Just the way it is.

Every couple of days or so, I plan on posting an update, yet inevitably I don't for whatever reason. I've even started typing new updates and pushing the close button after a few lines. I think I go through fazes of malaise when it comes to posting in general, whether it be here or on a variety of forums. Guess that's just the way it is, as I don't plan on changing at the moment.

It's been a busy 6 weeks since my last update. I had my show, which was lightly attended but active. I've been rebuilding a small cottage on my property, replacing the floor, building new walls, framing the door and eventually replacing the roof. I've been working on a few restoration projects, a variety of other random jobs, trying to play poker and trying get the PLO8 series made.

As far as the series goes, it seems to gain momentum, then slow down, then repeat. Around the end of September, Krantz was asking about who I could partner with for the series. I gave him a few, then some time went by, not much word aside from busy. Then around the end of October, there was a small DC meet up in NYC. When I say small, there were five of us in total. Aside from me, there were 2 other DC members and Krantz and Danzasmack. It was kind of awkward at first, as I was the first one there. Some introductions, small talk etc. By the time the other two arrived, things had relaxed a bit. We started talking about games, vids, etc. Then Chuck(Danzasmack) commented, "Did you see the Insomnia PLO8 video? That was awesome." I laughed obviously and explained, yeah that was me. After wondering whether they knew, this solidified that they had no idea who I was when I introduced myself, even after about two dozen emails with Jay and some interaction in the forums with Chuck.

After some compliments from both, we all moved on with a better understanding. Chuck and I ended up planning to do the series together, we seemed to get along well, so working together should be easy. Jay gave the ok later that week for the go ahead. So far Chuck and my schedules haven't clicked, but there's the possibility that we'll get started this week. It's supposed to debut in the beginning of January, so I don't want to wait until the last minute for the 1st episode. I really want it to be the best series on PLO8. As there's hardly any content, I feel like it's possible to set the standard.

I unexpectedly met Frank Langella today, that was pretty cool. I didn't realize it was him at first, he was wearing a hat and glasses and I was really looking at him. Then I realized I recognized this guy and a couple of minutes later put a name with the face. This was eventually confirmed after making a purchase. He plans on coming back, new customers a great, the fact that it's someone like him, even better.

I have a couple of hand histories to throw up, those will follow this, I'll probably just edit them in.

***** Hand History for Game 15891352841 ***** (Full Tilt)
$100.00 USD PL Omaha Hi/Lo - Sunday, November 08, 09:09:10 ET 2009
Table Fortin (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: Florida Evans ( $77.20 USD )
Seat 2: hippy_shot ( $26.50 USD )
Seat 3: Zophar ( $101.35 USD )
Seat 5: mmarquez101 ( $98.85 USD )
Seat 6: foxtrot_poker ( $89.45 USD )
mmarquez101 posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
foxtrot_poker posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Zophar [ Jh 9d Qh Tc ]
Florida Evans calls [$1.00 USD]
hippy_shot folds
Zophar raises [$4.00 USD]
mmarquez101 calls [$3.50 USD]
foxtrot_poker folds
Florida Evans calls [$3.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, 8d, Kh ]
mmarquez101 checks
Florida Evans checks
Zophar bets [$11.00 USD]
mmarquez101 calls [$11.00 USD]
Florida Evans folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ Td ]
mmarquez101 checks
Zophar checks
** Dealing River ** [ 9c ]
mmarquez101 bets [$20.00 USD]
Zophar raises [$51.00 USD]
mmarquez101 calls [$31.00 USD]
Zophar shows [Jh, 9d Qh Tc ]
Zophar wins $134.00 USD from main pot
mmarquez101 doesn't show [Ah, 4c 2d Th ]

***** Hand History for Game 16056900116 ***** (Full Tilt)
$100.00 USD PL Omaha Hi/Lo - Sunday, November 15, 10:41:36 ET 2009
Table Georgia (deep) (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Seat 1: Maddox_hold ( $100.00 USD )
Seat 2: Mr Hi Rollller ( $33.50 USD )
Seat 3: CertifiedDon1 ( $110.85 USD )
Seat 4: sargemark ( $185.10 USD )
Seat 5: PSG4LIFE ( $74.75 USD )
Seat 6: UFPokerAce ( $57.30 USD )
Seat 7: coolbreeze08 ( $180.10 USD )
Seat 8: Zophar ( $165.50 USD )
Seat 9: frockface ( $49.70 USD )
frockface posts small blind [$0.50 USD].
Maddox_hold posts big blind [$1.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Zophar [ 4h Kh As 2d ]
Mr Hi Rollller folds
CertifiedDon1 calls [$1.00 USD]
sargemark folds
PSG4LIFE calls [$1.00 USD]
UFPokerAce folds
coolbreeze08 calls [$1.00 USD]
Zophar raises [$3.00 USD]
frockface folds
Maddox_hold folds
CertifiedDon1 calls [$2.00 USD]
PSG4LIFE calls [$2.00 USD]
coolbreeze08 calls [$2.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ks, 6h, 7d ]
CertifiedDon1 checks
PSG4LIFE checks
coolbreeze08 checks
Zophar bets [$11.00 USD]
CertifiedDon1 raises [$46.50 USD]
PSG4LIFE folds
coolbreeze08 folds
Zophar raises [$142.00 USD]
CertifiedDon1 calls [$61.35 USD]
Zophar shows [4h, Kh As 2d ]
CertifiedDon1 shows [5s, 4d 2s 3c ]
Zophar wins $45.15 USD
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
Zophar wins $226.20 USD from main pot

Whoops, haha.

***** Hand History for Game 16359259635 ***** (Full Tilt)
$50.00 USD PL Omaha Hi/Lo - Friday, November 27, 10:33:18 ET 2009
Table Supply (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: motcat ( $28.70 USD )
Seat 2: sam2do ( $47.50 USD )
Seat 3: tippmann43 ( $59.60 USD )
Seat 4: FortKnox09 ( $18.90 USD )
Seat 5: Hugo_Down ( $32.80 USD )
Seat 6: Zophar ( $49.00 USD )
sam2do posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
tippmann43 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Zophar [ 2h 4c Ah Jc ]
FortKnox09 folds
Hugo_Down calls [$0.50 USD]
Zophar raises [$2.25 USD]
motcat folds
sam2do calls [$2.00 USD]
tippmann43 folds
Hugo_Down calls [$1.75 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ad, 9d, 4h ]
sam2do checks
Hugo_Down bets [$7.25 USD]
Zophar raises [$29.00 USD]
sam2do raises [$45.25 USD]
Hugo_Down calls [$23.30 USD]
Zophar calls [$16.25 USD]
sam2do shows [Kd, 4d As 7c ]
Hugo_Down shows [2s, 3h Jh Qs ]
Zophar shows [2h, 4c Ah Jc ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jd ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ac ]
Zophar wins $29.40 USD from main pot
Zophar wins $95.90 USD from main pot