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Haven't played much lately but found a few minutes last night to jump on UB and lose three straight heads up SnGs. Basically I sucked and the coin flip didn't go my way. My last hand of the first sng I I shove with pocket 4s and get called with AJo, flop a set and then go down in flames to runner-runner straight.

Hard to believe that the WSOP has run for three weeks now. I've given up my frantically trying to read every single blog out there and now just read whatever I feel like. It is great to have so many choices, though.

Euro 08 final Germany vs. Spain. I didn't see Russia v Spain, but Germany looks strong and will be tough to beat. The Turks were great and gave us one hell of a show.

Go Celtics

I'm not a big basketball fan. Although, when I used to play people would call me the Asian Dennis Rodman (without the dyed hair, multiple piercings and body art). I could rebound and play D like nobody's business. I can't shoot worth a lick, but that's another story. If there was an under 6'0 league, I could probably have been a pro.

I did watch parts of last night's game and was rooting for Boston. Not that I'm a big Boston fan, but I'm rooting for Ray Allen. He suffered long enough at Seattle, if anyone is due, it's gotta be him.

Of course, Father's day dinner is going to be a rather chaotic affair. Half the people will be glued to the TV screaming and yelling.

Euro 08: Sweden v Greece

Is it just me, or does Zlatan Ibrahimovic look a lot like the Dungeon Master on "Good Eats"?

Great games today. Spain and Sweden looked good. One of the perks of being a stay at home dad is that, baby willing, I can watch a lot of the matches. When I was watching the Sweden v Greece game I thought the stands looked mighty empty and then I realized that it was just the Swedish fans were all wearing jerseys.

Watching Poker After Dark right now. This is the week where Gus Hansen takes on 5 women. Why does JJ Liu insist on wearing those hideous outfits? Clonie Gowen and Jessica Schoenberg, yummy. Vanessa Rousso just doesn't do it for me. I just can't see past her bad playing.

Euro 08: Netherlands v Italy

O-M-G. OK, the first goal was a joke. Even the refs in our co-rec league could have spotted that offsides. I mean, COME ON. That said, that second goal was sick. That was a textbook counter attack goal. That shot? If I ever made a goal like that I would end my soccer career right then and there so that could be my last soccer memory. I have no idea how the second half went since I'm still figuring out TiVo and didn't record it, but the Dutch definitely looked like the better team. And you got to hand it to men who are confident enough to wear orange and baby blue.

The Other Home Game

The other game that Mrs. T and I play is Scrabble, with actual tiles and on a board. Last night's match was fairly balanced, no bingos for either of us. In the end, I was able to hold off Mrs. T and win 335-288.

Blogger Tourney Recap

OK. Now that I'm done kicking around our imaginary dog (Mrs. T threatened to call the imaginary SPCA), I can sit back and reflect. As we were making dinner, Mrs. T asked me if I had fun and without hesitation I said "yes." I got to play poker for a couple of hours with a bunch of bloggers and experience the dream. Now, I have to admit going in I had no illusions of winning it all; I just wanted to play well and go deep. But as we got closer and closer to the final table I started to wonder if it was really possible.

Early on I payed fairly tight, but of course I couldn't pass up the chance to play the hammer:



Didn't catch many hands early on but I was able to make a few moves and take a few pots. My image must have been pretty tight because I showed only a few hands. Got lucky with a couple of outright steals, then when we hit the final table I got hit with the deck. I had KK twice in a row, Tens, Jacks twice, AK twice in a row. At one point I limped on the button with 45s and flopped the straight.

Going into 4 handed play I had about 50% of the chips and that's where it went all horribly wrong. Mistake number 1: I limped with the HAMMER. Shoulda raised. Mistake number 2: I called a fair-sized bet with a gutshot (4 6 8). Mistake 3: I called an all-in on the turn with a double-gutter. Of course, had I won, I would have been the massive chip leader and got to type "HAMMER!" Instead, I doubled up the second place person to give them the chip lead. And that's when the dream began to die a little piece at a time.

Well, it was fun while it lasted. I learned a few things, got to chase a dream and can walk away knowing that I can hang with the bloggers.

Blogger Tourney update

At the first break I'm 5th out of 59 remaining. I've caught a few breaks. Played the sooted hammer once for a win. More later.

2nd Break: 6th of 14 left. The smaller stacks are shoving with impunity. Going to keep grinding away.

Out: 4th (of 122). Blech. Oh well. It was a great ride. 4th was just as good as 2nd or 10th or DFL. Sucked out with AQ vs. AK to take a chip lead and managed to blow if trying to play the hammer against 2 pair. In my defense, I had a double gutter and would have had more than half the chips if I had caught. But ultimately it was my downfall.

Congrats to Lightning36 for taking it down. At least I feel a little better that the person who took me out went on to win it. Thanks be to AlCan'tHang for putting together the blogger tournament.