CARDRUNNERS

To my outside poker people who are reading this blog in hopes that I can start breaking down the college basketball scene like a few of us did last year for a good amount of profit, ok :)

I'm no Duke fan, but I am now convinced that Duke will no longer need to play with a big 6"10 to 6"11 star center to get big rebonds and block shots. Coach K has been the first person to really change his philosophy, by bringing in some guys that can play the 3 4 or 5 spot. College Hoops today is defense, the three pointer, lots of ball movement, and making runs at a torrid pace. The days of dominating Ralph Sampsons, Shaq, and Greg Oden are seemingly over.

Why?

Because a true talent at 6"11 or 7" never came to college to stay 4 years and get a pciture perfect education. These true height plus talent combinations came to college thinking about the NBA, and are often one and done guys, like Greg Oden. I believe the rest of the country will continue to adjust to this next type of college basektball. Look at these coahces getting huge contracts thanks to a tournament run? Bruce Pearl's UW-Miluwakee team has made him a popular and wealthy man, thanks to there three point pace that pushed them deep into the tournament a few years back.

I'm also going to be very interested in watching the Atlantic 10 for the next few weeks. These teams, Dayton, Xavier, Charlotte, etc, are proving to be competitive fixtures ont eh college basketball scene this season. I will be trying to catch as many Chalotte games this month, and it makes it kind of exciting, given that a focused league has a team in my city. I like Dayton as well - already with wins over Louisville and Pitt, in whom they destroyed. Xavier is antoehr watcher as well, even though they have a light schedule, that have handed Indiana their only defeat of the season. They come to Chalrotte on Feb 13th, so I might try to catch this one.

I'm not regretting my decision to join Cardrunners one bit. It's been well spent money. I knew the site would be worth it anyway, and I'm still not sure took me so long to join, besides the hope of using poker money rather than my own money to pay for it. One problem i've had in the past is losing interest to learn about the game, putting it asaide to actually play it. I'd begin to read and watch pro's, but become board and sit down at a table instead. With only 3 days here, I am definilty interested in learning again. Sorting through the bullshit at Pocketfives to find information seems like a complete waste of time, when You can hit the wrong link here and stumble upon something useful and interesting.

salty.

go panthers

nick

Hey guys, I just got back from one of my best friend's wedding in Lexington, Virginia (the town of Washington and Lee where I went to school).  The week as a whole definitely had a wide range of emotions for me, I saw a bunch of my great friends from college who I have not seen in over 6 months, had some amazing times drinking, sharing stories, and playing golf, and saw my buddy marry the woman he is going to be with the rest of his life... forever.  I definitely feel much older now knowing a guy that I spent all four years of college with is a married man, but I really think it was a great thing because it brought together a group of friends that had not seen each other in way too long.  Furthermore, I think it definitely cemented a tight friendship between my college friends that will be longlasting, despite not seeing each other for a long time, we picked back up on jokes, insults, stories, personalities immediately.  Finally it was an interesting test of my career.  It almost seemed like a prerequisite for this wedding to be brilliant in order to be invited, all of the guests, parents, and friends are extremely successful and educated (the groom was recently accepted into Harvard Law).  So it was much to everyone's surprise when I told them I play poker for a living, and my normal sleep schedule is waking up at 2pm and going to bed at 6am.  Regardless of the rebel nature of "gambling" for a living, I am quite proud of my accomplishments of getting full scholarships to high school and college, and then using that education towards the application of poker. 

So on a personal note....

To the bride and groom, and all my friends and gf at the wedding, love you guys

Salud!