I took yesterday off completely off from poker for the first time in a few months. Jody and I had planned on going to the Philly Zoo but it rained all day so we cancelled those plans and headed over to her brother’s house. Jody and her sister in law went to Babies R Us to take care of some registry stuff and her brother and I hung out and drank some beers.

Monday I played a decent sample of hands and felt like I played almost every situation optimally but the cards still didn’t fall right for me. I decided to go through my Poker Tracker and look back at my winrates since I started playing HU and run some graphs and what not. Doing so made me remember that I am in fact a winning player and that variance happens to everyone so I just have to remember that. Just focus on making good decisions and dealing with the coolers/beats. I went to see Harold and Kumar later that day. I thought the movie was really funny although not as good as the first one. Afterwards, my friends and I hit up a new bar in Philly called the Ugly American for a few beers and some dinner.

I played about 500 hands today and booked about a $400 win. I still ran pretty poorly in a lot of situations but I was fortunate that I didn’t get hit n run’d and was able to eventually bust the 4 or 5 guys that I played.

I’m really looking forward to leaving in a week for Cali/Vegas. I hope to end the month on a strong note and play my best during the WSOP.

I have a lot of things planned for the next few days. Tomorrow one of my best friends is graduating from Temple Law School so Jody and I are going to the ceremony and then heading down to the Jersey shore for the night. Friday morning Jody has to work a half day down in Northfield which is right by where we’ll be staying in Margate. We’ll likely spend the rest of the day on the Boardwalk in Ocean City and possibly having some dinner with my Step Grandparents. Saturday my friends are having a big BBQ for Memorial Day so that should be a good time. Also at some point one of my best friends from college will be visiting after spending the past 7-8 months in Iraq. Also wanted to mention to check out my friends clothing line.. hopefully I’ll be wearing some of the shirts during the WSOP.. Subconthreads.com/

Lots to look forward to!

-Tre