OK, I've held off long enough

Joe Cada won the 2009 WSOP Main Event, and did so by keeping his head out of the crossfire early, sticking it in bad in a couple of huge pots, and then getting Darvin Moon to over-moxy himself out of the title.

Cada will be good for poker, provided he is able to handle the demands on being the man. Keep in mind, he's maybe 22 now, so if he stumbles, you kinda have to give him some slack. i just hope he is the face of poker that people remember as being a solid player, and can bring people to the game.

That final table was sick. As my friend Klownboxer would call it, "Bad Beat Boulevard." I'm not gonna go into hand breakdowns in this blog--frankly, I couldn't get my head around some of them. Just seemed that, of the hands shown, the 3-outers hit at that final table as often as people hit them on me. I'll just leave it at that.

This coming weekend sucks, but is awesome all at once. It sucks, because I miss our December league event--which I hate because I actually have an outside shot at picking up regular season P.O.Y. honors, but this month's donut will hurt. I'll miss seeing my buddies, and such, but it's awesome because of the work detail I have. I say work, only because it is through my company. This weekend is fun, with my assignment of championship football. I look forward to this every year, so while I hate missing my pok-ah, I'll love the reason I am gone.

Christmas is fast approaching--where the hell did the year go? What a ride! I will try and post at least once more before the calendar turns to 2010, but if I don't - which is likely - have a great holiday!

~M