Back To The Land of Human Depravity

That's the term my friend Justin ("skeptix" to the online poker world) uses to describe Las Vegas. It's a fitting description. Merely thinking about Vegas as the country's epicenter of empty wishes and materialism has me darn-near dreading Michael and I's upcoming 10-night stay. With that in mind, I'm going to make an emphatic effort to retain my sanity by reading/writing/relaxing more and gambling/drinking less. Vegas can really suck the life out of you if you give it the chance. A ten-day bender of gambling and drinking might sound fun on paper, but, in practice (at least for me) it'd get old, fast. My chances of playing optimal poker seem to be directly tied to getting plenty of rest and avoiding excessive quantities of alcohol.

Even though we're just five days before its start, whether or not I play the Main Event is indeterminable. Tomorrow I'll play the $1,500 Bellagio Cup tournament, the following two days will be $500 tournaments at Binion's, and if I'm not burnt out, Thursday will be a $1,000 Venetian tournament. There's a good chance I'll play the Main Event if I'm up, say, $5,000 after those tournaments.

For the next several days, all blogging will be resumed on PokerTips.org's "Live from the WSOP" section. Ciao.