"Work day, work day.....

As I awake in a dark RV I feel like I have had plenty of sleep, however, I usually don’t wake up while it is still dark. A glance at my watch indicates it is 10:30 and since I went to bed at 2 A.M. I realize it must be the morning. Sliding the curtain of the RV open reveals the answer to my dilemma .

It is dark and raining with a heavy cloud cover. That’s why it is so dark in the R.V.

A few minutes later I am dragging Pokey the dog out of the RV for his morning bathroom trip. He has never been out in the cold rain and wants to keep his record unblemished. But, whereas I out weigh him by over 260 pounds he is soon grumbling and peeing on a bush next to the driveway of the Super-Wal-mart we slept at last night.

Since this is not a good day for sightseeing and I won’t be playing poker until the evening I declare it a work day.

Wisely, we start it off with another hour under the covers until I am convinced the hot water heater I just turned on, will provide me with a “bone warming” experience. It does and I decide I might as well do a little RV house cleaning to further warm up. It can’t all be fun and games on this trip. (grin) All the same chores as a home, Vacuum, clean the kitchen, make the bed, clean the bathroom and mop the floor. Because this is a 26 foot Motor home I am done in about 9 minutes. (grin) I light some aroma candles to help mitigate the old guy and his dog smell that must be building in here. We of course are immune to it.

I spent a couple of hours writing blogs and looking at maps for gathering information regarding which direction I will start going now that I have reached my northern most point of this trip.

Then it was time to take a jaunt into town to use the access to the Internet I discovered in a neighborhood nearby here yesterday. I caught up on reading poker blogs and the news and speculation about the law against on-line gambling in the United States. So much for the World Trade Organization and it’s ability to influence the U.S. The rest of the world will be able to play poker on-line and it will become illegal to do so in the U.S. When the World Trade Organization told the U.S. it was a hypocrite because they said they morally object to gambling but they run Lottery’s in almost every state. What the government objects to is any successful business they don’t control. Now that’s immoral!

Most of us poker players want the government to regulate on-line gambling not prohibit it. We are going to have another prohibition on our hands. People still will play on-line, only illegal companies will provide it, which will fuel organized crime, until the government finally gives in to the “will of the people” and changes a ill conceived law. Then we will have a new well financed group of criminals that will now go into other business ventures.

Speaking of business ventures, I went into Tulalip Indian Casino last night to play 3/5 No Limit. I bought in for $200 and had to do a rebuy with in an hour. I made a call I shouldn’t and the other player had the goods. I played a K9 and he played a KQ. I don’t usually play K9 anymore unless I am on the button and this case was in early position. I bought another $100 and was able to cash out 3 hours later with a net profit of +200.

I went back to the RV and made a later dinner, and played with Pokey. After a walk for the two of us I went back in and joined the same table when a seat opened. It was almost an exact repeat of my first session.

The level of play here is a little tighter then Muckleshoot. I have to shift my game to primarily stealing blinds and being a little more aggressive then I am used to playing. I prefer to set traps and not be the most aggressive on the table, but on this table I don’t have much choice. There are about 4 rocks and 5 timid players that seem to only play and call the nuts.

So what would Brunson do? Play only when in good position. Come in with a big raise and then bet big if the flop is scary.

It seems to have worked. I cashed out another +200 for the night using this method.

I headed back to the RV for a night of sleep and another day here at Tulalip Casino tommorow.