On New Year’s of 2005 I played poker with professional hockey played Darren McCarty. It was great and he was a great guy. I had mixed feeling when I heard he had recently filed for bankruptcy, but after reading the article I’m glad to learn that a small portion of his debt is from gambling.
In the past two weeks or so I’ve played poker once. It was a 6 person SNG on Party and I bowed out 4th if I remember correctly. I’m not missing the game and my overall attitude has been a lot better because I haven’t been playing. Poker can drain the life out of you…or at least it can for me. I’m having a lot more fun golfing, working out (and losing weight), and doing other things instead of sitting in front of a computer for 2-3 hours a night. Of course I won’t make $15,000 like I did last year, but there are more important things to enjoy. For instance…I’ve lost 15 pounds in the last two and a half months and I’m feeling better physically than I have in a couple of years.
On a personal note, I have a pretty big announcement that I’m hoping I’ll be able to make in a few days. Stay tuned…
Poker will be taking a backseat for me for awhile. I just don’t care to spend as much time playing the game as I used to. When I was living alone it wasn’t a problem. It’s time to spend more time with friends and get out a little more. I’ll still try to play once or twice a week, but it hasn’t been a priority for quite a few months now and with the weather warming up I’ll be concentrating more on golf and other outdoor activities.
The blog isn’t dying, but if you’ve followed 2 Hole Cards over the last 6 months or so you probably saw this coming. Post frequency has been declining for quite some time now. Thanks for everyone’s support, but don’t count me out of the game just yet.
