April 3, 2005 Archives

We had horrendous rains today - thankfully less than I expected. Still, rivers are running high.

During a lull in the action, a viewer was driving through Cornwall and got this shot. The river is very high... and there was heavy rain after this video was shot. Earlier, flooding was expected to be severe, but the Weather Service cut that back to moderate.

It still looks pretty scary.

I can't show this on the air, so I thought I'd show it here.

A few weeks ago I felt I could do no wrong playing poker. Now I feel I can do no right!

Poker is amazingly fickle. Skill controls some, luck controls more. And, like a baseball player in a slump, it's possible to slip into bad habits.

With my recent run of bad luck and skill, I thought I'd write tonight while I'm playing in a tournament. There is a rule of thumb for me: The earlier I have to be up in the morning, the later I am held in the tournament. In this case the tournament has been going a little over four hours.

My investment was small, only $9. Originally there were 666 players. Now we're down to 44. Of those, 31 will be paid $215 and the 32nd will get $70.

Numbers 33 through 44 will get nothing. At the moment I am 33rd.

In fact, as I am typing, I have just pushed all my chips to the center with an Ace/King.

Everyone folded. Now I'm 28th.

If I end up in the top-31, I will feel good and write about it later. If I'm out before then, I will curse loudly.

Back to 32nd of 42. I hate this part.

Now 36th of 41. It's only $9. Why am I sweating?

I hit a few decent hands and then decided to hang on for dear life, hoping others would get tapped out. I folded Ace/King and Ace/Queen... just layed them down. But, it paid off.

"Unregister" is just what I'm going to do. And breath a sign of relief.