Well I guess I have to give up on the weight loss bet. I think Will is still hurting from his marathon snowboard trip to Breckenridge for a week. I went for two days and that was as much as I could take. I guess it didn't help that everyone drank very heavily every night. I am just going to just try to lose 15 lbs on my own over the next 3 months. I am going to commit to losing 15 lbs. by April 29th. I weighed just under 200 lbs this morning so I have to be down to 185 by April 29th. I don't think 5 lbs per month should be that bad but I just have to convince myself to stick to it.

I started working again in September after a year and a half off. It is so boring sometimes that I can barely take it. The sad part is that I am usually just messing around on the Internet for over half the day and I still can't take it sometimes. It saves me that I only have to work four days per week.

It is nice getting variance free money though. When I have a bad day at work I still make money. When I have a bad day gambling I lose a few thousand dollars at the stakes I play. I would be great if I only had to work three days per week so I can degen it up the other four days... that would be nice.

I played about a thousand hands of Pot Limit Omaha yesterday with really bad results. I was down a couple thousand dollars in all-in expectation. I can't complain because I have actually been running good for the past few months anyway.

I have been taking a ton of notes on PLO over the past couple of months. It helps me maintain my thoughts and reminds me of what I need to be thinking about. I probably have the framework for a book already.

My friend Will wants to make a $500 weight loss prop bet. It basically goes like this.. if we both lose 15 lbs in 3 months we don't have to pay up. If one of us loses 15 but the other doesn't.. the loser has to pay 500. We are going to weigh in on Monday Jan 26. I am pretty sure we will both be able to do it but it will be fun teasing Mr. Fat Boy over the next few months. I am going to try to weigh myself every Monday and every Thursday. I weighed 199.2 this morning.. yeah I know.. so outta shape.

As usual, I was all excited about the Sunday tournaments yesterday. I always seem to build up big stacks but fizzle out shortly after getting into the money. Oh well. I guess it beats not making the money. I have made it into the money in the last 8 to 10 big Sunday tournaments on Stars that I have played. Eventually I will break through and win one of these things. I did manage to get 7th in a Sunday Warm-up about a month ago. If I could just win some hands in the late stages when I have people dominated with their Ax hands..

I tried to play some PLO yesterday while I was playing the tournaments but that didn't go so well. I dropped about 4 buy-ins in 82 hands so I stopped and had some shots of Patron. After I got coolered in my final hand of the Full Tilt FTOPS Main Event (T9 < KK) I drank some more. I woke up with the worst hangover I have had in years. I don't even remember what happened shortly after the tournament. I just work up on the couch feeling horrible. I just got to where I can function. No mas tekillya!

I am starting coaching today with Rob Eckstut. He is BobboFitos on 2+2. He is a highly respected player and coach. I was kind of reluctant to start getting coaching at No Limit Hold'em since I am doing so well in PLO but I think this opportunity will be good for me. I have to think of a hand example by 7PM tonight and I really don't want to think about anything at all.