Hovering at 195

Posted on June 14, 2007
Filed Under Diet, Poker

For the past 2 weeks my weight has been hovering right around 195. I think part of the reason is that because of my current running schedule, I’m not burning as many calories as I was when I was riding the bike every day. I think what I need to do is keep with my 20 minute runs 4 days a week, but add in a 20-40 minute bike ride in the evenings. The main problem with that lately has been an increase in the amount of projects I have been working on. They seem to be taking up a lot of my time. But, if I’m going to reach my goal, I’m going to have to make the time. No excuses. Gotta get on the bike!

My current running pace is right around 12 minute miles. I’m doing 2 minutes of running and then a 1 minute walk. Rinse, swish, repeat. The pace has been good and I’m hoping that by this time next week I will be ready to move to a 3 minute run/1 minute walk schedule. I don’t really have a goal for where I want to be by the time the race gets here in December, but I’m thinking 8-10 minute runs with a 1 minute walk would be awesome. With that I would expect to be doing about a 10.5 or 11 minute mile. But, these are all just things I have cooked up in my head since this is the first time in my life that I’ve been running. So, what the hell do I know.

Poker lately has been pretty interesting. I have always considered myself a tournament player as compared to a cash game player, but that all seems to be changing. Part of that comes from my daily conversations with my buddy Scott who is working full time in LA as a poker player. Having somebody to discuss situations with on a daily basis is so great and it’s really helping my cash game a lot. My last 2 live cash game sessions have resulted in 2 consecutive winning sessions, but more importantly, looking back on those two sessions, my confidence level at a cash game has never been higher. In both sessions I felt completely comfortable at the table and wasn’t intimidated by anybody. I felt like I knew where I was at in every pot I played and showed down the winning hand on the river far more times than showing down the loser. I large part of that comes from tightening up my cash game a lot. I realize now in the past I normally would play a loose aggressive style that was always finding ways to put me in difficult situations. By tightening up my play and folding several hands that I would normally have played in the past, I was able to walk away with a decent profit on both sessions.

The World Series of Poker is going on right now and I’m really trying to figure out a way to play in it. I’d rather not just go plunk down $1500 to play in a 3000 player event. Even if you play your best poker, with that many players, you are going to have to run really really good in order to make the money. Just playing tight will only last so long. You need to get in and mix it up. You have to accumulate a lot of chips. You need to play your best poker for 3 full days. No 30 second mind farts where you call off your entire stack with A/J after being re-raised. Yeah, I did that last year in a big tourney. I may go down to the Rio and play in one of the “second chance” events in the evening. It won’t be a bracelet event, but getting to play in the poker room with so much action going on is really amazing. There is a great amount of energy in the room and I want to go and be a part of it. Hell, it only comes around once a year.

Tomorrow morning Chris is having Lasik eye surgery. We’ve talked about doing this for years. I’m very excited for her to finally get this done. The only problem is, if you know my wife, you know how squeamish she is. She’s pretty nervous today and I’m sure that’s only going to get worse as the day rolls on. Luckily she has 2 classes to teach today so that should keep her fairly busy. Sadly, I’m not allowed to go in and watch the procedure. You know damn well I would have shot video and put it up on YouTube. If things change, you’ll be the first to know.

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