Updated Plans
Well, the plan for going to Europe has been a complete disaster. Ozzy hasn’t been able to secure a visa to travel to the EPT Monte Carlo, which he won a seat for on Stars. He has a Pakistani passport and a US green card, so he needs a visa to travel to Europe. Unfortunately, the French consulate has not been very helpful thus far. Therefore, he won’t be making the trip and neither will I (I was only going if Ozzy, Roman and I were going to travel around after the tournament).
I’ve since made alternates plans. A bunch of 2+2ers are planning to go to Turning Stone in upstate NY. I had already planned on going to visit my sister, who is a senior at Cornell, and my grandmother, who lives in the area. It was logical to combine the trips because Ithaca is on the way to Verona, so I will be leaving for Ithaca later today, then continuing on to Verona on Wednesday of next week.
Once at Turning Stone, I’ll be staying with ActionJeff/Jeff1187, AaronBeen, and PeglegMcgee. I don’t know Aaron or Pegleg except for brief conversations online, but I spend a lot of time talking to Jeff online. We got two rooms in “The Lodge,” which is supposed to be the nicest place to stay at Turning Stone. Ozzy and thorladen both cautioned me against staying anywhere else at the resort.
The reason for the trip is two-fold. First, there are a number of decent size tournaments going off, including a two day $1K event next weekend. I’m not much a tournament player, but I’ll definitely play the cash games. Maybe I’ll find my way into a tourney or two if I get the urge. I’d want to look at the structure first though. The second reason is just to meet up with Jeff and other 2+2ers that I talk to online. People like Exitonly4, Ansky/supernova9, gobboboy and a number of others are supposedly going to be there (I’m not sure if it’s final for all of them). If anyone is in the area next week, please stop by.
Also, stevesbets is planning on playing the Foxwoods Poker Classic in April, so I plan on going up there for some cash games and to hang out. I also want to visit some people in Boston, so I’ll probably combine that trip as well.
Lastly, my plans for May. schaefer is going to spend his spring driving around the country going to every baseball stadium, so I decided I should meet up with him when he gets to Philly. His current plans have him being here on May 4th, so we’ll go to the Phillies-Braves game that day. After that, I still plan on doing a roadtrip with ahh_snap, but we haven’t worked out any details. I do have to be in Ithaca on Memorial Day weekend for my sister’s graduation, but other than that I’m pretty much free.
That’s it for now, time to go get a haircut before packing to go to upstate NY for ten days.
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