raise...no, check...I have to raise now? great...

Here is what I learned this weekend:

- The Poonanza was an awesome and fun and happy time
- Bird Knight drives a Cadillac
- The Eagles are going to the superbowl
- You can't teach "no limit holdem" to a person who has never played poker before in 2 1/2 hrs
- I am average at radio when I have had a full nights sleep
- I am a complete bore on the radio when I haven't slept in 24 hrs

On friday I performed at Walter Johnson high school at their annual paper, rock, scissors tourney. I was supposed to perform for 15 minutes but since I was doing it probono and no one was listening to me, I left after 8 minutes. I don't feel bad about it. It's not the kid's fault either, I would not have listened to me either...there were girls all around.

Poonanza III was a blast. I hope the crowd had as much fun as I did.

I played in a "no limit holdem" tournament at Atlantic City on Sunday. Joe Robinson tried to teach me his poker strategy on the car ride there; I will call it the "only play premium hands strategy." Once we got there I immediately began employing my own strategy which I named the "call everything and bluff constantly" technique. I was out of the tournament within the first 30 minutes. It was not Joe's fault, however, I do believe he overestimated my poker abilities. Joe played well but got called on an all-in and caught a bad break. Irronically, Bird Knight who Joe referred to as "the worst poker player I have ever seen," made it to the final table and split the pot with 6 other players earning himself $1,250,000.00. Congrats Bird.

Joe and I quickly entered a cash game and on the first hand I check raised an Angel Salazar look-alike with absolutely nothing. He called me and I lost half my stack. He then bragged that he read me and that I looked nervous. I thought that was hilarious since I was absolutely clueless as to what I was doing and had no feelings whatsoever. I did make a friend with the kid who was sitting next to me. He was listening to an ipod so I politely asked him what he was playing. He told me he was listening to "little wing" to which I immediately replied, "oh yeah, I love Hendrix." He looked puzzled and replied, "It's rap." I'm 31 years old and shouldn't try to relate to "young people." We had a good laugh and then he took the rest of my money.

I then decided to check up on the Fabulous Bird Knight who was at the craps table. When I got there, Bird was doing fabulously. I walked away from the table for a few minutes to take a phone call, when I returned, Bird was gone. Not sure what happenned there...

I made my way back to the poker tables where I found Joe and Bird holding court. I decided not to play but introduced myself to the table and was completely ignored. Tough crowd. Didn't matter though, I kept massaging the room and was soon crushing. Every joke was hitting and they loved me.

From there, I decided to go on a solo mission...to the Roulette wheel. I immediately employed my brilliant "red/evens" strategy and was well on my way to retirement when Robinson showed up. It was 2:30 am and was informed we had to leave to make radio at 6 am.

When we got to 98rock at 5:30 am, I was in a como. I said about 7 words in four hours and passed out 3 times. I am not great at radio and I think the main reason for this is because I am too complacent. Often, I am content to sit back and listen to conversation rather than shoehorn my way in.

Overall, it was a great weekend. I didn't lose too much money and had a blast hanging out with friends. Also, the eagles are amazing and will probably win the superbowl this year. Jeff Garcia is a scrappy dude and a charasmatic leader. If we beat the cowboys this week, we are going to the NFC championship, guaranteed!