I've been watching the WSOP 2008 coverage from ESPN the last few weeks with great interrest. Not only because I was in Las Vegas at the time of the event, but also because I'm familiar with a lot more of the names now and I saw a lot of big name pros getting quite far in the event. I would have loved to see a big name pro at the final table but I guess we will have to do with Chino Reem. Chino is a likable character and a very good player from what I've seen, so I'm happy to see he made the final table with a decent chip stack.

The other players at the final table are all amateurs and semi pros, I really hope this year will be the real comeback of the pros. This would really show that poker IS a game of skill, not just a gambling game like blackjack or roulette. That, in turn, could help turn around the 'Unlawfull internet gambling act' that was enforced in the USA this year.... I don't agree with that law and really hope for the US players' sake it will get changed now that Obama is leading the pack over there. 

Finally found some time to play online poker again last weekend. I started up 4 tournaments with reasonably small fields and low stakes on both Full Tilt Poker and Walker Poker.

I was not running very good on FTP, and busted out in both tourneys there before hitting the money. On walker poker it was the exact opposite and I made 2 final tables. ITM in one, and actually took down the 1st place in a $2 rebuy event with 38 players. $50 for 1st place and just winning back my entry fee in the other one meant I was up a total of about $40 ($2 and $3 on FTP was lost, and I invested about $6 in the rebuy event ..).

So ... 'A winner is me !' ... if you don't get this reference, go watch the 'know your meme' movies on Rocketboom.

Got some confidence back .. will try and play some more soooon. I'll keep y'all posted ! 

A little humor for friday afternoon ... grabbed this from Totallylookslike.com, which is an entertaining site if you are as bored as I am at work (on a friday afternoon). i might actually have to blog something about my total boredom here at work ! Work sucks at the moment .. i'll expand on that in another post, later.

T.J Cloutier totally looks like a grumpy cookie !