too.

Have a good Monday, and hope to hear from you soon.

ADDENDUM:  A good article from the NY Times on online gambling stocks in the light of the BetOnSports arrest of CEO and decision to stop taking US bets. I’ll email the article if you can’t get to it for some reason.