Long time no blog

Well things (poker related) have decidedly taken a turn for the worse for me, both live and online. After advancing to the quarter finals of the FCPPC, I busted out first after running into some big hands. Currently I have no place to play online. I had to pull all my money out of Party Poker because of the "port safety" bill and Full Contact Poker was previously part of the On-Game network which also decided to leave the US market. However, FCP is going to announce a new partnership (hopefully today) and I should be able to play. I'm thinking of depositing on Poker Stars or Full Tilt as well.

As for live play, I busted out second in the WSOP Poker Tour last night. I made a pre-flop raise with KK, got 3 callers and the flop was 10 9 3 rainbow. I bet out, two folds and a guy re-raises all-in (has me covered). I call and he has a set of 3's. If I was a better player I would be able to get away from that hand. Seriously, what hands to I realistically beat, QQ JJ and that's about it. I cant see a push (from this player) with A10 and I highly doubt he'd call a raise with 10 9. So it is glaringly obvious that he has AA, 10 10, 99 or 33 (and a very small chance of also holding KK).

It just seams that lately I'm getting my money into the pot with the worst of it. I played two 9 man SNG (live) and busted with AK vs KK and AJ (J high flop) vs AA. If I weren't barely playing poker now, I would take a break. Maybe I need to play more but it sure is frustrating right now.

a Non-poker related item, my family got a new puppy. She's now 10 weeks old (had her for 3 weeks) and is a German Sheppard/Golden Retriever mix that we adopted from the local Animal Protective League. She is so cute....This picture was taken from the day we got her (about 6lbs.). She is so much bigger now, I'll have to take another pic (about 10lbs).

I promise to blog more frequently (if its only a promise to myself). Have a happy holiday and remember to eat too much!!