1st Week of Rest

Now with the tournaments out of town I am able to relax and attempt to take care of some of the things I have been putting off. On Monday I took Eric to go pick up his car at the amazing sushi place we went to on Friday night. We of course stopped in and had lunch there. As it turns out it is just as good sober as it is with a pint of scotch in front of you. I had to do and interview for Channel 3 Sports to promote a poker charity event afterwards. The nice ladies from the Homestead met me there and we did a quick 5 minute interview with Kevin West. I watched it later and it came off pretty good. The tournament is today and I am hopeful for a large turnout. After the interview I planned a celebration night for my Brawl belt. Eric and Mary met Morgan and I for dinner and the italian restaurant in the M. After dinner Cody and Kessler met us for drinks and gambling. The women had to go home around 1030, but the rest of us tried to drink enough to counteract what we were losing in gambling. I feel like we came close, but we were all close to broke by the end of the night. The next day I had to get up and pay off the ticket I got a month ago. I was still a bit drunk when I got up so I ride there wasnt that bad, as I was singing and laughing at myself most the way, but the wait in line or the ride in the hot sun sobered me up enough to be extremely hungover. I got Arby's and slept/laid on the couch the rest of the day. Wednesday I went in to the Bellagio to put in a session and to spread the word about the charity tournament. I stopped around 330 with one fun hand of note. After two limpers I made it 100 (playing 10/20) from middle position with AJss. The BB and both limpers called. The flop was Kh7h5d. Everyone checked to me and I bet 300. The BB called and the rest folded. He was a component player who saw me play very solid up to this point. I thought he either had a draw or KQ/KJ. The turn was a 5c. He checked and I bet 660. He thought for a while and called. I still wasnt sure if he was drawing or not, so I didnt know what I was rooting for. The river was the 3h. He led 700 into a 2300 pot. It screamed blocker bet, I just had to determine if I could make him let a king go. I decided to go for it and made it 2700. He tanked a long time, but let it go. I won a small amount on the day and needed to pick up my niece who was in town for one night before going back to Wyoming.

Justin "robert07" Young