A Baby Step Back

After 8 straight winning days, I took a small step back by booking small losses on Wednesday and Thursday. I'm still kicking ass and feel very comfortable with how I'm playing.

I think it's going to be difficult to make it to my goal of 60,000 hands in April. I'm taking today off and after I play for a few hours tomorrow morning I'll be at 25,000 hands. The big bump in the road is the 5 day vacation that I'll be starting tomorrow afternoon which I've really been looking forward to.

For Jake's birthday E.B. and I got him and ourselves, tickets to the 8th Annual Whiskies of the World Expo which takes place at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. I first heard about this event while watching an episode of Modern Marvels on distilling a few years back and have wanted to go ever since.

While I wouldn't consider myself a big whisky drinker by any stretch and I usually stick with wine or beer if I'm drinking, I have been known to sip on a glass if the occasion calls for it. Anyway it was $115 a person and there are supposed to be over 200 whiskies to taste so it should be an amazing event.

For anyone worried about my well being I promise to limit it to 100 shots of whisky and drive slow on the way home. Just kidding, Jen is going to drive us to the BART station (it's just like the subway, but it has a stupid name) before and pick us up after. Also the event features an evening long buffet and various speakers and it's only 4 hours long so while I expect to be intoxicated at the end, I won't be falling down dangerous drunk.

Then on Sunday Jake, E.B., Brian Ridgeway and I will be gambling away in Vegas for three days. The wives and girlfriends are staying home which for some guys would be a good thing, but since we all have awesome wives and girlfriends who like to Vegas it up as much as we do we'll miss them on this trip. I can hear the crys of "yeah right" and "You are an ass kisser, Huff!" coming from all directions, but it's true. Our ladies like to gamble and have a drink or two just as much as we do, we love then and enjoy their company!

When I get back, it will be back to work, but for now I'm looking forward to the time off.