Off to Malta and Monte Carlo
I will start off this post with a video recap of last year's final hand from Gavin Griffin's perspective. I still puke a little bit every time I watch it, fast forward to around the 3 minute mark if you want to skip the boring part. ;)
The European Poker Tour Championship starts next week in Monte Carlo. Tomorrow I will be flying out to Malta, where Eurolinx is now based, to hang out with the crew and Team Eurolinx for a few days before heading to Monte Carlo on the 11th. I have just been informed that it will be 30°C all week (around 85°F for you Yanks), it will be nice to get out of this igloo we call home.
I have been anxiously awaiting this tournament all year long. Because of some obvious history, this is by far the most significant tournament of the year for me. To say I will not be satisfied with less than 1st place is an understatement. Do I expect to come in 1st? Of course not, I'm realisitic. I never go into a tournament with any expectations, because I quickly learned that you will come up with a lot more heartache than joy with that mindset.
Most of the people who are close to me know that the past couple of months have been pretty rough. I'm just thankful I have the friends and family that I have and their support has meant everything. I'm starting to go back to the gym and get active again. I had pretty much lost all motivation to do anything anymore and I'm trying to regain that. Being out of shape is definitely -EV.
I'm actually glad that I've taken some time off from poker. I haven't played much online and last night was my first time at the casino in over a month. There was no $5/$10 NL game so I didn't end up playing, I just hung out with a few of my buddies and talked some poker strategy. It's always good to take a small break before a big tournament.
In other news, the first two weeks of the Myst Poker Tour have been great! Both winners were actually good friends of mine. Week 1 was won by Mark a.k.a. "zachjackdad" and Week 2 was won by Shiba a.k.a. "The Savage". We had 125 people out to play last week and we expect it to be a complete sell out from around Week 4 and on. Unfortunately, I will be missing the next two weeks because of Monte Carlo. No need to worry though, since my man Niko is a one man show and will have no trouble running it solo. For those two weeks, the $50 bounty will be on his head. Let's see how he likes it when everybody is going at your throat and nobody folds a hand to you! :P
My latest article for CardPlayer magazine is out and is titled "Becoming the Chip Leader". You can read it here: http://www.cardplayer.com/magazine/article/17405
Hooooooooooooooooooldplz1timekthx.
The European Poker Tour Championship starts next week in Monte Carlo. Tomorrow I will be flying out to Malta, where Eurolinx is now based, to hang out with the crew and Team Eurolinx for a few days before heading to Monte Carlo on the 11th. I have just been informed that it will be 30°C all week (around 85°F for you Yanks), it will be nice to get out of this igloo we call home.
I have been anxiously awaiting this tournament all year long. Because of some obvious history, this is by far the most significant tournament of the year for me. To say I will not be satisfied with less than 1st place is an understatement. Do I expect to come in 1st? Of course not, I'm realisitic. I never go into a tournament with any expectations, because I quickly learned that you will come up with a lot more heartache than joy with that mindset.
Most of the people who are close to me know that the past couple of months have been pretty rough. I'm just thankful I have the friends and family that I have and their support has meant everything. I'm starting to go back to the gym and get active again. I had pretty much lost all motivation to do anything anymore and I'm trying to regain that. Being out of shape is definitely -EV.
I'm actually glad that I've taken some time off from poker. I haven't played much online and last night was my first time at the casino in over a month. There was no $5/$10 NL game so I didn't end up playing, I just hung out with a few of my buddies and talked some poker strategy. It's always good to take a small break before a big tournament.
In other news, the first two weeks of the Myst Poker Tour have been great! Both winners were actually good friends of mine. Week 1 was won by Mark a.k.a. "zachjackdad" and Week 2 was won by Shiba a.k.a. "The Savage". We had 125 people out to play last week and we expect it to be a complete sell out from around Week 4 and on. Unfortunately, I will be missing the next two weeks because of Monte Carlo. No need to worry though, since my man Niko is a one man show and will have no trouble running it solo. For those two weeks, the $50 bounty will be on his head. Let's see how he likes it when everybody is going at your throat and nobody folds a hand to you! :P
My latest article for CardPlayer magazine is out and is titled "Becoming the Chip Leader". You can read it here: http://www.cardplayer.com/magazine/article/17405
Hooooooooooooooooooldplz1timekthx.
posted by myst @ 10:32 AM
6 Comments:
At 9:14 PM,
Anonymous said…
The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get it and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done! Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth.
Good Luck Myst Bring the 1 place!!!
At 12:56 AM,
Anonymous said…
Where about's do you workout or will be? Florida Fitness on Merivale is a great place. Good luck in Monte Carlo!
At 4:16 AM,
Anonymous said…
Good luck Marc! You deserve nothing less than first place!!! TID!!!
At 2:21 PM,
Anonymous said…
everythign happens for a reason marc.... keep ur head high and do whats best for u.... dont care what anyone says bc in the end everyone is always looking out for themself first... f the haterz
At 12:08 AM,
Anonymous said…
go myst go!
At 8:41 PM,
myst said…
Thanks for the support guys!
As for the workouts, I bought a nice little home gym so I'll be working out from my basement. I was never a big fan of showering with the old naked guys. ;)
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