December 20 - Finally done!

Finally back in Boston! What a hellish trip. I left Chicago pretty early on Thursday and the goal was to get to Turning Stone (casino in upstate NY). Was supposed to be like 13 hours of driving and it took me about 16 hours with the weather. Damn snow storms and such. Also started listening to “V for Vendetta”, but only got about ½ way through it (it's an 8 hour audio book) before I went back to CD's. On that same note, I managed to only listen to 3 different CD's the entire drive, which is pretty sick for a 45+hour drive.

Spent the night at Turning Stone, had a hellish session, and crashed out. Got the buffet in the morning because I remembered I had some comp money left on my VIP card, and then hit the road at about 11:30a. It should take about 4hrs, 4.5hrs if slow, to get from TS to my Boston place. It ended up taking about 8 hours total to get there. The highways were crushed with snow, visibility of about a sneeze, and the roads were only filled with the type of people that would be driving on a day like that, retards.

Only ended up spinning a few times, but lucky for me I'm fairly good with drift driving. I actually wanted to have some fun and do some highway donuts (and there were some spots where there was no one on the highway), but figured with all my stuff in the car (TV, monitors, etc) that not doing so would be more +EV. Sad thing was I could really only average about 35mph, so it felt like it took forever, because it kind of did.

Finally back in Boston, and chilling out right now. Reviewing a few poker videos, doing some emails, then probably going to start grinding at some point today. The GF is working till tonight, so I have some time to put in some volume, which should feel good because I'm very motivated to do so. I think I will probably play some 100NL, and just play a few less tables (9-12). I am looking forward to this, as it feels like forever since I've put in a good amount of volume.

Other than that, I hope to get my snowboard out this week and hit a mountain or so. I haven't boarded in forever, and this mini-blizzard is perfect for getting back into it. Hope all is well with everyone, pz.

Hand:

Full Tilt Poker Game #5207649252: Table Monterey - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:33:13 ET - 2008/02/10
Seat 1: KiLa KaM ($200)
Seat 2: GW Woody ($271.70)
Seat 3: thegucker ($82.55)
Seat 4: Barnicke ($78.40)
Seat 5: Mick Skywalker ($59.15)
Seat 6: Its RIGGIGGITY ($212.35)
Seat 7: TheGrizz71 ($112)
Seat 8: Tunica Rags ($173)
Seat 9: toJongbraNdon ($214.75)
TheGrizz71 posts the small blind of $1
Tunica Rags posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Its RIGGIGGITY [8d 7d]
toJongbraNdon raises to $7
KiLa KaM folds
GW Woody calls $7
thegucker folds
Barnicke folds
Mick Skywalker folds
Its RIGGIGGITY calls $7
TheGrizz71 calls $6
Tunica Rags folds
*** FLOP *** [Ts 6d 4s]
TheGrizz71 checks
toJongbraNdon bets $22
GW Woody folds
Its RIGGIGGITY raises to $88
TheGrizz71 folds
toJongbraNdon calls $66
*** TURN *** [Ts 6d 4s] [7h]
toJongbraNdon bets $119.75, and is all in
Its RIGGIGGITY calls $117.35, and is all in
toJongbraNdon shows [Qs Qc]
Its RIGGIGGITY shows [8d 7d]
*** RIVER *** [Ts 6d 4s 7h] [9h]
toJongbraNdon shows a pair of Queens
Its RIGGIGGITY shows a straight, Ten high
Its RIGGIGGITY wins the pot ($437.70) with a straight, Ten high

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