Archive for September, 2006

Tournament of Champions recap

Tonight was the Tournament of Champions (TOC) for one of the groups that I’ve been playing with this year. I don’t know if I’ll have a chance to write up a full recap, but here’s a brief summary: I was basically card dead all night. That being

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Bittersweet transition: reflections on my impending life change

Without waxing poetic, I’d like to scribble down some of my thoughts over the past few weeks. These will mostly be disjointed, stream of conscious kind of thoughts: I’m very excited about my move to Florida, and I know it is a completely positive change for me.

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Moving back to Florida

I’ve accepted a job offer in Gainesville, FL and I’ll be moving back in a couple weeks. I don’t have too much to say about it now, but I’ll write more soon. UPDATE: I’ll be leaving Dallas on Monday, October 2 and should be arriving in Gainesville

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$45 tournament recap

Saturday I played a $45 buy-in tournament. We started with 10K in chips with 30-minute levels and 25 players. This tournament was very difficult for me both physically and psychologically. It began exactly 12 hours after Friday night’s tournament ended, so I had very little time to

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$50 tourney recap

I just got back from a $50 tourney where I took 2nd of 33 players for a $400 prize after about seven hours of play. I don’t feel like writing a full recap yet, but I played very, very well… until we got heads-up when I goofed

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