Things have started changing with my work, and for now I have alot more time for poker. I am starting part time work next week, which should be stable for a few months, after that it is anyones guess. So I started playing alot more cards this month. So far so good. I have been trying to play mostly spread games, which is really close to no limit since the spread is usually set between 5-500 or in another game I have been playing in 10-500. Unfortuantely for those games I have to travel. 40 - 80 mile round trip depending on where I go to play in which game. I am thinking I have 3-4 months before the possibility of being unemployed so going to do my best to play well, and build as big of a bankroll as possible. This is going to be a true test for me. I have run pretty good in the spread games that I have found the last three weeks. up over 3K for the month, but need to keep my wits about me, and go into each session with a concentration and a plan. So primarily I will be trying to hit up the spread games, but will still head down the street to play in the 4-8K game. Really not my favorite, but it is close, and I have been winning in that game, not alot, but still feel that I can make some money there + they do have good promo's. Their club royal flush Monte Carlo was at over 13K when i was there a few days ago. I played for the first time in awhile and took home a small 80 win, but while i was there, they where doing a Christmas promo. They picked my name out of everyone there to pick a numbered envelope off of the Christmas Tree. I asked for number 17 envelope. Once I got it they told me not to open, and offered me $35 for my envelope. I had no idea what the prizes where so i asked them. They said anything between something small like a coffee cup up to a grand prize of 300. Once I heard that I had my mind set on keeping my envelope. What fun is taken a few dollars compared to opening an envelope and seeing what you won. So they offered me 35 i said no, the crowd was saying no as well. They offered me 45, I heard a few people say take the money. I said no. They offered me 65, and a waitress walked by me and said take the money. I said no, I am taking my envelope. 17 is my birthday, and right smack in the middle of the roulette wheel, not the best logic, but good enough for me. Opened my envelope to win the GRAND PRIZE!!!!! Mint...I won!
