Gear up for WSOP

Getting closer to heading out west. My schedule for the next 5 weeks is pretty good. Here is the gist of it:

June 10th-13th MD Am at Congressional CC
June 14th-19th Wife and I head to Northern California for our 10th Anniversary. Includes a round at the US Open at Pebble Beach
June 19th-?? I fly to Vegas
About June 25th Back In MD to at least do a little work :) and go to beach for 4th of July
July 6th Back on a plane to LV for the WSOP ME
July 12th-14th MD Open (If I am out of the ME)

Pretty good stretch IMO.

I think I have finalized my schedule for the WSOP as follows:

June 20 $1k NLHE
June 21 $550 Venetian Deep Stack
June 22 $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo (8 or better)
June 23 $1,500 NLHE
June 24 $550 Venetian Deep Stack

My plan is to play the Main Event on day 1c or 1d. There is a possibility that I won't play the Main. If I go out next week and just get thrashed with no tournament cashes and get my clock cleaned in cash games AND then am unable to satellite in once I get back out there in July I will likely not play. But I would say I am like 90% to play at this point.

I have been playing a lot of poker on-line of late. Made a few final tables over the last 2 weeks but alas, no wins. I think 2 3rd places, a 4th and several other bottom of the final table finishes.

When my wife and I are in San Francisco, U2 was supposed to be in Oakland. Now we have seen them probably 3 times together and I have seen them maybe 6 times in my life. Even if you are not a huge fan, I highly recommend going. Their shows are second to none. Because I was excited to see them I have been listening to them a lot while playing. I always come back to this song and when played live it is just insanely good (please crank it up):



Greatest song of my lifetime? Probably. Then end when Bono is reading the names these are the people killed in a bombing in Omagh, Northern Ireland . Obviously the "Troubles" are what this song is all about when it was written 30 or so years ago. Probably the best live song that U2 plays is this:



Watch the crowd reaction when it gets going. Pretty awesome.

Amazing thing is I was about to buy tickets for this show on-line from an auction when they announced that the tour would be postponed due to Bono's back surgery. So I guess I am already running good because I was going to pay $250/ticket for $80 seats. I would have only been refunded the $80 face and would have been out the extra $300+.

One more good one for the road:




While I am on a roll with great Irish bands live, here are a few from Snow Patrol:





Crowds in both of these shows are insane so maybe the key is to see them in their native Ireland?

I'll definitely be listening to a lot of both of these bands at the tables in Vegas!