Leading up to the WSOP

Leading up to the WSOP we have welcomed Morgan's parents, her sister and fiancee, and then a bacholorette weekend for her friend Amanda. Its been exciting and a bit hectic. Then unfortunatley last Wednesday Morgan's aunt passed away. We flew to Indianapolis and then rented a car to go to Bedford, Indiana to attend the services. I had only met her a half dozen times or so, but what I know of her is that she was full of energy and love and wore them both on her sleeve for everyone to see. Though I was sad for her passing I told myself I was going to support the family. To be honest I was a bit worried about how the weekend would go, but yet again Morgan's family impressed me. They celebrated her life and spent more time laughing than crying. The most important thing to them is family and nothing was more apparent this weekend. I consider myself very lucky to have people like them in my life. And even though this is not the ideal circumstances I always look foward to spending time with time.

We will miss you Linda Lee Montgomery

Poker has not gone well for me this month. The scoops were a bit of a bust with a few minor cashes. On the upside though I went with Cody and Eric to Casers to earn our diamond card for the series. The diamond card allows you to skip all the painful lines of the WSOP. We played optimal video poker for about 3 hours. We managed to turn a profit and had a few cocktails. Also I did a interview for Cardplayer TV. The show is called "Under the Gun" and is hosted by Jon Friedberg. Brandon Cantu joined me and we covered some interesting topics in poker.
One other piece of exciting news for me is that I was drafted in a WSOP draft. Basically 12 writers and players had 8 rounds to draft the players they thought would do the best in this years WSOP. Even though my buddy Eric was the one who drafted me I went with the 63rd pick. It is extremely flattering and motivating to know people respect my game. I obviously want Eric's team to win and for me to pull my weight, but if you want to follow here is a list of Eric's team:
Scott Clements, Matt Hawrilenko, Justin Bonomo, James Mackey, Shannon Shorr, Justin Young, James VanAlstyne, and Mike Katz.
So everyone pull for everyone on the list, but mainly me.

Justin "robert07" Young