Royal Poker Blog

That's how much longer until the new baby arrives at the Royal household. I'm not sure we're ready for the diapers, constant crying and extra worrying. Fortunately we'll only have to look down the hall to the tremendous Little Royal to see why it's all worth it.

What have I been up to?

Some poker - I played a decent amount in February on Stars, but online poker has not been fun lately so I've been playing mostly other games during PC time.

The third official season of our monthly tournaments is now underway and I've had excellent results to date. We've had ~20 people the first three months and I've managed a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.

Basketball conflicted with the last weekly league. Hopefully the next season will fit better in the schedule.

Basketball - We started off the season a surprising 3-2, were moved to the upper division and finished the regular season 4-6.

Softball season will be starting in a few weeks. The modified team appears to be folding leaving just slow pitch. That's probably for the best because playing two leagues was likely not an option this year.

Home - Mrs. Royal started a new job (within the company) and now has a slightly longer drive to work. Dad now gets the responsibility of getting Little Royal up and ready for daycare / preschool.

Work - I also started a new job a few weeks ago. It's in the same area as before with some added managerial responsibilities. Right now we're still trying to backfill my old position and Royal is stuck trying to do multiple jobs.

A.I. is out in Vegas right now and I'm jealous! He calls me at 10:30 AM this morning to describe how he just had his Aces full of Queens (AQ starting hand) smashed by a dude who flopped the Royal! Of course my first question is "So are you still awake from last night?" Oh yeah, he's been riding the 1/2 NL table at the IP for many hours...

Damn I'm jealous!