Well, we have 20 lawsuits to file by tomorrow. I've been working quite a bit this week, hence the lack of posts. Poker has taken a backseat to the workplace madness that is the week before tort reform. I didn't play at all on Tuesday, and I just ran through two sets of sit and goes last night. 7 NLHE sit and go's (I was four-tableing), 5 4th place finishes and only one cash (it was a 1st). A couple of my favorite hands were with me on the bubble. I was 3rd out of 4 in chips, when I caught KK UTG. I made my standard raise, and get a call from next-to-act. Flop is raggedy, uncoordinated...8 high. I push my last 1300 or so into the 1100 chip pot. He calls off about 3/4 of his stack with AJ. Turn is a J, river is an A. Hello bubble.

2nd out of four in chips, I pick up the Q2 of hearts in the big blind. Action folds to the small blind chip leader who limps. Flop comes Q2x. I bet the pot with top and bottom pair. Small blind raises to about half of my stack. He has me covered, but not by much. I push in, and he calls fast w/AA. He calls me an idiot ("Q2?!?!"), but only before catching running fours to take a commanding chip lead and send me to the rail. Apparently I like finding new ways to lose with the best of it. Man I'm running bad. Oh well, I took first and second in two omaha S&Gs while I was playing these, so I was able to subsidize much of the carnage. That's the only good thing about S&G's. It's easier to move on and forget.

Today's a long one. We not only have loads of these lawsuits to get filed, but I was in court arguing a motion this morning, and I have to be in court again at 3, and then again at 7PM tonight. This morning, I was arguing to have a default judgment set aside. I lost. I was practically in a screaming match with the other attorney. It was bad enough that the judge walked out of his chambers as we were yelling...we continued. I at least stayed cordial...I'm not sure about my opponent. Basically, I don't like these collection firms stepping on people and taking advantage of them. This attorney was able to convince the judge the judgment should stand, though I think that her client really screwed my guy over. The judge called me "creative", but said I just wasn't there.

This is the same firm (and same attorney) that sued one of our clients for breach of an automotive finance agreement, even though our client was not a party to the agreement. We had that set aside, and ended up suing for malicious prosecution, which I was able to settle pretty quickly. My guess is that this firm (and this particular attorney) took some heat for that screw up, and is still somewhat hostile about it. They generally don't like it when the people they sue put up a fight. They just want them to shut up and pay. Who cares if they are not a party to the contract? Go ahead and garnish their paycheck.

Oh well. I don't like losing, but there's always another fight to move onto.

I stayed up way too late last night watching "Who put the M in Manchester", which was really fun. Morrissey in concert, in his hometown, playing lots of old classics. It was like a Moz/Smiths mix tape. I noticed that his general theme was empowerment/revolution/disruption of the balance of power. A very political set. I was inspired. And Mozzer is recording again? It was on Logo, which is, well, the gay channel. Usually they play Erasure. But I guess Morrissey fans are also a part of their target audience.

Source: Law of Poker