Not much going on

Title says it all..not much going on in golf or poker. My golf game is really not very good at the moment. I am having a hard time with motivation to grind out practice time, etc. I used to be a range rat and would hit a ton of balls and practice in general but that is not happening this summer. There are any number of reasons for this (family, being away for much of June, the crazy heat the last week or two) but bottom line: a lack of preparation is not a recipe for good results. I am going to take a lesson this week and see if I can find a few things to concentrate on working on. Perhaps that will help light a fire under me as I do have a few events over the next 4-6 weeks.

Poker has been pretty quiet as well. Playing a little on-line though not a ton. I did play in the first heat of a WSOP league on Friday night. Basically a friend of mine has organized a WSOP league for the last few years. Essentially there are 20 guys in the league. Once a month we play a heat and the top 10 get points based on their finish. You are entitled to throw out your worst 2 finishes and your top 10 scores are aggregated. At the end the top 3 point finishers in the league are bought into the WSOP Main Event 2011. This past Friday I finished 4th of the 20 so that was a good start. Basically in these types of events my feeling is that consistently high finishes will be important though a few firsts or seconds sprinkled in will probably be important as well. Our next heat is August 20th.

I probably won't play any casino poker for a while. The Borgata has 2 August poker events but I don't see myself getting up there for those. The thought of living in a casino for a few days is not particularly appealing at the moment. The next time I will likely get up there will be in September for the WPT Borgata Open. I haven't sat down with my wife to finalize the schedule but my intended events are below in bold:

Borgata Poker Open 2010

Wed Sept 8 Event 1 11am $350 + $50 Deep St 25,000 2 day 40 min

Thu Sept 9 Event 2 11am $200 + $30 DS T 2R NLH 25,000 1 day 15min

Fri Sept 10 Event 3 11am $500 + $60 NL H 12,000 2 day 40min

Fri Sept 10 Event 4 12pm $350 + $50 PLO 10,000 1 day 30 min

Sat Sept 11 Event 5 11am $1000 + $90 NL H 15,000 2 day 50/60 min

Sat Sept 11 Event 6 12pm $250 + $30 NL H 10,000 1 day 30 min

Sun Sept 12 Event 7 11am $350+ $50 DS DS NL H 25,000 2 day 40 min

Sun Sept 12 Event 8 12pm $200 + $30 Ladies 10,000 1 day 30 min

Mon Sept 13 Event 9 11am $350+ $50 DS Turbo 2R 25,000 1 day 15 min

Mon Sept 13 Event 10 1pm $350 + $50 Omaha H/L 10,000 1 day 30 min

Tue Sept 14 Event 11 11am $2000 + $150 Heads Up DE 20,000 2 day 20 min

Tue Sept 14 Event 12 12pm $300 + $50 NL H 15,000 1 day 30 min

Wed Sept 15 Event 13 11am $170+30 2R 100K G NLH 10,000 1 day 30 min

Thu Sept 16 Event 14 11am $1500 + $150 NL H 20,000 2 day 60 min

Fri Sept 17 Event 15 11am $1000 + $90 Six Max 15,000 1 day 40 min


Sat Sept 18 Event 16A 11am $3300 + $200 WPT Champ. Day 1A 30,000 5 day 75 min

Sun Sept 19 Event 16B 11am $3300 + $200 WPT Champ. Day 1B 30,000 5 day 75 min

Sun Sept 19 Event 17 12pm $500 + $60 NL H 15,000 1 day 30 min

Mon Sept 20 Event 16 11am $3300 + $200 WPT Championship **** Day 2 75 min

Mon Sept 20 Event 18 12pm $350 + $50 NL H 10,000 1 day 30 min

Tue Sept 21 Event 16 11am $3300 + $200 WPT Championship **** Day 3 75 min

Tue Sept 21 Event 19 12pm $300 + $50 NL H 10,000 1 Day 30 min

Wed Sept 22 Event 16 11am $3300 + $200 WPT Championship **** Day 4 75 min

Wed Sept 22 Event 20 12pm $200 + $30 NL H 10,000 1 Day 30 min

Thu Sept 23 Event 16 4pm $3300 + $200 WPT Championship **** Day 5 WPT FT

I might throw in another event or two (most likely one of the medium buy-in events) but I have to get with my wife to figure out what will work given work, kids schedules, school, etc.