Plans
It appears that Ozzy and Roman may spend a month in Europe in between EPT Deauville and EPT Monte Carlo, or so I’ve been told. Ozzy has been known to say one thing and do another in the past when it comes to something that requires planning ahead or effort, so I’m not sure whether this will actually happen. Either way, due to a few different reasons, I can’t go on this whole trip. I also have heard from my friend schaefer that EPT Deauville is pretty dull. And he won it last year while one of his best friends finished second. So, if he doesn’t find it interesting while winning it, I probably won’t find it interesting at all. Also, I noticed this in a message that Bushman forwarded me about the EPT Deauville event:
To comply with local French gaming law, the poker room will be restricted to players who have registered for the EPT or other poker events during the EPT festival. The poker room is not open to members of the public.
Therefore, I won’t even be able to take pictures and blog the event, so it’s pretty much pointless to go.
My plans have been modified to the following. I’ll fly to Europe maybe one or two weeks before the Monte Carlo event and meet up with Roman, Ozzy and whoever else they decide to travel with in Europe. This is, of course, assuming that they actually decide to go ahead with this whole travel around Europe for a month thing. I’ll then travel with them to Monte Carlo, blog the event, enjoy the city and then fly home to the US with them. It should be a fun time.
A few people have emailed me and mentioned that there weren’t really any PCA pictures with me actually in them. This is, of course, because I took almost all of the pictures (yes, I know, they’re dark, blurry, etc… they didn’t let us use flashes and I was forced to move quickly due to being chased by guards, so I couldn’t set up the perfect picture). However, SKOAL was nice enough to email me a shot that he got of me sitting in the lobby with some other people:
I am on the left in the gray shirt, JERRRY is playing a 5K HU match on my laptop, WB123456789 is toasting the camera, moledaddy is in the striped red shirt and BeL0WaB0Ve is drinking.
And wow, one of the things that I’ve realized after looking at some of the pics of me in the Bahamas is that I’m WAAAAY out of shape. I’m still fairly strong, but I’ve lost most of my aerobic fitness. I was in pretty good shape through most of college due to regular workouts, but after I graduated and worked at Deloitte for a year, I let myself slowly get into worse and worse eating and exercise habits. This happens to a lot of people, so I’m not shocked that it happened to me. That being said, I don’t work a regular-houred job anymore and I haven’t since I left my job a few months ago. It’s pathetic that I’m in the shape I’m in considering the time that I have to go to the gym. I also have the time to eat healthy as opposed to being rushed at most of my meals while I was working. New Years resolutions have always seemed dumb to me, so I’m going to do something that is more my style: bet on my recovery. As of 5 minutes ago, I weighed a scale-tipping 239 pounds. This is pretty much the heaviest I’ve been in my life. I’d like to propose the following to anyone interested in making a wager:
I will be weighed in Las Vegas at the World Series of Poker at some point prior to the start of the main event on Friday, July 28th, 2006. I have the option of being weighed at any point after my arrival in Las Vegas or Tuesday, June 27th, 2006, whichever is later. Obviously, anyone I bet with should be present or should be prepared to take the word of a mutually-agreed upon party. The target weight will be 210 pounds, or a 29 pound loss. If I weigh 210 pounds or less upon weigh-in, I win; if not, I lose. I will accept even money bets.
Obviously, anyone betting with me has to trust me and I have to trust them because I don’t plan on getting the money escrowed. It shouldn’t have to be said, but I will do this “substance-free.” I plan on exercising more and trying to improve my diet, not take some shady pills. Also, you have to trust me on my current weight. Sadly, anyone who met me in the Bahamas will probably tell you that it’s correct. If you’re interested, let me know via email at natarem@gmail.com or via AIM or MSN. If you don’t know me at all and I don’t know who you are, then I’m not going to accept the offer because I wouldn’t trust that I’d get paid. I’m going to get in better shape regardless, but I wouldn’t mind taking up to a few K in action on this.
Anyway, I need to head to sleep. Later.
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