Last night I won my first WSOPE bracelet and pocketed a fistful of dollars...

by Phil

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Last night I won my first WSOPE bracelet and pocketed a fistful of dollars... well, pounds actually. But if you were to go to xe.com and convert 170,802 pounds into dollars you would arrive at the super fine and glorious number of 267,010 dollars!!

This couldn't have happened at a better time.  I am currently in the process of helping my mom get a house in LA, and well, even with the slight drop in real estate prices it is still takes a lot to get something in LA.  Can you say larger backyard, and maybe a guest bedroom?  Cuz I can, and it feels beyond amazing.

My guardian angel (which is a funny thing to say considering I am not really big on the idea of a god, but more of like well, a continuous and dynamic mixed level strata of different energy states that we as humans have the ability to take from or give to - covering everything down the line from the concept of relative good/evil stuff on thru to creative and destructive tendencies etc), but I diverge... Like I was saying I feel like my guardian angel has been there at some key spots in my life.

The recent accident for one.  I could have been toast that fateful day.  But instead I WALKED away with full sight, brain intact, and no spinal damage!! That was running amazingly high considering how low my expected value was as I was hurling thru space from 30 feet in the air towards that very unsoft  earth.  And the off suit 5 on the turn.  In my last hand Andrew had about 74 outs twice for a win % of nearly 185%.  But I binked the off suit 5d.  So sick.

Maybe Peter (my angel) took a minute out of his day and willed that one for me.  If so, thanks mate!

It was my girl's b-day yesterday and that made the win that much more sweet.  Oh, and it is also nice that Antonio won't be ribbing me anymore  about not having a bracelet while my girl has one.

All this recent winning (Partouche/15th for 52,000 Euros/10 days ago.......... English Poker Open/min cash/5 days ago.........and now this) we at UnabomberPoker are giving some of it away.  Not a crazy boatload amount, but still a decently healthy 1,000 dollars.  Which is nice considering there will be no entry fee if you want to try and get it.  Check out the promotions page to find out more.

Anyway, gotta hop.  Day 2 of the 5k plo is starting soon and I don't want to miss any hands