http://www.ravenpokertraining.com/mikes_blog Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:24:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After the expiration of the current lease in L.A., I'll be living in Las Vegas through the duration of the summer.  After that, I'll be moving back to Kansas.  I've been around and about a bit since I graduated from high school.  I spent 1.5 years at St. Mary's, .5 ... http://www.ravenpokertraining.com/mikes_blog/?p=185 It's been some time since I last posted.  I only find it appropriate to continue where I last left things off.  So, that $2,600 that I miraculously have in Sports.com.  Actually, I didn't use the appropriate tense.  See, I have this problem.  There's  a reason that I quit sports betting.  ... http://www.ravenpokertraining.com/mikes_blog/?p=184 It all started about 5 years ago.  I was battling a problem with sports betting.  I really wanted to quit.  You could say that I really needed to quit.  Sports.com gave me a free $50.  I didn't want to bet it because I feared it would catapult me into betting ... http://www.ravenpokertraining.com/mikes_blog/?p=183 May has been a disaster each and every year since I've gone to Vegas for the WSOP.  I just can't seem to avoid it.  This is the fourth year in a row that I'm going to head into the WSOP on a significant losing streak in cash games.  I'm not ... http://www.ravenpokertraining.com/mikes_blog/?p=182 No, I didn't graduate.  However, I'm getting close!  Unless I go back to my old ways from a few years back, I'll graduate in December.  My sister, Marla, graduated from LMU on Saturday.  She started at Colorado before she transferred there after one year.  She grinded like the 70-somethings at ... http://www.ravenpokertraining.com/mikes_blog/?p=181 I regret not posting earlier in the week.  Instead, the content is not going to be that uplifting.  I did, however, make a 60ish foot putt on Monday in the golf tournament with a 7 footish breaker from left to right with about 10 beers inside of me.  I hit ... http://www.ravenpokertraining.com/mikes_blog/?p=180 Today Hailey and I are going to Beverly Hills for lunch and to shop.  She has a dress that she wants to get at H&M.  We were just there the other night at Ruth's Chris for dinner.  Dinner was great and even better was not losing credit card roulette for ... http://www.ravenpokertraining.com/mikes_blog/?p=179 I've managed winning sessions each of the last couple days.  It isn't anything spectacular, but like I say, "Small wins will eventually add up to a lot of money."  I went on AIM earlier today to see if GBecks was online.  He's playing in Monte Carlo this week and 58th ... http://www.ravenpokertraining.com/mikes_blog/?p=178 Although I would have been appalled if Adam went out last night, it would have been just what American Idol needed to experience to change the way voting is done.  It's ridiculous that I could hypothetically vote for an opponent up the amount of text messages that I could send ... http://www.ravenpokertraining.com/mikes_blog/?p=177 I haven't been able to get anything going in online cash games for just about the entire month.  I've stuck to playing almost exclusively 100 & 200 NL, but it's just been a struggle throughout April.  Even still, I'm going to manage at least a $1,000 profit on the month ... http://www.ravenpokertraining.com/mikes_blog/?p=176