Midnight thoughts.....

Riding the bus actually works out quite nicely. I read the paper on the way. I slept on the way home. It leaves my neighborhood at 4:15 p.m. and I arrive with enough time to play an hour of poker before the evening tournament starts. Depending on what time I get "knocked out" of the tournament I have about 4 hours to play more poker before the bus loads for the return trip. I think the tournament finishes right before the bus leaves so even if I win it, I should be ok. If not, I do have a backup plan. Every hour the casino provides a shuttle to the San Diego Trolley. I can take the Trolley to about 1/2 mile away from where I leave my car to catch the bus.

The bus is free and I am saving gas money, and not even having to drive the 60 miles round trip by using this method.

Tonight I played at the 5/10 No Limit table and the first hand caught pocket kings. An A/Q called my $75 raise, I was on the button and I think he thought I was trying to steal the $35 raise he made. By the river my entire $200 buy-in was all in, on the very first hand! My kings stood up and I doubled up. Then for the next 3 hours I didn't have a hand to play. Twice I had little pocket pairs and called a small raise because 3 or 4 players called in front of me. But, the flop never tripled me, so I threw them in both times. One complete hand played and two flops seen in almost 4 hours. "Whoever said it "takes a lot of patience" to play hold-em well, was sure accurate. The three hours of blinds knocked a hundred off my win, but I still left up a $100

As I drove home, about a mile from the bus stop, a glance at my watch reveals it is a little after midnight. My neighbors and wife are all asleep and I am just getting home. It brought back memories of working full-time and going to college at night. Then working full-time and driving 150 miles twice a week in order to earn my graduate degree in psychology. They call what I am doing now "playing" and it is what I want to do, but sometimes it seems very lonely and is hard work. The well-known quote, I think attributed to Johnny Moss is "it is a hard way to make an easy living...."

Then why do I do it? Because I love it, and love the challenge and the freedom of doing this.

I am persuing my passion.... will it work out for me? Keep reading and I will keep writing and we will both discover it together.......