Starting the new year with a bang

I took it easy on the New Year's eve and just hung out at a friends house. We went out drinking, ate some sushi, and just had some fun. Mike asked to get staked into a $24+2 on Full Tilt, so I backed him for it. He was saying he really felt like this was the one. About 2 hours after it turns to 2010, Mike calls me up and tells me he's on the final table! I sweated him until it ended, and he finished second. I thought he played perfectly, and if he didn't run TT into JJ HU for 20bb, I think he would've won.

The cool part about it is that when we were doing the math on my share, I got $2,009. Coincidence, or greater power at work?


Later that day, I got ready for flying out to the Bahamas, packed and then headed to the casino a bit to play some. I won around $4,500 starting the year off right. This is a picture of my stack at the peak of my session. Unforunately, I ended my night when I ran KK into a set and paid off. It might've been avoidable but it's hard to fold kings against loose players.





I'm already in the Bahamas now, and I may decide to do a blog post each day. On the other hand it costs $15 a day for internet.

I have a rant about spirit airlines I need to get out. They suck. They basically made my trip miserable. First they don't let you print boarding passes out at home. That wouldn't be such a big deal if the people at the service counter weren't incompetent. Then after I fly from LAX to Fort Lauderdale, instead of sending my bag to Nassau where my final location is, they make me get my bag from the baggage claim, and then check it back in again. This means waiting through the line at spirit AGAIN. And then going through security AGAIN. And did I mention that they never gave me my boarding pass for the second leg of the trip? So I had to go get that too. If I didn't have a 3 hour layover, I don't know if I would've made it in time. Ridiculous.

I'll try to add pictures and stuff later. For now here is an image of the lagoon at night. The rays came out after dark I guess, it's pretty cool, because I'm right next to the water.