Sometimes I play poker.

I had an entry to the PartyPoker Million semi-finals that I needed to use and they were held this past weekend.

I first signed up for the one on Thursday night. But for some reason it was cancelled and everyone got their money back (or, in my case, a free entry). I have no clue what the problem was because they use the exact same software for all multi-table tournaments and they had weeks to prepare. Whatever. No big deal. I was pissed, though, because I had planned on doing it that night and made sure I was home and all that.

So I played the one on Sunday. I came in 224 out of 885 and didn't win anything. I maintain that I don't know anything about large no-limit tournaments.

But then I got a surprise. I got a note from Party saying that "We regret any inconvenience...blah blah...cancelled tournament...words...we have credited your account with $75." Awesome. Props to Party for that. So I decided to throw caution to the wind and buy in to the biggest game I could with it and lose it. In this case, 5-10. I ran it up to a few hundred and kept moving up limits. I got it up to $1,700 playing 15-30 and then got it down to $500 playing 15-30 and cashed out.

Hey, that's like $500 for free. My plan was to basically just lose the $75, so I can't complain, even though it could have been $1,700. I can't believe how awful the 15-30 players are. But that's a dead horse that I will not beat any furthur.

Sorry for the poker post.

I am going to spend the $500 on prostitutes and Night Train.