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Bellagio
by A_Junglen on 03/03/08
I vividly remember my last trip departing from Las Vegas back home to Cleveland. I told myself I'd never return to Vegas until I was 21. While I had a good time with my friends for a few weeks last summer, it was overall a gigantic tease. Watching huge live events play out everyday (WSOP/Bellagio Cup), was practically torturous. Well GUESS WHERE I AM!
Haha, I'm currently at the Bellagio (which is v. nice might I add). I'm not here to visit friends like I was last year though - this time around I'm here for PokerVT filming. I didn't sleep on Sunday night and just stayed awake til my flight left at noon on Monday. I got a couple good hours of sleep in on the flight, but I'm obviously still exhausted. I'm currently just relaxin in my room, might hit up the hot tub.
Tomorrow I'll be going over some of my instructional material for PokerVT, as well as random media stuff. The more I realize the potential of this project, the more excited I get. I'm really unsure of how much I'm supposed to "give away" about this project, but I can tell you we're on schedule to launch in the near future. It should be a great opportunity, and something to keep me busy until I'm 21.....
Well, I'm just gonna kick back and relax, probably goto sleep a little early tonight. I've got a massage scheduled for tomorrow morning, and then it's showtime in the studio.
Later guys,
-Adam Junglen
It's Been Awhile
by A_Junglen on 02/27/08
Hey guys,
I know it’s been awhile since my last entry, just not a lot to report.
I haven’t been playing too much poker. Today was the first day I played tournaments in about 10 days. Although on Saturday I “goofed around” with a friend and played 1/2NL HU and ended up winning 5 buyins off of him ($1k). Then decided to play “pokerts” in a $2k HU SNG and took that down. Besides that, today was the first day I played tournaments in awhile.
I ran into some pretty tough luck in the bigger tournaments. I took 13th in the $100r for $1,880 (1st = $40k). Then lost a race and was busto in the Super Tuesday ($1k buy-in) pretty quickly with AK < QQ AIPF.
Stars has these new 4-max 10min level tournaments, which I really like. I enjoy turbo’s and playing 4-max takes a lot more skill than full ring. At any rate, I cashed in both the $80+8 buyin one (14th for $360), then took 3rd in the $50+5 one for $1.7k.
Overall I’m pretty satisfied with my play, and even better than the days profit (a whopping $1k), I recorded the last hour of the $50+5 4-max tournament live for PokerVT. I was really hoping I could’ve taken it down, just cause having an MTT win recorded live would be badass, but in the end I took 3rd….but not before recording some pretty good poker. I think it was likely the best video I’ve made so far - lots of decisions playing shorthanded, and I’m pretty sure that the viewers will appreciate the fact it was recorded live, not done on a replayer.
I suppose that’s all for now. In less than a week I’ll be on a plane to Vegas to film for PokerVT - should be a good time.
-Adam Junglen
Oh My God
by A_Junglen on 02/19/08
These pictures simply don’t justify how awesome this TV is……
Recent Interview
by A_Junglen on 02/18/08
Just a quick update. I recently did an interview for pokertips.org.
Here's the link
If you haven't noticed by now, I'm a pretty brutally honest guy when it comes to my life, and posting these blogs. When they asked what would've happened to me if poker hadn't worked out for me or if I hadn't found it, my answer was "I'd probably be dead."
As over dramatic as it may seem, I have fairly strong convictions that, if I hadn't found poker, that would've been the case.
Poker came into my life just at the right time. As most of you know by now, I was 16 and begun undergoing a series of operations that were torturous, mentally and physically. I feel as though without poker I could have easily became a statistic.
I received a lot of criticism from a blog I wrote awhile ago, "How I got into poker part 3.5." I really just want to say that most of that entry was copy-pasted from my logs back from when I was 17. It really was the worst time of my life and I'm somehow still with us today.
Here's the link
If you haven't noticed by now, I'm a pretty brutally honest guy when it comes to my life, and posting these blogs. When they asked what would've happened to me if poker hadn't worked out for me or if I hadn't found it, my answer was "I'd probably be dead."
As over dramatic as it may seem, I have fairly strong convictions that, if I hadn't found poker, that would've been the case.
Poker came into my life just at the right time. As most of you know by now, I was 16 and begun undergoing a series of operations that were torturous, mentally and physically. I feel as though without poker I could have easily became a statistic.
I received a lot of criticism from a blog I wrote awhile ago, "How I got into poker part 3.5." I really just want to say that most of that entry was copy-pasted from my logs back from when I was 17. It really was the worst time of my life and I'm somehow still with us today.
What's New
by A_Junglen on 02/18/08
Let’s see what’s been going lately…
Saturday I slept through the morning tournaments…including the FTOPS $2,500….sigh. I woke up at 3pm and it started at 2pm. Bleh. I decided to just skip the day, and ended up driving around. I soon found myself at the Mall, buying a Playstation 3 with a handful of games and Blu-ray movies. It looks as though the HD-DVD vs. Blu Ray war is over, and Blu Ray has won, so I went ahead and bought a PS3, which has a built in blu ray player, and is nearly the same cost as a stand-alone blu ray player.
Why get a PS3 now? Well, I figured I may as well upgrade to the Blu Ray format with the addition of my new television…..which should be arriving in just about two hours.
Yep, that’s right…the Best Buy Geek Squad is scheduled to come over at 8am to install my new television. I bought the Pionner Kuro 50in Plasma Flat Panel HDTV. It’s been called the best television on the market, and I’m pretty damn excited to get it installed.
The Geek Squad’s going to be mounting the 50in beast onto my wall, and then connecting it to surround sound.
The great part?
Well, instead of having speaker wire, A/V, and HDMI cables hanging around they’re going to be drilling holes in the walls (yes, it’s allowed in my apartment, haha) and concealing the cables - it’s going to look amazing, and of course I’ll post some pictures when it’s finished.
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Although I didn’t play in as many tournaments as I did last Sunday, I still managed to enter quite a few. I stopped registering at 8:00pm, as opposed to last Sunday, when I registered til midnight. I ended up making a decent sized final table, but took 9th for $2,250. Despite that finish, I still lost around a thousand on the day (which is basically breaking even). I had a couple close calls and got pretty unlucky in some critical spots, or else the tone of this entry would be very different. I can’t really complain though. Overall the last few weeks my results have been very satisfactory, I’ve made a lot of money, and I feel as though I’m improving as a player.
I’m not sure how much poker I’m going to be playing this week. I have a Dr. Appt, as well as an appointment with my accountant. I also have some plans with some friends. I’m hoping I’ll find a good balance between grinding the online tourneys and having a social life.
Later guys,
-Adam Junglen
Saturday I slept through the morning tournaments…including the FTOPS $2,500….sigh. I woke up at 3pm and it started at 2pm. Bleh. I decided to just skip the day, and ended up driving around. I soon found myself at the Mall, buying a Playstation 3 with a handful of games and Blu-ray movies. It looks as though the HD-DVD vs. Blu Ray war is over, and Blu Ray has won, so I went ahead and bought a PS3, which has a built in blu ray player, and is nearly the same cost as a stand-alone blu ray player.
Why get a PS3 now? Well, I figured I may as well upgrade to the Blu Ray format with the addition of my new television…..which should be arriving in just about two hours.
Yep, that’s right…the Best Buy Geek Squad is scheduled to come over at 8am to install my new television. I bought the Pionner Kuro 50in Plasma Flat Panel HDTV. It’s been called the best television on the market, and I’m pretty damn excited to get it installed.
The Geek Squad’s going to be mounting the 50in beast onto my wall, and then connecting it to surround sound.
The great part?
Well, instead of having speaker wire, A/V, and HDMI cables hanging around they’re going to be drilling holes in the walls (yes, it’s allowed in my apartment, haha) and concealing the cables - it’s going to look amazing, and of course I’ll post some pictures when it’s finished.
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Although I didn’t play in as many tournaments as I did last Sunday, I still managed to enter quite a few. I stopped registering at 8:00pm, as opposed to last Sunday, when I registered til midnight. I ended up making a decent sized final table, but took 9th for $2,250. Despite that finish, I still lost around a thousand on the day (which is basically breaking even). I had a couple close calls and got pretty unlucky in some critical spots, or else the tone of this entry would be very different. I can’t really complain though. Overall the last few weeks my results have been very satisfactory, I’ve made a lot of money, and I feel as though I’m improving as a player.
I’m not sure how much poker I’m going to be playing this week. I have a Dr. Appt, as well as an appointment with my accountant. I also have some plans with some friends. I’m hoping I’ll find a good balance between grinding the online tourneys and having a social life.
Later guys,
-Adam Junglen
