Sunday, December 26, 2010
Off to Vegas?
Maybe, it's a huge SNAFU, it seems like to get anything organized with gamboolers, who live by the moment with no penchant for advanced planning of any kind. Hopefully I will be on the road within the hour. Thanks to my mother-in-law for visiting and my understanding wife for giving me a 72 hour junket.
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Happy Holidays
It's that time of the year again. Things have slowed down at work fortunately this year. Looks like we are going to be able to sample our part to customers without any issue meeting our targeted December 2010 commercial sample release date. We have two tape outs early next year, which means things will be getting interesting/busy early next year.
I got a promotion at work to being officially a manager, even though I have been doing technical management and project management for a quite a while now. But now I have people officially reporting to me, and I get to see/write their reviews, see how much they make, etc, etc. Weird stuff.
On the work front, I also had one of my guys working on my project resign because he was not performing up to par, was on a performance improvement plan, and wasn't meeting expectations and was on the road to involuntary termination. I have certainly had better days in my life, and I question whether or not there was more I could do as leader/mentor/coach to help him. But I suppose there's only so much I can do, before it really becomes his responsibility. But still, it is tough, particularly with the holidays and the job market so tough. In some ways I feel like I failed, and failure is always tough to swallow.
Picked my mother-in-law and nephew up from the airport today. They will be staying with us until New Years Eve. My kids and my nephew get along great and they play really well, and my wife loves it since they are so preoccupied with each other, she doesn't really have to do anything, except make sure that they are not doing anything to kill themselves.
I got out and played last night. I never got an opportunity to play the 20/40. I haven't played on Tuesday evenings for a while and I forgot that Tuesdays are Alan nights at Oceans. The board was deep and nobody was moving. The 20 game was one of the better games I have seen in a long time. Instead I played 8/16 and ran like god, and won 4.5 racks in 4 hours. Plus I got an extra $40 for offering to roll my name on the 20/40 list so that the next name on the list, who happened to be sitting to my right, could take the game sooner. This transaction took place around 10pm, and since I knew that the list wasn't going to move, and I was planning on leaving at around midnight, it was a good move on my part. I collected the $40, and at around 11:45pm, his name got called. The must move 8-16 which we were playing short broke a little after midnight and I went home.
Sooooo, I thought I was going to get to bed fairly early around 1am, but NO, my kids had to go and download Angry Birds on to my iPad. I got home and started playing it for a little bit, just to relax a bit, but silly me I get hooked on the game and play until 3am. Go figure, guess I should have taken the 20 game anyways. Would have gotten to bed at the same time.
I got a promotion at work to being officially a manager, even though I have been doing technical management and project management for a quite a while now. But now I have people officially reporting to me, and I get to see/write their reviews, see how much they make, etc, etc. Weird stuff.
On the work front, I also had one of my guys working on my project resign because he was not performing up to par, was on a performance improvement plan, and wasn't meeting expectations and was on the road to involuntary termination. I have certainly had better days in my life, and I question whether or not there was more I could do as leader/mentor/coach to help him. But I suppose there's only so much I can do, before it really becomes his responsibility. But still, it is tough, particularly with the holidays and the job market so tough. In some ways I feel like I failed, and failure is always tough to swallow.
Picked my mother-in-law and nephew up from the airport today. They will be staying with us until New Years Eve. My kids and my nephew get along great and they play really well, and my wife loves it since they are so preoccupied with each other, she doesn't really have to do anything, except make sure that they are not doing anything to kill themselves.
I got out and played last night. I never got an opportunity to play the 20/40. I haven't played on Tuesday evenings for a while and I forgot that Tuesdays are Alan nights at Oceans. The board was deep and nobody was moving. The 20 game was one of the better games I have seen in a long time. Instead I played 8/16 and ran like god, and won 4.5 racks in 4 hours. Plus I got an extra $40 for offering to roll my name on the 20/40 list so that the next name on the list, who happened to be sitting to my right, could take the game sooner. This transaction took place around 10pm, and since I knew that the list wasn't going to move, and I was planning on leaving at around midnight, it was a good move on my part. I collected the $40, and at around 11:45pm, his name got called. The must move 8-16 which we were playing short broke a little after midnight and I went home.
Sooooo, I thought I was going to get to bed fairly early around 1am, but NO, my kids had to go and download Angry Birds on to my iPad. I got home and started playing it for a little bit, just to relax a bit, but silly me I get hooked on the game and play until 3am. Go figure, guess I should have taken the 20 game anyways. Would have gotten to bed at the same time.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Double down
Not much in the way of poker to report. I have been very busy at work the last couple of weeks. I wanted to play last night but when I called the casino around 8 pm there was a bad short-handed 40 and no 20 game going. So instead a buddy of mine and I want to Pala casino instead and ate at the buffet and played blackjack. I won 600 bucks.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
That was a waste of time
On Thursday, I went to Oceans-11 and got there approximately 9:00pm. No 40/80, no 8/16, and only one 20/40. Apparently the 40 got started earlier in the day and then broke, and they had two 20 games instead. By the time I got there the second 20 had broken and I was like 6th up on the list. I got myself something to eat, food showed up around 9:30 or so, I ate and chit-chatted with some people I know. I wait around to 11:00pm before I give up and leave.
Apparently right after I left, two seats opened up too. That figures.
Friday, I get into a 40 game with Gavin Griffin. I had played with this guy one time before, and I thought he looked familiar. I asked him if we had met before, and he said that we had not. In any case, I talked with some other people I know, and eventually I figured out who he was. Not sure, why he is playing limit at Oceans, but whatever.
Apparently right after I left, two seats opened up too. That figures.
Friday, I get into a 40 game with Gavin Griffin. I had played with this guy one time before, and I thought he looked familiar. I asked him if we had met before, and he said that we had not. In any case, I talked with some other people I know, and eventually I figured out who he was. Not sure, why he is playing limit at Oceans, but whatever.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Back to the Grind Stone
My paternity leave is officially over and I am back to work full time starting today. Lots of things to catch up on and really get the real work started once again. Poker is going to have to take a back seat for a while. I'll try and get out once every couple of weeks, but we'll see how that holds up. Hopefully with the holidays coming up, I will find some free time, but we shall see.
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
All's Quiet on the Western Front
I have been off work mostly since August 31st or so. We went to the hospital on September 1st and the baby was born on September 2nd. My mom came and helped out with baby, and I was off for the most part for three weeks. Then I started going into the office one day a week on Mondays only, and I plan on doing that for another couple of weeks. Come November 8th, I am back to work full-time. Good luck to my wife. I think she can handle it, though. Right now, we just need the baby to sleep more at night.
On the poker front, I had two winning 20/40 sessions and one losing 40/80 session, in which I was killing it, but then two superLAGs joined the game and it went into a hyped-up animal fest and I ended up dropping 3 racks before quitting.
On the poker front, I had two winning 20/40 sessions and one losing 40/80 session, in which I was killing it, but then two superLAGs joined the game and it went into a hyped-up animal fest and I ended up dropping 3 racks before quitting.
Friday, October 8, 2010
Good Luck Charm
Apparently, my new daughter is my new good luck charm. I have played three days since she was born and I have won :
$500 8/16 and mostly 20/40
$2500 20/40
$3900 20/40 and mostly 40/80
For a total of $6900 in about 15 hours of play for a staggering $460 per hour rate. And here's the thing, I don't feel as if I have been particularly running hot, or that the other players have been horrific. I have been just playing my normal game, and seem to be value betting correctly, slowing down when I need to, and bluffing where it makes sense.
$500 8/16 and mostly 20/40
$2500 20/40
$3900 20/40 and mostly 40/80
For a total of $6900 in about 15 hours of play for a staggering $460 per hour rate. And here's the thing, I don't feel as if I have been particularly running hot, or that the other players have been horrific. I have been just playing my normal game, and seem to be value betting correctly, slowing down when I need to, and bluffing where it makes sense.
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