Mission WSOP

The bankroll is stuck at right around $1200.  It’s getting really grinding at this point, too!  I really can’t seem to make any ground towards the $2000 goal in almost two or three weeks.  I did qualify for the Iron Man Challenge again, though, and have a shot at moving up to the Silver Iron Man Challenge, also.  I blanked in the WSOSP, sleeping through the HORSE event today.

On Saturday, I won my first LAPT tournament in 25 tries and cashed for the 5th consecutive time.  The 5th consecutive cash is a record there and I’m the first player to bust the $2500+ plateau.  I’m also points leader for Season III… the first time in three seasons that I’ve actually held the points lead (this despite finishing top 5 in Season I and second in Season II).  It felt really good to finally win after so many opportunities.  I got completely smacked with the deck at the end and finished off the last 5 opponents.  The amazing part was 5th, 4th, 3rd and 2nd place were wiped out pretty quickly by me with Danny Doops going out in 5th at 2:33AM, Rob A. out in 4th at 2:43AM, Josh out in 3rd at 2:47AM and Kevin out in 2nd at 3:01AM.  It took me less than 30 minutes to finish off the last 4 players.

Finally, despite missing the Eagles pick in the NFL today, I did nail both LCS’s in baseball and am now looking at the tough task of picking the final series.  I think I have to ride the hot hand and take the Rockies.  How can you pick a team that is 21-1 in their last 22 games?  I can’t.

Google Trends HotList - 10/22/07 @ 6:45 AM

• Kiari Malformation
  Figures that the misspelling would be searched more often than the actual correct term.
• Chiari Malformation
  The family chosen for this week’s tear-fest on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was stricken with this disease.  And in Montana, I’m sure the makeover crew had plenty of room to build a sizable monstrosity of a house with lots of bells and whistles.
• Kevin Millar
  An Oriole threw out the first pitch in Boston before the Red Sox pulled off that amazing series comeback.  Sure, he used to be a Red Sox player… and sure he helped them win in ‘04 over the Yankees but allow me to call it a little bit tacky.
• Plumpynut
  Mmmm… peanut paste, dry milk and vegetable fat.  This 500-calorie concoction is supposedly the #1 weapon against malnutrition in hungry countries.  It apparently looks like mashed potatos and tastes like sweetened peanut butter. 
• Orange County fire
  It seems like every year there is some part of California burning down.  Acres and acres of wooded areas have burned down in California… Smokey the Bear will be busy after this.
• 1986 ALCS
  It’s a Red Sox tradition to fall behind in the ALCS and then come back.  It started 11 years ago here.  Rockies fans are hoping that their World Series performance will lead Google’s finest to be searching for “Buckner World Series” in a few days and not ”2004 World Series”.
• San Diego fire
  More searches on Cali’s latest fires.  This one apparently killed 1.  No, not the search!
• Chiari Syndrome
  More searches thanks to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
• Resistance Records
  The music label of the violent skinhead set.  This wholesome company has also made a video game called “Ethnic Cleansing” where you get to choose to be a Nazi skinhead or a Klansman and run through the ghetto killing blacks and Latinos.  If you make it through that level, you get to enter the subway and take on the Jews.  The final level is the “Jewish Control Center” where you must stop the evil Ariel Sharon who is hellbent on World Domination.  Surprisingly, this game never really caught on.
• Kiari disease
  This search in its many forms just dominated Google Trends tonight.  Here’s a link to learn more.