Oracle9i Database Administration Fundamentals I to be more exact... Taking this class this week... which severly curtails any poker playing, as it is from 9 to 5, I normally work from 6 to 3, to avoid traffic... traffic in Austin sucks.. big time... anyway.. get done with class about 5 or so, and because of the affore mentioned traffic... don't get home til like 6:30 or 7.. latre, if I need to stop somewhere... but it is all good... planned to take a break anyway.. plus, learning new skills... hopefully, I will get to use them... The State, to which I am gainfully employed, is notorious for sending us to classes and then never giving us the opportunity to use anything we might have learned in those classes.. I am hoping this is not the case, this time. I did take 3rd in a 3 table fun money SNG on UB... prolly coulda done bettre, but, I just got bored.... I played maybe 6 hands up til the final 3...won each one of them too... then I started playing every hand, and the 3 of us must have switched chip leader position 5 or 6 times between us.. The first time I took the chip lead, the current leader bet big from the button, I had K6s, and stated in chat that I am calling only because I am bored... and I actually raised... he put me all in and I turned a flush.... woo hoo.. not so bored now... Lil latre, started to get bored again... we were all about even.... same guy made another big bet from same position, and I had K6s again.. so I stated, 'I beat you once before with this hand ', and we ended up all in again... and I think this time I beat him with two pair.. Another 20 minutes went by and my stomach was yelling at me to eat...and my butt was hurting and I had a movie I wanted to watch and some other stuff, but enuff to take my mind completely off of poker... so, I just went all in with J8s and got called and he won.. leaving me with 3rd... all good... then I ate some pizza, while trying to watch Alone in the Dark, and soon was laying in my bed, massaging my sore bum, drifting off to la la land...... I have taken the advice of a loyal reader and have started putting away a lil money each month... and hopefully in 3 or 4 months... I will have enuff to actually be called a decent bankroll and I can start playing in the higher limit games again.... I figure if I can sit there for 5 to 6 hours to win 2 or 3 bucks on the AP MTT freerolls, I can certainly wait 3 or 4 months to put myself in a position to win hundreds of dollars.... I still play the free rolls tho... cept, now, I will play them as if I have nothing to lose.. as opposed to playing them to finish ITM... and well, the only loss is the time.... I wish I had more connections to some of the regular tourneys and cash games going on here locally, but, I just don't.... ah well, that could very well be a good thing... before I close this, want to thank Pauly for some kind words of inspiration he took the time out to share with me, and he certainly did not have to. Peace

Source: Slayre's Poker Quest