Weekend Report: Up $1,500 overall

I have defiantly had better weekends. For the last two weekends I attended weddings, bachelor parties, and just had an awesome time. This weekend was just...meh (shrug shoulders). Let's recap...

Friday night my girlfriend and I go out to dinner at McGinty's in downtown Silver Spring. I ordered a chicken breast vegetable medley and my girlfriend had an irish version of a chicken salad (huge). The food was good, they serve wine in glasses without stems (odd), but per the portion size by price, its a little pricey.

After dinner we jump into my car to embark on a late night adventure till I meet a new unwelcomed friend... Mr. Concrete pole. I parked on the top level of the parking garage and when I turned the key of my car I decided to pull a James Bond high speed reverse spin around until.... I met Mr. Concrete pole. Going about 20 MPH in reverse I slammed into this pool and completely wrecked my bumper, rear trunk cap, taillight etc... F*@$%!! We drive back to my apartment, rent Night at the Museum which was entertaining... and call it a night.

Saturday morning I drive around to get a few estimates $1,100, $1,600, etc. Finally I say screw it, and I just report it to my insurance company (what do I pay those bastards for anyway?). I only have to pay the $500 deductible and I am good to go. I go home and grind it out online, as you can see in the post below, and I win $2,500 for the day! Sweet! Car worries out the window!

Sunday sucked - bottom line. I woke up in the morning, played the usual 4 tables of 1/2 NL and was down -$500 before noon. I lost three hands where I fired 3-barreled bluffs and the villain would not lay down their hands despite having a weak kicker and the board scaring even Chuck Norris (which is honestly..... is not possible).

I shut down my laptop and head of to my parents house for Mothers day. Swing by Giant, purchase a nice arrangement of flowers for mi mama and I'm golden.

After a few hours of lounging around their house I get bored and decide I am going to make the impulse buy to buy an additional monitor for my laptop to get a better read of the action on the tables. Right now when I multi-tables I have 80% window overlap... it sucks.

I go to Best Buy and pick up a 17" LG LCD Monitor. After dinner I fly back to Silver Spring hook it up to my laptop and I discover it is worth every penny! Not only can I fit all 4 screens on my new monitor with 1280x1024 resolution and only maybe 10-20% overlap, but now I can use my laptop monitor for other applications. This new setup should will work great in the future. In the meantime I manage to lose another -$500 to the river. Time after time, two outers, rivered straights, and ugly two pairs all come on the river -you name it. I lose -$1,000 for the day beat myself up about it, really analyze how I lost it, and I am now ok with it. I am still up $1,500+ for the weekend.

On another note, I hit VIP Platinum status on AP. I have accumulated over 20,000+ AP points which can get me a free buy-in into the $150k Guaranteed Tournament held every Saturday ($200+ value) or I can just hold on to them, which I plan to do. Also I will be receiving my $107 in rakeback money tomorrow which I look forward to.