Feeling good

Don't know where or how to start. I have so many things in my mind right now, that if I write them all down this can turn into the longest blog post ever. I'll try to keep it short and have some order.

1: Jerry "Herschelw" Watterson.

For those of you who don't know him, he is my current backer.

Past February he read that I was playing micro and low stakes SNGs, and sent me a PM in a poker forum offering me a deal. At that point I was done with anything related with backing-staking, or however you wanna call it. I have had enough of it, and had already say "no" to no less than 6 offers. So I answered him exclusively to avoid been rude, but saying that I preferred to stay the way I was. He told me he'd like to have a phone conversation, and we agreed to a call for the next day.

What he told me on that convo was what I always wanted to hear from a backer, and even more. I just couldn't believe that right when I was getting mentally ready to give up on my poker career, this opportunity would arise.

A week after, I was playing under this new deal, and all I can say is that if every professional poker player out there was treated by his backer the way I am treated by jerry, they would be happier, play better, and make more money. Mental relief is so important when you do this for a living, that having someone looking after you, calling you every time he feels you need support, listening to you when you had a bad day, etc, is at least as important as your poker skills. I have found all this and more in Jerry, and I will never forget what he's done for me.

2: The aftermath.

After 3 days, the real feelings that my 6 figures score generated are starting to sink in.

I have been smiling non stop, I don't look at next month bills with fear, I don't register for a session thinking that if I don't win today my wife's fear level will rise again. We have gone through so much stress, that it's hard to describe. I've got to the point of selling my action to play a $100 tourney here in Anchorage, just so I could make a few bucks. I am not repeating the experiences we had in the past 12-15 months.

3: Poker friends

I have received so many emails, text messages, PM's in poker forums...and the 3 threads that ran about my score had above average traffic in the 3 forums where they were posted. I enjoyed reading every single email, phone text, PM, or post. Some were funny, some were sent by persons that really know what that score meant for me, some were from people who only had contact with me through the forums, but all of them gave me a minute of happiness.

There were also a few notable absences, mostly from people I know personally. They know who they are, and I know exactly why every single one of them haven't said a word. Karma is a bitch my friends...

4: Going to the WSOP and Venetian series.

I will finally be able to get the monkey off my back, and play some WSOP events. The last 2 years I had people willing to buy me in some tourneys, but I just couldn't afford the expenses of living in Vegas for a month, and not be able to keep grinding online. This time I'm going, already have my plane tickets and hotel reservations. I don't dream about doing anything impressive, I just want to have fun, live the experience, and met a lot of people.

5: Buying a new computer:

I'm out of here, running to the computer store and having the guy build me a kick ass CPU, that I hope I can use this Sunday to play the SCOOP ME, weeeee.

Later guys, good luck.