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So the Pirates won today.

Once more, the Pirates won today.

Alright, I figure I might as well say it as many times now as I can because who knows how many times it will actually happen this season. I'm not expecting a lot from the Buccos this year, but at the same time, part of me thinks they're going to win the pennant ala the Rays of last season (hey, don't ever say I'm not an optimist).

I'm really hopeful for a few reasons, mainly because I feel that Neil Huntingdon and Frank Coonelly are the right people to turn this organization around, even if Bob Nutting is the worst owner in the history of professional sports. Drafting and signing (and signing again) Pedro Alvarez was a huge step in the right direction as well as locking up McClouth, Doumit, and Maholm through their arbitration years. Jose Tabata looks promising (worst case scenario is his wife steals a couple....nevermind those jokes have been used and abused already), Andrew McCutcheon is a star in the making and we should see him in Pittsburgh this summer, and worst case scenario if the season goes down hill quickly, there's always those defending Super Bowl Champions that play across the parking lot.

Schoolwise, I'm having a blast (who knew doing work could be fun?) even if I feel kind of overwhelmed at times. Working on a couple projects right now and hopefully I'll be able to link them here when they're done.

I'm also trying to figure out what to do this summer. I need to do an internship to get credits to graduate (ETA: Dec'09) so we will see what is going on with that.

Poker is going well right now, I'm on a bit of a heater to start off April, which is nice, but that's kind of the same way I started off March and then it went to total shit, so we will see if I can turn it around and have a decent month playin the ol' 100NLHU.

That's all I have for now, I think. Graph below.

Guess who's back?

So, yea, I know it's been a long ass time since I've updated this, but I'm going to try to get back into this a little bit. So much is going on/has gone on in my life, I really don't even know where to begin, so I'll just skip forward to the present day. I switched from 6max to HU (heads up, 1-on-1) poker full time. I felt really bad about leaving the stake with Rod and Jesse, but it was just something that I had to do, I wasn't growing as a player, wasn't winning (2.5 months straight or so) and was genuinely miserable most of the time. I owe so much to those two (especially Jesse) for everything that they did for more to help me and believe in me at the start.

Now while playing HU I'm on a different stake/coaching agreement with Zach (cwik) and Matt (Acid_Knight). These two guys really know their shit too. I've definitley lucked out to be able to work with some great coaches so far. I haven't really been able to play a lot because of school (really working hard on trying to get stuff done and get good grades + I want to graduate in December) but the hands that I time that I have put in has been a fun learning experience.

I played a session today for the first time in 11 days (break because of downswing as well as being super busy with school/life) and it went pretty well, so here's the graph for today:



Tonight a bunch of my friends and I are going down to the Southside to watch two of our good friends play their first official headlining show. Mike Medved and Conner Gilbert are performing at Club Cafe tonight in the Southside of Pittsburgh. Doors open at 6, show starts at 7 and ends at 9. Tickets are only $10. Hopefully if you're 21 and in the Pittsburgh area you can come down and check it out, it should be great.

That's all I have for now, hopefully I can think of some stuff from the past 6 months or so to talk about for the next couple entries.