Mission WSOP

A tough Saturday led to my first losing day of poker in about a week.  I had bubble-itis on Saturday and finished at the final table of a PL Omaha Hi/Lo MTT but out of the money (finished 9th but 8 cashed) and 4 times in Sit & Gos, I finished 4th with top 3 paying.  The bankroll was down to $1140.

I played very little poker on Sunday and spent most of my day with my girlfriend and caught up on my RSS Feeds on Newsgator.  Here were the highlights… my commentary is free of charge:

• The poker world received "exciting" news that the federal government has put safeguards in place to ensure the casinos take 25% of any cash prize awarded in a poker tournament.  There is now a new law that states that casinos MUST take 25% of any prize over $5000 awarded at a poker tournament.  This should make for some interesting chops.  Anyone want to take a bet that you will see a chop at a tournament of $4999 (or something very close to that)?
• Fox’s Anchorwoman received a lot of hype… and now it is cancelled!  Despite Lauren Jones previously being a Bob Barker beauty, Miss New York and a WWE diva, only 2.7 million people turned out for the first (and only) airing.  If you were one of those people or someone who saw the commercials but are disappointed you missed it, fear not!  You can catch the show on Fox’s website.  There’s 5 episodes over there.  I think they are calling it the Who Gives A S–t channel.
• Dumbest People In The World #3: Anyone who sticks up for Michael Vick.  Look, I’m not crazy about any domesticated animal… especially dogs.  However, I really thought about this argument that a few people are throwing out there (including me at one point) where the public is coming down harder on cruelty to animals than cruelty to humans.  The most recent to come out to defend Vick was comedian/actor Jamie Foxx.  Boxer Roy Jones did too.  The argument presented was that people can shoot someone and not go to jail but Michael Vick fought dogs and he is going to jail.  Let’s get one thing clear about this argument.  If Don King were to shoot and kill one of his boxers after he lost a fight, I think he would be doing some hard time.  I still think there was a rush to judgment here but in the end everyone who did rush to judgment was bailed out by Vick being that stupid. 
• Amy Winehouse’s father-in-law wants us to boycott her music.  For some reason it is our responsibility to put Winehouse in the poor house which will apparently end her drug addiction.  You know, that makes a lot of sense… you never, ever see poor people addicted to drugs.
• I’m shocked!  CBS’s "Kid Nation" is under scrutiny.  The show will premiere September 19th but it will under a cloud of negative press.  First, it was the 22 page release parents had to sign to pimp their kids to the network.  Now, it is the allegations that children were hurt on the set and were forced to work unusually long hours.  I find it hard to believe that kids aged 8 to 15 left alone and without adult supervision could possibly get injured.
• Enrique Iglesias has a small penis!  And in true celebrity-blessed fashion, his small penis has not hurt him.  It seems that now Enrique has a modelling offer for a brand of extra small condoms. 
• Finally, the most exciting movie news since the release date of Transformers is that G.I. Joe will be hitting theaters in 2009.  The project also has a director: Stephen Sommers of ‘Van Helsing’ and ‘Mummy’ fame.  Now that a director has been named, the important question of who will be cast in the roles of Duke, Cobra Commander, Snake Eyes, Bazooka, Destro, Zandar and others.  Mark Wahlberg has been the only rumor so far. 

Well, hopefully, I’ll get back on the winning track soon.