Let the journey begin

So in a few hours I'll embark on leg 1 of a pretty extensive poker trip these next weeks. I'll be driving to Schenefeld to play in both Herbstblatt tournaments over the weekend (€600 on Friday and €800 on Saturday) but I'm not expecting too much due to the luck factor in winning such one-day tourneys. I'm pretty sure I'll have a good time, though, as I'm driving there with Alex Jung and we'll be sleeping at Seb's place.

Speaking of Seb, I just so happened to secure myself a 10% swap with him right before the start of WCOOP #5 ($530 NLHE). I busted shortly after the 3rd hour of the tourney and was playing chinese with him on the side when he would constantly mention that he was going to win the tourney. I eventually went to bed at 7am not expecting much but woke up at 3pm to still see him playing! He eventually took 2nd for $260k, which gave me a payday of $26k! Not bad for a good night of sleep!

Poker for me has also been going phenomenal lately. I am having yet another record month at the tables and things could not be running better. My results are very consistent both for NL1K and NL2K so I'm pretty stoked about that. Also, I purchased my EPT Baden seat for a great price so I'll be playing that as well. Unfortunately things did not work out for an EPT London seat, so I'll be using my time in London just to visit friends, hopefully watch a soccer game and perhaps make one or two trips to the casino.

I try and remind myself not to take what I have for granted. I am living a lifestyle that most people could only dream about and I am constantly wondering how I got here. Sure there are kids who are a lot richer, sure there are kids who are a lot better and smarter at the game, but my skills allow me to live very comfortably and I couldn't happier about it!