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I’ve posted a thread on twoplustwo that I’m seeking backing for the WSOP ME.  I’m selling 80% of myself at 25% markup.  If you’re interested in buying a piece check out this thread and get in touch with me either in the thread, PM on twoplustwo, or email (jacob@threads13.com).

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/163/staking-selling-shares/wsop-me-25-mu-804733/

This weekend me and the lady are going to a concert in Portland.  Should be good times.  She is taking off Friday and we are going to make a long weekend out of it.  The plan is to spend Friday and Saturday in Portland and then we are going to spend Sunday going out to the Oregon coast.  Things have been pretty hectic for the both of us, so it’s going to be pretty awesome to just get some time to hang out in a stress-free, fun environment.

In June we are heading to Vegas for a long weekend.  I plan on playing in some cash games for a little bit, but I’ll definitely be spending a good amount of time just hanging out and what have you.  DC is having a meet-up the first night I’m there so I’m planning on heading out to that.

Poker has been interesting lately.  I’m winning, but slowly.  I’ve been making some changes to my game.  Having just typed that I realize that every post includes me mentioning making some changes to my game.   That’s good news as that means I’m constantly working at it instead of letting it be stagnant and thus decreasing.

That will be all for this time.  Just a quick update.

So, it’s official.  I’ve went and done it.  I’ve moved to the West Coast.

I’ve been a little bit quiet the last few weeks as I’ve been packing up my stuff and what have you.  I’m now in living in Seattle and planning on putting down some roots here.  With this change of location has really came another change in attitude.  It’s weird, but I suddenly am feeling very content and looking to move on to that “adult” phase of my life.  I want to have my own house.  I want to put nice things in it (as compared to Led Zeppelin posters on the wall) and make it my own.  So, as part of all this I am (again) refocusing myself to poker.  Things have been going well for me the last month and a half and I intend to do my best to keep that going.   Hopefully in the next few years I’ll have saved up enough to purchase my own place.

Got a desk set up at my gf’s place in Seattle.  We found a silly deal on a desk at Staples that was only like $20(ship it) and then a comfortable chair for $60 at IKEA.  So now I’m set up pretty comfortable and that is a huge difference.  Working at the kitchen table was not very comfortable so I started to work while laying in bed which is obviously not going to be good for concentration as well.  Now that I have a desk and everything I think I’m pretty much set up for success.

I’ve been continuing to run and play well.  I’m up a pretty solid amount this month and that’s pretty awesome considering how brutal things were in February/March/December.  I’ve been working on my game a lot and I think I’ve made some pretty serious strides.  I hope that my win-rate for 2010 continues as it has been.  If it does it will be a record year!

I fly back to Indiana  in two days.  I am going to be staying there for two weeks and then I fly back again.

Hey guys… been a little bit since I’ve posted.  I’ve been keeping pretty busy out here in Seattle.  I’m still going to be out here another week and a half or so.  Things have been pretty eventful.

I’ve managed to get about 10k hands in so far this month.  That’s not an outstanding total, but it’s ok.  It’s a lot more than I played in the last 6-8 weeks, so I’m happy with it.   I feel like my poker playing is on the upswing.  I think with each passing week I’ll start getting more and more hands in.  This is becoming more and more of a big deal to me because I’m start to realize that the life goal of eventually owning my house is pretty exciting and something I REALLY want to happen.  I’m starting to get to a point in my life where I want to find a place to put down some roots.  I’ve spent the last 3 years or so moving all over the nation and the idea of setting up shop somewhere is pretty exciting.  So… what better way to do that than to own a house? And by that I don’t mean owning a debt that is over-paying for a house.  I’ve always maintained that I won’t take out a huge mortgage in order to get a house(unless the real estate market is down such that I can get a steal and I can put at least half down to begin with).  It’s just a waste of money, imo, to take out a huge mortgage.  So, I have to just keep grinding and get the roll put together to buy it with cash.  I think that’s something I could manage in the next 5 years or so.  However, if I really dig in and start kicking some ass at poker I should be able to get it done sooner than that.  Read the rest of this entry »