Doyle is a TRUE legend
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Seriously, he is. I’m not easily impressed by celebrities (poker or otherwise), but Doyle Brunson is in a class all his own. Aside from being a true legend, he is really witty and incredibly sharp. I’ve witnessed Doyle’s sense of humor firsthand, as I’ve been lucky enough to hang out with him both on the golf course AND at the poker table! (Being Mrs. B 2 U Son has a multitude of perks and getting to sweat the “Big Game” is in the top five!)
The other night I was sitting behind DB in Bobby’s Room and Doyle said something that just made my day! First, it was hilarious; second, it was just plain AWESOME! He said he was reading one of my blogs and…wait…hold it right there! DOYLE BRUNSON reads my flippin blogs??? Holy shit, that made my day, month and year! OK, so I was smiling from ear to ear, when he then says, “You wrote that you either needed a sports car or to have an affair with a younger guy - what you NEED is an older man.” LOL! I almost fell out of my chair!
Anyway, I’m on a serious upswing, as things seem to be going my way again! Doyle reads my blog, I’ve been winning and I’m working out & eating right. (Surely there’s a correlation between these things.) I played three tournaments at the LAPC: $1000 NL, $1500 NL and the 10k main event. I final tabled the $1500 and got 37th in the main. I was pretty happy with that, considering I hadn’t had a decent cash since the Festa Al Lago in December. I even played a couple SNG’s and a little 25-50 NL on Full Tilt the other night and was two for two in the sit n go’s and booked a win in the cash game! Yipee! As a reward, I am going to a Beerfest today for some empty calories and F U N!
While waiting for a friend to proof this blog (yes, I now have someone give these silly blogs a quick look since I “occasionally” write something ignorant and offensive - LOL) I discovered two gems: 1. The latest episode of Real Time with Bill Maher that features Sarah Silverman (my absolute favorite comedienne). Please watch immediately! 2. The combo of the irreverent Silverman and Maher, both of whom I admire, made me feel like NEVER editing my blogs. So what if I say something impious or offensive that could be taken the wrong way?? Maybe everyone needs to loosen up a bit. Maybe they should watch this video… http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1823684
Eastbound and Down
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I haven’t had ANY extra time to sit down to scribe a proper blog, so here’s a holdover paragraph! (It’s because I’ve been taking care of my ninety year old Grandma since the LAPC and she is a HANDFUL!) I need a minimum of thirty minutes of “Erica time” to devote to my next blog, since so much has happened in the past month. Hopefully I’ll be able to crack open a Fat Tire and chill-ax tonight after I take Grams to the airport…In the meantime, watch these clips from my newest favorite TV show – Eastbound and Down on HBO. The first clip is an excerpt from the main character’s (Kenny Powers) audio book and the second is a hysterical dance scene.
Mid-Life Crisis
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Actually, it’s more like a tertiary life crisis, unless I’m doomed to die before I get a senior discount on my auto insurance. Anyway, this blog is becoming a real PIA (pain in the ass) and I just haven’t had the mojo to write. I haven’t had the mojo to do much of anything (unless you count watching seasons one and two of Lost and drinking beer “doing something”). I have been in a real funk; I’m trying to attribute it to a massive flu I got immediately following New Year’s Eve (NOT a hangover, but a nasty, bed confining flu) and since then I just haven’t been myself. I’m like a “blah” version of myself; it’s as if I’ve taken some heavy downers, but not. So, I needed to do something drastic and I did…
From what I’ve heard, to make it a legit mid life crisis, I needed to either have a tawdry affair with a much younger man, or get a ridiculously hot sports car. Luckily for David, I chose the latter and bought a BMW 6 series convertible yesterday! It was the most impulsive thing I’ve done in a loooong time and it felt OUTSTANDING! Bye bye sensible soccer mom Range Rover – HELLO sexy drop top 645! It was between that and a Porsche 911, but I couldn’t get my clubs in the trunk so that was a deal breaker for that car. (Plus, I think a Porsche would have been a bit too contrived.) Buying this car seems to have been the perfect catalyst for me to get the train back on the tracks, as I finally felt like playing poker again last night and even managed to book a little win. Yahoo! I’m back! Check out the bounce back playlist below, which I made to test the stereo in the new ride – it’s bangin’!
Mother – by Danzig
Luchini – by Camp Lo
Day n Nite – by Kid Cudi
Frank Sinatra – by Cake
Simple Man – by Lynyrd Skynyrd (RIP keyboardist Billy Powell, who died a few days ago.)
Make You Feel That Way – by Blackalicious
Mack 10, Mack 10 – by Mack 10
Bitch Betta Have My Money – by AMG
Man in the Box – Alice In Chains
Cocaine – Eric Clapton
Fine in ‘09!!!
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Happy New Year! Over the holidays (Christmakkah, for my family) I have been completely unproductive and lazy! I played poker twice (both losing sessions), however the chat portion was pretty animated, as I started gleefully referring to myself as the “Schoenburglar”! I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t a little buzzed when I came up with that one…) In addition to enjoying tons of quality time with my four-year-old nephew, and eating loads of artery clogging meals, I spent a lot of time playing video games with my brothers (Gears, fyi) and surfing YouTube for entertaining vids. This one’s a gem.
I wonder where Raymond is now?
Five Diamond
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I played in the WPT Five Diamond at the Bellagio yesterday and it was quite possibly the most painful day of poker I’ve ever experienced! It was a miserable six hours of missed flops and cold decks. My table was certainly not a soft one, as I had Sorel Mizzi, David “The Dragon” Pham and Robert Mizrachi as opponents. I doubt it would have mattered who filled the seats at my table, though, as I was inevitably going to die a slow and painful death during this tournament. The bleeding started when I turned trip jacks on a 3-5-J-J board only to lose to Sorel’s J-3. BOO! I followed that up with a rather unlucky flop of Q-J-2 while holding the doomed J-2 in the big blind, promptly losing half my stack to Robbie’s Q-2. THEN, I raised with 10-10 only to find a rather nasty flop of A-K-2.
The aforementioned hands are just a small sampling of the disastrous moments I endured. My day ended quite fittingly, as I picked up aces for the first time in the tournament (albeit with a whopping six big blinds left) and got it all in against David Pham’s jacks. The flop? J-10-9. But wait…they were all hearts and I had the ace of hearts! Just as I started to use all my willpower to summon a heart, David hit the fourth jack on the turn, crushing my hopes for an amazing comeback! This was the point in the tournament that I REALLY wanted to pick up my chair and throw it across the room! Instead, I settled on a handshake from David (who truly is a super nice guy and a great player) before I scurried out of the Fontana Room. One of these days, though, I might just say F it, and have a foul- mouthed, chair- tossing, temper tantrum! People often comment on how well I take my beats and handle myself at the table, but I’m usually just imaging myself giving everyone the finger as I leave the room with a string of expletives flowing from my mouth…This scenario will probably (hopefully) never happen, but if it does, it will be infinitely cooler if I have a bitchin Firebird to make my exit in!
The Hit Woman
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