Last night was pretty crazy.
We went to this sandwich and craft beer place. It actually turned out to be an upscale little bar/lounge type place.
The beer was insane. They have something like over 200 beers from small microbreweries in the US and Canada. Every type of beer imaginable, they have at least a few choices to choose from.
I started out with a 9% abv breakfast stout. Then a 10% strong ale, then a 15% barleywine, you see where this is going.
We got there around 830pm and left around 12-1 (?). They actually close at 1030, but they were staying to do holiday decorating and we had a party of like 8, so the bartender (my gf hated her) stayed and we kept drinking.
There was an ill-timed whiskey shot somewhere around midnight, I don't really remember the exact time, but I finished my second helping of some other super strong, super tasty beer. That was it for me and a little while later we stumbled into my buddy JJ's Expedition. My girlfriend drove (as she can't drink bc of the kidney transplant) and we headed home.
The next 4-5 hours consisted of me drinking a lot of water and watching Ocean's 13 with JJ. Solid movie, nothing fancy, doesn't try to WOW you, but it's a very well put together movie IMO. Better than 12, at least in the same discussion as 11.
Anyways, going out with the girlfriend tonight to celebrate my birthday. We're probably going to go to this nice Hawaiian place 30ish minutes away when she's out of class tonight.
I'll have a website update tomorrow or Saturday and find a little graph to post as well.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Birthday
My birthday is tomorrow. Me, my girlfriend and a few of my friends are going downtown to this pretty sweet sandwich place that serves some of the best beer from around the country. Looking forward to a few beers in particular.
I'm super busy so I'll post more soon, including my monthly graph and some news about the site.
Until then, enjoy the games.
I'm super busy so I'll post more soon, including my monthly graph and some news about the site.
Until then, enjoy the games.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Turkey Day
Had a good meal with my girlfriend, mother and brother today.
Beat brother in Stratego and beat all 3 of them in Monopoly and Scrabble, for the clean 3-0 sweep.
Only got in 13 games tonight but I played extremely well and the results showed. 10-3 at the FTP 55s.
Going to be moving up again soon on FTP to finish off the last stretch of my bonus before I (probably) head back to PS.
I've improved a lot or some of my improvement started to show lately, I've felt a lot better about many spots and I'm finding more/better spots to exploit players.
I think I've ran pretty bad the last month or so, so this "sudden improvement" will probably look a lot bigger than it really is on the stat sheet, but either way I'm happy.
I wanted to play a lot more today but I've been detained with some stuff related to brewing for the last hour or so (my buddy got online).
We're doing a lot of stuff that should bring our beers to the next level. A lot of things are improving at once and we're near a "regular" stout (regular as in something we'd regularly brew without changes).
We also have a keg and wine fridge so we'll be drinking beers on tap now with better heads. The fridge will also allow us to second ferment a wider/better range of beers.
We have a very special beer planned in the next week, it should be ready by new year's and it's going to be insane. I'll talk more about that in the future, but I'm really excited about it.
I bought one of Anthony Bourdain's books from Border's the other day. For those of you who are not familiar with Bourdain, he hosts travel channel's "No Reservations." He's a pretty bad ass chef who travels around the world trying out food and experiencing the culture. I recommend the show to anybody really, and the book is great so far. He has a very Hunter S. Thompson esque writing/narrating style, that's probably the best way to describe him.
Anyways, going to read the book for awhile and get some sleep. I'm way behind on my 600 game goal this month, I'll be lucky if I end up at 500.
Oh, and I posted a hand in the 2+2 HU forum tonight. I don't normally post hands due to like a bunch of factors. Here's the link, I found the hand to be very interesting and it's not more of a question of what I should do, I felt very definitive in my decision in this hand and probably still will tomorrow. http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=13080219&an=0&page=0#Post13080219
Beat brother in Stratego and beat all 3 of them in Monopoly and Scrabble, for the clean 3-0 sweep.
Only got in 13 games tonight but I played extremely well and the results showed. 10-3 at the FTP 55s.
Going to be moving up again soon on FTP to finish off the last stretch of my bonus before I (probably) head back to PS.
I've improved a lot or some of my improvement started to show lately, I've felt a lot better about many spots and I'm finding more/better spots to exploit players.
I think I've ran pretty bad the last month or so, so this "sudden improvement" will probably look a lot bigger than it really is on the stat sheet, but either way I'm happy.
I wanted to play a lot more today but I've been detained with some stuff related to brewing for the last hour or so (my buddy got online).
We're doing a lot of stuff that should bring our beers to the next level. A lot of things are improving at once and we're near a "regular" stout (regular as in something we'd regularly brew without changes).
We also have a keg and wine fridge so we'll be drinking beers on tap now with better heads. The fridge will also allow us to second ferment a wider/better range of beers.
We have a very special beer planned in the next week, it should be ready by new year's and it's going to be insane. I'll talk more about that in the future, but I'm really excited about it.
I bought one of Anthony Bourdain's books from Border's the other day. For those of you who are not familiar with Bourdain, he hosts travel channel's "No Reservations." He's a pretty bad ass chef who travels around the world trying out food and experiencing the culture. I recommend the show to anybody really, and the book is great so far. He has a very Hunter S. Thompson esque writing/narrating style, that's probably the best way to describe him.
Anyways, going to read the book for awhile and get some sleep. I'm way behind on my 600 game goal this month, I'll be lucky if I end up at 500.
Oh, and I posted a hand in the 2+2 HU forum tonight. I don't normally post hands due to like a bunch of factors. Here's the link, I found the hand to be very interesting and it's not more of a question of what I should do, I felt very definitive in my decision in this hand and probably still will tomorrow. http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=13080219&an=0&page=0#Post13080219
Monday, November 12, 2007
I'm sick
Been getting sick since like Friday. Had a few beers last night when my buddy came over to watch Dexter and Always Sunny in Philadelphia (awesome show) and that was probably a mistake.
Had to cancel on going to the brewery tonight to try this new Porter that everybody has been raving about. It's in limited supply and was aged in oak barrels and I can't wait to try it.
Speaking of Friday night, my brother's HS football team had their final 8 state playoff game. It was in the third quarter and they were up by 3, my girlfriend got a phone call and started running from the bleachers. We ran about a mile to the car when I found out her dad had passed out at a restaurant and was being taken to the hospital.
By the time we reached the hospital he had just gotten in and was fine. His heart had stopped for a few minutes they said, but he was his usual stubborn self. Within 45 minutes he was convinced that all the tests they wanted to run were just to "make money" because they "are a business." Needless to say, him and his girlfriend got a ride from us to his hotel after the hospital and my girlfriend was very upset. He wouldn't heed the doctor, my girlfriend or my advice on staying in the hospital, at least to see some test results. He seemed a little out of it since then, but he went back up to the far north suburbs yesterday where he lives with my gf's sister, brother in law and their 2 year old baby. He said he'll go get some tests done this week at a doctor up there, but I wouldn't trust a word he says. Hopefully he's actually ok, but he's very unhealthy.
On the poker front, Collin Moshman may have helped me out a ton with the website. He recommended and introduced me to a web developer and designer with a very good reputation. I'm awaiting a reply back from them about the site. The previous webmaster is MIA and I'm in the process of taking some minor legal steps to get the work he's done for the site. I had a few other options after the previous guy went MIA, but nothing has panned out so far. Hopefully this works out well.
As far as games go, I finally caught a little heater 2 tabling 33s on FTP and moved up to the 55s. Things went well for a day or two, then Saturday night I ended on a horrible downswing. I was only like -100 for the day overall, but I was up a few hundred so it was a drastic swing for the day.
Yesterday was even worse, I went 5-15 and saw some of the sickest beats I can remember.
Today I've moved back to 2 tabling 33s for a few days (hopefully) and I'm 5-5 as of writing this. I'll do another 10 games at least, but probably not much more unless I start feeling a lot better (health wise not mentally).
I plan to print up and review a few HHs tonight, a 2+2er made me a real cool HH reviewer that is printer friendly (think 8-10 hands per page). It's super easy to use and read and I can print it out and review at night in bed or on the road if I wish. This is a tool that will be featured on the website (for free) as soon as I straighten out the webmaster situation. There are also a few other tools in development which will be free.
On the beer brewing front, our coffee stout is bottled and carbonating. We tried one of the 2 test bottles last night but it was still very flat (the beer is at least 4 days away from being ready). Another possible problem was it basically exploded upon opening. I'm not quite sure what that means, but my buddy has had this problem in the past and he said it is severely lessened by cold storage (after it is carbonated) so I'm not too worried. Besides the flatness, the beer has excellent potential and I really think we added the right amount of coffee, not too overpowering but it's there, especially in the aftertaste.
Our other beer, a little lighter, less hoppy stout with different grains is in 2nd ferment. We are going to prime with some molasses Wednesday or Saturday to add some initial flavor/sweetness to the beer. What is probably one of my 2-3 favorite beers, The Pullman Nut Brown Ale, uses a bit of molasses in it and it sure completes the beer. I honestly could drink that beer for the rest of my life and not be upset.
Anyways, I'll end this and hopefully have some more to post soon. Looking to be better by Friday because my brother's team won and is in the final 4 for state.
I also had 2 half cigarettes today, a good thing. I also had about 12 pints of water, another good thing. Here's to better health.
Had to cancel on going to the brewery tonight to try this new Porter that everybody has been raving about. It's in limited supply and was aged in oak barrels and I can't wait to try it.
Speaking of Friday night, my brother's HS football team had their final 8 state playoff game. It was in the third quarter and they were up by 3, my girlfriend got a phone call and started running from the bleachers. We ran about a mile to the car when I found out her dad had passed out at a restaurant and was being taken to the hospital.
By the time we reached the hospital he had just gotten in and was fine. His heart had stopped for a few minutes they said, but he was his usual stubborn self. Within 45 minutes he was convinced that all the tests they wanted to run were just to "make money" because they "are a business." Needless to say, him and his girlfriend got a ride from us to his hotel after the hospital and my girlfriend was very upset. He wouldn't heed the doctor, my girlfriend or my advice on staying in the hospital, at least to see some test results. He seemed a little out of it since then, but he went back up to the far north suburbs yesterday where he lives with my gf's sister, brother in law and their 2 year old baby. He said he'll go get some tests done this week at a doctor up there, but I wouldn't trust a word he says. Hopefully he's actually ok, but he's very unhealthy.
On the poker front, Collin Moshman may have helped me out a ton with the website. He recommended and introduced me to a web developer and designer with a very good reputation. I'm awaiting a reply back from them about the site. The previous webmaster is MIA and I'm in the process of taking some minor legal steps to get the work he's done for the site. I had a few other options after the previous guy went MIA, but nothing has panned out so far. Hopefully this works out well.
As far as games go, I finally caught a little heater 2 tabling 33s on FTP and moved up to the 55s. Things went well for a day or two, then Saturday night I ended on a horrible downswing. I was only like -100 for the day overall, but I was up a few hundred so it was a drastic swing for the day.
Yesterday was even worse, I went 5-15 and saw some of the sickest beats I can remember.
Today I've moved back to 2 tabling 33s for a few days (hopefully) and I'm 5-5 as of writing this. I'll do another 10 games at least, but probably not much more unless I start feeling a lot better (health wise not mentally).
I plan to print up and review a few HHs tonight, a 2+2er made me a real cool HH reviewer that is printer friendly (think 8-10 hands per page). It's super easy to use and read and I can print it out and review at night in bed or on the road if I wish. This is a tool that will be featured on the website (for free) as soon as I straighten out the webmaster situation. There are also a few other tools in development which will be free.
On the beer brewing front, our coffee stout is bottled and carbonating. We tried one of the 2 test bottles last night but it was still very flat (the beer is at least 4 days away from being ready). Another possible problem was it basically exploded upon opening. I'm not quite sure what that means, but my buddy has had this problem in the past and he said it is severely lessened by cold storage (after it is carbonated) so I'm not too worried. Besides the flatness, the beer has excellent potential and I really think we added the right amount of coffee, not too overpowering but it's there, especially in the aftertaste.
Our other beer, a little lighter, less hoppy stout with different grains is in 2nd ferment. We are going to prime with some molasses Wednesday or Saturday to add some initial flavor/sweetness to the beer. What is probably one of my 2-3 favorite beers, The Pullman Nut Brown Ale, uses a bit of molasses in it and it sure completes the beer. I honestly could drink that beer for the rest of my life and not be upset.
Anyways, I'll end this and hopefully have some more to post soon. Looking to be better by Friday because my brother's team won and is in the final 4 for state.
I also had 2 half cigarettes today, a good thing. I also had about 12 pints of water, another good thing. Here's to better health.
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Update
Not a hell of a lot to say right now. Just grinding away and working on website stuff.
Going to try and do 20-30 a day in November on FTP. So far I have a little over 20 a day. Results have been pretty blah, but I'm adjusting to the faster structure. Players are crazy random, and it's kind of weird playing people with wider ranges. People show up with such random stuff.
I 4-bet shoved a guy like 40bb deep today with JJ, he called with 93s. This was in the middle of a game, not like first hand or anything. I held.
I have platinum on Stars already, thanks to my 6 maxxing buddy. Took a bit of a downswing, but we'll both ride through the variance.
Here's to a good November, lord knows I need it.
Going to try and do 20-30 a day in November on FTP. So far I have a little over 20 a day. Results have been pretty blah, but I'm adjusting to the faster structure. Players are crazy random, and it's kind of weird playing people with wider ranges. People show up with such random stuff.
I 4-bet shoved a guy like 40bb deep today with JJ, he called with 93s. This was in the middle of a game, not like first hand or anything. I held.
I have platinum on Stars already, thanks to my 6 maxxing buddy. Took a bit of a downswing, but we'll both ride through the variance.
Here's to a good November, lord knows I need it.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Unmotivated
Really don't have much to say, but haven't posted in awhile.
Comcast stable, our box on the outside of the house looked tampered, but our connection wasn't compromised during inspection. Dude next door being evicted, has 2 weeks or a month or something to move out.
Not winning much at all lately, depressing. Really seem to be running like shit. Just going to keep playing when I feel like playing. Just 2 tabling the FTP 33s still, getting in 20-25 a day on average when I play.
I'll post a happier post soon. Hopefully.
Comcast stable, our box on the outside of the house looked tampered, but our connection wasn't compromised during inspection. Dude next door being evicted, has 2 weeks or a month or something to move out.
Not winning much at all lately, depressing. Really seem to be running like shit. Just going to keep playing when I feel like playing. Just 2 tabling the FTP 33s still, getting in 20-25 a day on average when I play.
I'll post a happier post soon. Hopefully.
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