The Gayest Of The Gay Indians
November 26, 2007
Even though I was sick much of the time, I had a great Thanksgiving Holiday. There’s nothing quite like spending time with the ones you love, eating way too much grub, and watching tons of football. Not only that, but Thanksgiving is one of the few holidays where you really don’t have to do anything. There’s no presents to hand out or Hallmark cards to purchase. You just shove your fat ass up to the dinner table, then pass out on the couch.
The above view is rather short sighted as I realize a ton of work goes into planning and cooking and all that jazz, but I’m just looking at it from my perspective. I like my perspective.
On Thanksgiving morning ChickJax made Indian hats for KidJax and LilJax…
Once she was done, she jokingly asked if I wanted one as well. I think I surprised her when I told her I definitely wanted one. Unfortunately for me she had used up all the good feathers for the kids hats. There were only 3 feathers left and two of them were pink and purple. Yes folks, for the remainder of the day, I was the gayest of the gay indians.
In an attempt to regain my manhood, after stuffing my face at the Thanksgiving table, I decided to go chop some wood. A few weeks earlier the wedge had gotten stuck in one of the pieces of wood and I made it my job to get that sucker out. It took quite a few pops with the old axe, but eventually I split the wood, got that wedge out and added two pieces to the pile for the fireplace. Woot!
Behold the gay indian with his perty feathers…
As you may have noticed, I wear my indian headdress like my baseball caps…backwards.
We had Thanksgiving at ChickJax’s Mom’s house this year and it was so much better than in years past. For quite some time her Mom and Step Dad have been on the move, constantly going from this house to that house to that apartment..and on and on. Finally, this year it looks as if they’ve found a place to stay. They went from a dingy old apartment that I used to dread going to, to this kick ask cabin in the middle of nowhere…
I absolutely love going out to their house now. Nothing like having a peaceful cabin out in the woods to go visit once in a while. It’s also great for the kids as they can run and play without us having to worry about traffic and roads and all that jazz.
I did my best during the holidays to stay away from the computer and poker. I don’t think I touched the computer for 3 straight days. I finally caved on Sunday after seeing Chad’s post about his recent foray into the Turbo SNG’s. By the way, you gotta love this picture from his post. If you’re wondering how I could read his post if I wasn’t on the computer for days, I was checking my Google Reader from my Blackberry. That helps me not have 1546 posts to read when I do eventually get back to the computer. Yeah, I know, that’s like being on a computer, so sue me*.
I can’t help but think my recent posts on my Full Tilt Poker SNG Challenge are what gently nudged Chad in the turbo SNG direction. Getting him back to his roots, if you will, as The SNG Machine. It is to be determined if he can slay the turbo dragons, though early indications are promising.
Speaking of Chad, he recently left the following comment on my SNG Challenge post about my lack of 1st place finishes…
He recently left a comment on this post:
I wonder if you have so many 3rd place finishes and so few 1st and 2nds because you don’t shove enough 4 handed? Gotta exploit that bubble and try to win
At first I thought his comment might be misguided as the turbos are just an entirely different monster from the regular SNG’s. By the time you get to the bubble, you are almost always in push or fold mode, so you can’t get much more aggressive. However, he was right. When I looked back on my hand histories, I was aggressive, but I was giving up way too many blinds and opportunities to take down orphan pots, which basically had me limping into the money.
On Sunday I decided to work a bit harder to build on my 1st place finishes, even at the expense of growing my 4th place finishes. I only played 5 SNG’s and below are my numbers…
So two 1st place finishes and one 2nd out of 5 total SNG’s. I’ll take that any ole day. I definitely need to play more SNG’s at a time if I’m going to really get a ton in so I’ll probably start 5 and 6 tabling again soon. Here are my current stats…
I’m definitely happy that my 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishes are better than any other position, but I’d like to get that 1st place up a little higher in the long run. Not sure how sustainable any of the numbers are that I’m compiling, but like I said before, I’ve played so few it really isn’t much to go on. Still, I’ll take it.
My starting roll was $144 and I’m up $108, putting me at $252. That keeps me at Level 2 on my Full Tilt Poker Turbo SNG Challenge, but I’ll hit Level 3 soon if I can get to $288. We’ll see…
Until next time, may the felt be with you.
*Please don’t sue me.
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