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I'm coming to the realization that if I do this, my life over the next two months is going to suck. It's not like I didn't already know that, but sometimes I forget how tough it is to put in 10+ hour days. I think to myself, "Oh no big deal, just grind a bit more." But then I wake up late, take a long break, spend too much time at the gym, and suddenly it's 10 PM and I've only put in 60-70 games.

Today, I played 110 games before the last "family" dinner with Ben (N0Bigdeal), Tim (TimmyOx), Ed (Edberg), and David (Sandmanness) as the first three leave Canada the day I return from the U.S.


Good burgers and sassy waitresses

Per usual, I had a great time hanging out with the guys. I'm really going to miss them. I do complain about the poker overload at times, but it's been great to have people around who understand the ups and downs that come with playing poker for a living.

After dinner, I planned on playing for several more hours but then Ed suggested we grab drinks. And while I wanted to put in volume, I don't think I've ever passed up an opportunity to hang out with friends in order to play SNGs and thought "Man I'm glad I played a set instead." So obviously the five of us had a few drinks in downtown and I got back here around 2 AM. I was still able to play another 100 or so games, but I can't afford to do this sort of stuff once November rolls around. I'm already missing the first week plus a week in December. Six weeks, twelve thousand games. I'll probably have to cut back on the gym, relaxing, and other poker related activities like coaching and videos. Yeah I'm going to hate my life.

I don't think I'll be playing much tomorrow, which leaves me 73,000 VPPs short of my goal. I guess I could put in a few sets tomorrow but I've already got so much to do before my trip -- coaching (at noon, ugh), laundry, pack, clean, gym, and pick up TWO jackets that I've left at bars over the last week. I'm such a coat check fish.