CARDRUNNERS

I grinded it out all day and I had about 15k with 20 minutes left. It wasn't a big stack at all, but I was feeling fine going into Day 2 with 15k. The blinds would start at 250/500 so I would still have plenty of play. Then this hand came up. It went raise, reraise (Jeff was very active at the table) so I was going to go with it. It never comes...

Congrats to everyone that made it through Day 1. Joe has a really nice stack.

I also got interviewed by Pokernews earlier in the day. The funny thing is that I talk about how much I hate playing all day and then getting knocked out at the end of the day. I was honestly the most upset I've been in recent memory. I don't know why it makes me so mad to bust out after a day of play, but it does. I wanted to punch a hole in the wall.

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Hi,

It's 10am and I have to shower and get going (shopping) for the day, but I'll give a quick update.

Saturday Melissa arrived around 1pm. We went out to a nice lunch in SoHo where the third place world cup game was being played on tv. The place was some sort of european cafe so it was very lively. Lunch was great, then we went shopping nearby. I bought 2 bracelets that I really like from Movado, and a pair of jeans and four shirts from AG (btw - AG=amazing). Melissa got a few shirts there as well.

We had dinner reservations at Tao at 11pm. So after meeting Ezra for a drink, we headed uptown. Tao is a trendy Asian fusion place that becomes very lively at night. We ordered martinis and got sushi, seabass, crab, etc. This meal was amazing and we were stuffed afterwords. We then met up with Ezra, David, Jay, and Chuck on the lower East side. We had a few drinks and came home around 3, very tired.

Sunday we slept in and got brunch at Bubby's. This place is a great brunch spot and was definitely worth the wait outside. We saw LeeLee Sobieski AGAIN there, which was very funny. Brunch was great, and afterwords Melissa and I hungout and did a little bit of sightseeing. For dinner David, Ezra, Melissa and I went to Nobu, which is an unreal sushi place near our hotel. The food there was some of the best I'd ever had, and even though it was very expensive, it was worth going to. I'd definitely go back in the future. Melissa and I had a drink at the hotel, then went to bed in hopes of getting up early the next day.

Monday was basically another shopping day. I got this pretty cool Brazil zip up and then 3-4 shirts from Barneys. We have to go back there today to get some jeans that Melissa needs to get hemmed. We met with Jason outside of Barneys, and took a cab back to our hotel. I must say that Jason is a really nice guy, and we had a great time going out to dinner and playing poker with him.

After Jason went home, we went to Butter for a drink, and then went to an underground poker club (w/Melissa!) to play some 1-2nl. I proceded to lose 1k in like 1 hour, raising just about every hand, and NEVER making a hand. I did pick up queens once, but everyone folded PF (WTF). Melissa was being hit on pretty good by some of the seedy club owners, so I think I'll take that as a compliment (or not???).

Today we are going shopping and then going to see Wicked. I'm excited about seeing the show, as is Melissa. My roommate Tyler gets into the city tonight for training, so we may try to meet up with him later.

tc

Hey all,

This week has been pretty busy and productive.  Brian came into Chicago on Sunday night.  Much to his dismay, it was a balmy -1 for most of the day.  It's always brutal stepping out of O'hare and realizing just how cold it is, I can't imagine what that is like for someone coming from Santa Barbara.

Sunday was supposed to be a day of catching up on some work and watching football.  Melissa and I went out to brunch at Moonshine, then took a nap.  After she went home, I started to catch up on emails and such.  Well, then Jake, Beaumont, and Kramer came over (the latter two to do laundry so they brought some beers for us all).  Drinking a couple of beers and watching football turned into getting another case and 4 of us playing beer pong in my kitchen for 3 hours.  That turned into a bar, which turned into going to a strip club until 2am on a Sunday night.  I'm not sure how that really happened, but when I woke up, I certainly questioned whatever decision making process we used.

Monday we had some interviews, then I went home to pack for New York.  Brian, Andrew, Jed and I went to dinner at Joe's Stone Crab, which was very good.  We accomplished a lot with this dinner, so I'm happy about that.

I woke up at 530 to get ready for my flight, which left at 8am.  Well, traffic was HORRIBLE in chicago so Brian and I both missed the flight, which I've never done before.  We got the 9am flight to New York, then met up with Ezra.  We had some meetings to attend out here that afternoon, which both went great!  I'm really excited about some of the stuff we have going on at CR, but I can't really openly discuss everything yet :(.  Yea, I know, this blog sucks, etc.

Brian, Ezra, David (Gaucho) and I went to Churrascaria Tribeca for dinner.  I'd been there before and it's pretty much the standard upscale brazillian steakhouse.  Good stuff.  The next morning, Brian, Ezra, and I filmed a video for CR that should be pretty educational and entertaining.  Look for that to go up in the next couple of weeks.

Nothing of note really happened in the afternoon, I napped, Ezra and I went to the gym, then we killed some time around the APT.  David, Emil (whitelime), Ezra and I went to get a massage at Madison Towers Spa.  This place is so awesome, they really just work the hell out of your back, mine popped like crazy and I'm really sore today.  After the massage, Ezra, Emil and I met Jason Strasser for dinner at Aurora.  The food was pretty good, and it was cool to talk to Jason about his trading job.  I'll always wonder how things would be for me right now if I was doing something like that, but for now I am very happy with the way things turned out.  I think the fact that I am a curious person in general will always cause me to wonder "what if," but it's not like i dwell on things like that, mostly i'm just genuinely curious about how things would have went.

I've got some work to take care of this morning and afternoon, and then we're going out to an Indian restaurant tonight and then some lounge.  Should be fun, I always have a great time in New York, I could honestly see myself living here at some point of my life.  First I will need to obtain some money though, because I am undoubtedly the brokest guy in this city.

tc