Spring Break!

   This was probably the worst, most anti-climactic Spring Break I can ever remember. In high school I would have been busy playing baseball and things of that nature. My first 4 (or 5) years of college it was spent working a part time job giving me plenty of free time. This year was a little different. As some of you know I work at Merkley's Driving School full time. This consumed a large majority of spring break. I was driving in a car from 7 in the morning to 4:30 in the afternoon everyday except Sunday. Now if i told you this first, I'm sure you would think I took some elaborate road trip around all of the United States, stopping at every major city on the way. Nope. I drove around the Edmond/OKC area the ENTIRE time. SO... If anybody ever need to know where anything is I probably have a pretty good idea if not I can try to find it through out my day. 
   I am about to embark on one of the most brutal academic months of my life. I am turning off the poker and the x box for an entire month while i finish this semester. If I can make it happen I will be two summer classes away from graduating. SO i apologize for all of you poker fans out there who wont be getting there weekly (ish) poker fix. Maybe i will try another home improvement project instead, at least that way something positive will come out of this month.

That "other" Blog

The original blog I chose to follow was the Poker Blogg, but with little success in contacting them I have chosen to present on Royce Youngs' blog called the Daily Thunder. Young is a writer who does columns for ESPN as well as the Daily Oklahoman. His blog, as you may have guessed, is about the Oklahoma City Thunder as well has other random things occurring in the NBA. It is a fairly well known and well liked blog. This is the blog i will be presenting on at the end of the semester. 

The time has come

        Over the weekend I was dying to play poker. I couldn't stand it anymore. I looked at every major casino in Oklahoma and there daily tournament schedule was abysmal. It was seriously one of the worst schedules I have ever seen. SO I went to the computer; searching. Searching for some sort of online option that maybe I had never heard of or was completely new. Bingo. I stumbled across a forum that was constantly throwing a few sites around and I eventually decided to go with one. Everything I read said it was completely safe for American players and that the company itself was taking the risk. Which if you look back at past events is completely true. The Department of Justice never once targeted the individual poker player, only the companies involved in the online gambling. So here it was clear as day on my desktop. The icon for Lock Poker. I deposited $50 for starters just to be sure it was not a complete scam. The have a pro team on their website with a few well named pros from around the world. It was time for me to head back into the online poker realm. The day was spent with trying out different rooms and tournaments. Just dipping my toe into everything I could on the website. I ended up losing around $25, but it was the best $25 dollars I have ever lost. I have finally found a reliable home for online poker. I am planning on getting back on track of a regular poker schedule. It is hard now because the website is still aimed at European play which means there peak poker time is the opposite time here. So finding that balance of max amount of tournament players and what time it is here will be a struggle at first, but it is a struggle I will gladly accept. 

My slowest Poker year

  So far 2012 has been the dullest year in poker in recent memory. It has been excruciating slow for not only me but all the other players i talk to. After the WSOP Circuit event in Durant the poker flow has almost come to a standstill in Oklahoma. The same players day after day pile into the poker rooms at various casinos searching for something new to play. So far there is nothing. Online did a crazy thing for the poker community; it gave people the opportunity to win money at home who would then be willing to take that money into a casino. With that outlet being gone it makes the poker market of non-major cities (practically everywhere besides Vegas and Atlantic City) very stagnant. There is hope peaking over that very, very grim horizon. Indian casinos are now pursuing the online market. This is fantastic news for those people in states that have indian casinos (OKLAHOMA!!!). With this opportunity available it brings online gambling to a state level and almost out of the hands of the Federal Judicial system, which is always a good thing. This gives me hope that we could potentially see online gambling legalized sometime this year. The difficult part is getting the issue in front of important people. The only problem there is that they are pretty much consumed with a small election happening later this year for President of the United States.  Anyways, in the few times I have gotten to play in the last month I have scratched out a couple hundred bucks. Nothing to call home about. In the next few months is when things become a little more crazy. The WSOP will be here before we know it and with that comes a tidal wave of poker. Probably more than to many people can handle. Just know that when you turn on ESPN and poker is on instead of something you would rather be watching; I am loving every minute!


   On the home side of things, my shower is amazing and is still standing! Next up we will be redoing the guest bedroom into some sort of den/office/my own private sanctuary room. I think my girl friend is tire of watching me play Call of Duty in the living room, so she is moving me to the back of the house away from any guests that may come over!