The Night Before

I went and registered today - I'm at Brasilia 52... this is the first time I'm playing day two, so there will be a lot less people... which may actually mean shorter bathroom lines, which would be fantastic.

I brought a wireless keyboard so I could sync it with my iPad and blog easier during break, but I couldn't get it to work/sync... probably user error. Anyway, I guess I'll blog from my phone...

And Tweet! So I was in New York about 7 years ago and Rocky Finlay told me "You tweet on twitter"... that was one of the first times I remember talking to someone about Twitter. I didn't know what it meant then and I'm still not sure I get it now, but I'm going to attempt to tweet on twitter tomorrow. My twitter thing is @Jeff_Rydz... it appears that @JeffRydz is already taken and I needed to use the underscore.

I demand to know by who - I've never had my name taken! I tried to find the twitterer @JeffRydz, but this identity thiever remains anonymous.

But that's not even the craziest thing that happened with Twitter... no - I have 5 followers.

How is this even possible? I'm just now typing the blog to tell people that I have a twitter and what it is and 5 people have already... well... followed me. Madness I tell you.

Anyway, I'm pretty bored tonight and am hoping to get to bed and up early. Tiffany told me I need to set multiple alarms... uh huh... right... like I would oversleep and almost miss the World Series of Poker.

Again.

Tomorrow, hopefully on time, I will start with 30,000 chips and blinds of 50 - 100... giving me a M Ratio of 200. For a detailed reminder of M Ratio, you can revisit last year's blog post here:

http://4thstreetwsop.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-m-ratio.html

Or just keep in mind that over 10 is good, under 5 is shove, and between 5 and 10 is the danger zone. So starting at 200 is, well, pretty good. I'll finish the day (Knock on wood) at 50/200/400... which would give my 30,000 chips a M Ratio of 28.

I'd like to play day one pretty conservatively... if I make a couple bad moves early and don't drag a pot, it will gnaw on me and I could get off to a rough start. An early pot, any pot, would be a nice way to calm the nerves.

Speaking of, I'm really not nervous... which is a bit unnerving. I'm more anxious than anything, which probably isn't the best attitude to take into a long, slow, drawn out, 10 day poker tournament. But if I can stick to my strategy of only playing winning hands, I should be in good shape...