New Year

Happy New Year all!

With the new year, I am hoping to once again start to write a few posts.
I haven't had a lot of time to play poker as of late, but when I do, I have been making the best of it. I have actually been on quite a roll playing at the Ultimate. I am thinking maybe I have found that line between playing hyper aggressive and more of a controlled aggression. It is fun to play and really leaves people wondering what you are up too. It also makes your big hands turn into bigger ones. I have also taken the attitude that if I lose a big pot that I am confident to know that I can bring it back. It does help that I play bar poker with lots of very predictable players.

This has been quite a year for me. A new job with a couple of big promotions and I think that I may have finally found something other then running bowling centers that I am good at and enjoy. I took a fun vacation to California with my wife seeing most of Southern California. I became a grandfather with birth of Logan by my daughter Kara. Kyle got his first after college job, bought a house and got engaged to a great future daughter in law. I continue to live life to it's fullest with the help of my kids to keep feeling young.

My organization that I am a part of continues to grow. The CMJTT & SMJTT that Kara and I run are looking to have our biggest turnouts ever and the new CMPPA season looks to be historic. This year marks the 10 year anniversary of the beginning of bar poker at the Granite Bowl and even though it is closed I am planning on hosting an anniversary event in conjunction with the annual Bad Beat on Cancer charity poker tournament. More details to come.

Next Saturday, January 11, begins the 5th season of the CMPPA. The organization has joined with the Free Poker Network to give CMPPA members a chance to win State Tournament seats and a chance at big prizes. Membership is still a very reasonable $60 with 10 scheduled events. More information is available at www.cmppa.com.

That's it for today.
I look forward to seeing many of you over the next few weeks and remember.
It's ok to fold a flush draw for most of your chips!
See you soon.