Happy Holidays!
Hope everyone had a great holiday. Spent mine with friends and family, and ate way too much. So basically, I did exactly what everyone else did.

Not much to report on the poker front. I did play a tournament on Wednesday at Casino Arizona, but nothing good happened. The last hand I played was the last hand before the break. 7 tables left, 200-400 blinds, i was in the BB with 2700 in chips and two black aces in my hand. UTG player limped, as did the button. SB called, and I raised 1100 more. UTG asked for a count of my remaining chips, and then decided to move in for about 5000. Button thought for about 10 seconds before calling all of his 4500 stack. SB thought forever and decided to fold. UTG showed QsTd, button has 9d8d. Board was Q23T5 and I'm out.

For anyone reading this who has played live poker with me lately, or for anyone who I'm close enough with to talk about how I'm running (Laura and Bobby mostly), I apologize for my recent demeanor about poker. I've let a little downturn in my results let me forget how lucky I am to be doing this for a living. Not many people get to play games all day and call it a job, and if it was supposed to be easy everyone would be doing it. Attitude adjustment in place. Feel free to tell me how silly I've been!

I find myself thinking about this Aussie trip all the time. I really am very much looking forward to it!