4/6/09

Got back to Boston today, went home for a couple days for my mom's birthday. The trip felt very quick, as do most days right now it seems.
Played a quick session on the bus ride from the cape back to Boston. Lost some flips for stacks and stuff, and ended down ~1k in about 35 minutes. Fun.
Got in and talked to my accountant. We discussed several things, including write offs once I buy a condo/house. He mentioned that being self employed, for the auditors, is partially about appearance. He said that little things, sometimes silly things, like business cards, can go a long way toward legitimizing your self employment. So I found a site that prints business cards a very reasonable price, and designed my own. I now have 250 cards that say "Jesse James Sylvia, Professional poker player" on them. LOL. I cant wait to hand them out to friends.
I played the low and midstakes scoop heads up tourneys today, which were $16.50 and $162 buy ins, respectively. Bombed out first round of both. My opponent in the low was ok but overly aggressive, and would randomly open to six or seven blinds. We eventually got it in with my 99 vs his A10 and he turned an A. In the mid, I got a good mid stakes HU specialist first round, who most likely outplayed me over the entire match. We were back an fourth for a while, then I botched a hand where I flopped a set and he flopped top pair and a flush draw. I should have gotten it in on the turn, but an A had turned so I bet small to induce a shove. He called and the flush got there on the river, after which I shoved him in for the remaining 1/3rd of his stack. He snapped called and I was crippled. It wasn't a huge mistake; the money was going in either way, I just felt dumb that I gave him a chance to get away on the river with 40% of his remaining stack.
After that I played some cash, and, after a bunch of up and down I finished the session up about $1100. I also played a few tourneys, but only minimum cashed in two. All in all it was a very "meh" kind of day. tomorrow is opening day at fenway stadium, and the 6 max scoop tourneys, so it should be much better.

Jesse