Well, I'm heading outside to play some cornhole...Later!
"Happy are those that dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true."
Saturday, April 30, 2005
Oh What a Night!
Well...last night was pretty fun. When went to Ohio State and hung out with my buddy Josh and a few of his friends. We started at Josh's place, went over to Ty's (Keith's cousin) and then headed to Hendocks. We had a pretty good time, and I got pretty drunk. Nothing really exciting happened to write about though.
Well, I'm heading outside to play some cornhole...Later!
Well, I'm heading outside to play some cornhole...Later!
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Not much today
I've been playing poker all night with my buddies, so I don't have much to post. I ended up a $16 winner, but that took a back seat to the fact that the OC wasn't on tonight because of the president's speech. Come on...couldn't George W. reschedule? Oh well, had a good time with my friends. I ended up 7th out of 17 last night in the freeroll at Bodog. Got drew out on again...imagine that. Had KJ of spades, flop comes J 10 x, I go all in for about 2000, which is about 4th highest stack, get called by chip leader. He's calls 1/2 his stack on AQ and hits his K on the river to give him a straight. I'm used to that kind of crap though.
Not much planned for the weekend as of yet...probably not much will go on. My friends and I used to go out all of the time, but lately we've been pretty boring. It kinda sucks when you're single and you don't go out much, because it's pretty hard to meet new people, but I still have fun with my friends. It would be nice to go out on a date once in awhile, but I guess it saves money by hanging out with my friends. Maybe some day I'll meet someone, but I'm not counting on it. :-)
Today at work was take your child to work day, and there was the coolest little boy there named Gavin. That's a pretty slick name, and he looked a lot like I did when I was 5. He had a big mop of blond hair and bright blue eyes. Man...what I wouldn't do to go back to the days when I was cute! It would be pretty cool to be 5 again...If I only knew then what I know now, my life would be completely different. Oh well, you live and you learn I suppose.
Well that's all for tonight, time to hit the sack...Tomorrow's Friday!!!!
Not much planned for the weekend as of yet...probably not much will go on. My friends and I used to go out all of the time, but lately we've been pretty boring. It kinda sucks when you're single and you don't go out much, because it's pretty hard to meet new people, but I still have fun with my friends. It would be nice to go out on a date once in awhile, but I guess it saves money by hanging out with my friends. Maybe some day I'll meet someone, but I'm not counting on it. :-)
Today at work was take your child to work day, and there was the coolest little boy there named Gavin. That's a pretty slick name, and he looked a lot like I did when I was 5. He had a big mop of blond hair and bright blue eyes. Man...what I wouldn't do to go back to the days when I was cute! It would be pretty cool to be 5 again...If I only knew then what I know now, my life would be completely different. Oh well, you live and you learn I suppose.
Well that's all for tonight, time to hit the sack...Tomorrow's Friday!!!!
"I'd rather lose knowing my opponent was running for his life than win knowing I was running for mine."
Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Work Sucks
Well today at work was a typical Wednesday...Boring. I really can't take much more of this office stuff. I'm not going to post about work much, but I will tell you one thing. If you don't already know, insurance companies are complete snakes. I was in a meeting today, and the meeting pretty much consisted of people talking about how they could deny claims from the insured's, and doing anything possible to get out of paying. Pretty much makes me sick, but until I find something better, I have to keep showing up.
Now on to other stuff. I learned something about one of my friends today that I didn't know. It's nothing I will share here, but it opened my eyes a little bit. I alrady had a ton of respect for him, but this new information make me gain even more respect for him and the person that he has become despite all he has been through.
Speaking of my friends, I'll go ahead and introduce my closest ones. I live with my 4 closest friends: Jordan, Kyle, Keith and Ben. I went to high school with all of them except Ben, and I met Ben in college. We live in a 4 bedroom house in a nice neighborhood. My other close friend would be Eric. He lives in Marion by himself.
Jordan and Keith are my oldest friends. We graduated together, and they are my 2 best friends. Jordan is pretty laid back, but he can get pretty fired up at times. I sometimes think he has an anger problem ;-) He has a wonderful girlfriend named Maria, who is really cute and a great person. If I ever find another girlfriend, I hope she is as cool as Maria.
Keith isn't as laid back as Jordan. He likes to have fun and joke. He is VERY opinionated though, and he doesn't like to budge on his stances, but he's still my friend, so I gotta back him up. He has a fiancee named Sam who is also wicked cool, and I think they'll be very happy together for the rest of their lives.
Kyle is engaged to another one of my best friends, Robin. I graduated with Robin, and dated her best friend for a couple of years in high school...now neither one of us can stand her. Kyle is a trip, let me tell you. I think he has a slight drinking problem, but I also think he's a couple fries short of a happy meal ;-) Robin is freakin' awesome. She is so much fun. I would like my wife to be a cross between Jordan's girlfriend Maria, and Robin.
Ben is the only other roommate who is single. He was engaged once, but she totally screwed him over and shacked up with some other guy. It was probably the best thing that ever happened to him. He could easily get another girl, but seems to have a few committment issues. Who could blame him? He's pretty happy go lucky, and he's always laughing, even at his own jokes. That pretty much covers my closest friends, tomorrow I'll introduce the fam and a few other friends.
Eric is a pretty down to Earth person. He is very laid back, and has alot of self discipline. He is in the National Guard, and is nursing school, so he has a pretty full plate. In our home games, I would say he is my biggest nemesis. He has busted me countless times, but most of them involve him drawing out on me.
Now on to the important stuff...poker. Won about $52 bucks tonight on Party playing .5-1.oo tables. Running pretty good and playing pretty decent too. Played 2 $10+1 sit n go's on Ultimate Bet and didn't place in either. First one had AA, flop was 8 2 J, I bet the pot and the other guy raised all in. I called and he showed J 9 for a pair of jacks. The turn was a Q, and the river was a 10. Thus giving him the straight and putting me down to 100 chips. I was pretty much screwed after that. In the second one, got down to 3, and I made a stupid play with A 5 and that was that. So I'm still up on the night about $30, but it's a little frustrating. I might play one more after this tourney I'm in.
I signed up on Bodog.com poker the other day, and they sent me an e-mail saying I was eligible for a freeroll for new players tonight, so I'm playing in that. There were 17 people, and top 3 get paid, so we'll see how I do.
Well, I think that's all for now. I'll probably try to post some pictures on here soon. Hopefully these things won't be as long after I finish introducing the people in my life. Until tomorrow, God bless.
P.s. I'm going to try to post one of my favorite quotes each day if I remember...so here is today's.
Now on to other stuff. I learned something about one of my friends today that I didn't know. It's nothing I will share here, but it opened my eyes a little bit. I alrady had a ton of respect for him, but this new information make me gain even more respect for him and the person that he has become despite all he has been through.
Speaking of my friends, I'll go ahead and introduce my closest ones. I live with my 4 closest friends: Jordan, Kyle, Keith and Ben. I went to high school with all of them except Ben, and I met Ben in college. We live in a 4 bedroom house in a nice neighborhood. My other close friend would be Eric. He lives in Marion by himself.
Jordan and Keith are my oldest friends. We graduated together, and they are my 2 best friends. Jordan is pretty laid back, but he can get pretty fired up at times. I sometimes think he has an anger problem ;-) He has a wonderful girlfriend named Maria, who is really cute and a great person. If I ever find another girlfriend, I hope she is as cool as Maria.
Keith isn't as laid back as Jordan. He likes to have fun and joke. He is VERY opinionated though, and he doesn't like to budge on his stances, but he's still my friend, so I gotta back him up. He has a fiancee named Sam who is also wicked cool, and I think they'll be very happy together for the rest of their lives.
Kyle is engaged to another one of my best friends, Robin. I graduated with Robin, and dated her best friend for a couple of years in high school...now neither one of us can stand her. Kyle is a trip, let me tell you. I think he has a slight drinking problem, but I also think he's a couple fries short of a happy meal ;-) Robin is freakin' awesome. She is so much fun. I would like my wife to be a cross between Jordan's girlfriend Maria, and Robin.
Ben is the only other roommate who is single. He was engaged once, but she totally screwed him over and shacked up with some other guy. It was probably the best thing that ever happened to him. He could easily get another girl, but seems to have a few committment issues. Who could blame him? He's pretty happy go lucky, and he's always laughing, even at his own jokes. That pretty much covers my closest friends, tomorrow I'll introduce the fam and a few other friends.
Eric is a pretty down to Earth person. He is very laid back, and has alot of self discipline. He is in the National Guard, and is nursing school, so he has a pretty full plate. In our home games, I would say he is my biggest nemesis. He has busted me countless times, but most of them involve him drawing out on me.
Now on to the important stuff...poker. Won about $52 bucks tonight on Party playing .5-1.oo tables. Running pretty good and playing pretty decent too. Played 2 $10+1 sit n go's on Ultimate Bet and didn't place in either. First one had AA, flop was 8 2 J, I bet the pot and the other guy raised all in. I called and he showed J 9 for a pair of jacks. The turn was a Q, and the river was a 10. Thus giving him the straight and putting me down to 100 chips. I was pretty much screwed after that. In the second one, got down to 3, and I made a stupid play with A 5 and that was that. So I'm still up on the night about $30, but it's a little frustrating. I might play one more after this tourney I'm in.
I signed up on Bodog.com poker the other day, and they sent me an e-mail saying I was eligible for a freeroll for new players tonight, so I'm playing in that. There were 17 people, and top 3 get paid, so we'll see how I do.
Well, I think that's all for now. I'll probably try to post some pictures on here soon. Hopefully these things won't be as long after I finish introducing the people in my life. Until tomorrow, God bless.
P.s. I'm going to try to post one of my favorite quotes each day if I remember...so here is today's.
"If you wake up tomorrow and you're still breathing, be thankful. You get another chance."
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
About Me
Well...I'm not sure if this is necessary, because after much careful thought, I realized that no one besides myself will probably read this. But, I figured if nothing else, I could work on my sorry writing skills that will become painstakingly clear after reading this.
So. My name is Shawn Michael Justice. I am a 22 year old single male that recently graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Adminstration. I live in Westerville, Ohio with 4 of my best friends. I'm orginally from Marion, Ohio but I moved here last August because of my job.
I work at a company called Century Surety as a loss control assistant. It's not a bad place to work, but I'm definetly not making the money that a college degree warrants, so I've got my eyes open for other opportunities. Truth be told, I can't see myself working in an office for the rest of my life, so I'm gonna try to do something about that. Until then, I'm stuck doing too much work for too little pay, and wasting my degree on a job that any person with a High School diploma or GED could get.
This brings me to my passion, which is poker. I've been playing poker for probably about 2 1/2 years, but the first year or so consisted of home games like Follow the Queen, Midnight Baseball, and Guts. But after that year, my friends and I have really begun to play the real poker games such as Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha, 7 card stud, etc. We play occassionally on the table that my dad and I built, but I play mostly on the internet, since there are no casinos within 3 hours drive of Westerville, Ohio.
I consider myself a pretty decent player. I win on a consistent basis, but haven't really gotten the big break. Stealing a quote from Dutch Boyd "I never catch the big break, but always seem to catch the little ones when I need them the most". I've cashed in all but 2 tournaments I've played in at the VFW in Marion, and my highest finish was third. I got all my chips in against the chip leader (I was in second) with AK against his A5, but he proceeded to spike a 5 on the river to send me packing with 3rd place money. I ended up with $340, when 1st got over $1,000. That pretty much sucked.
I've gotten my bankroll up to about $1,900, but went to Vegas about a month ago. I broke even gambling, but spent about $300 while I was there. When I got back, I proceeded to lose $300 more playing online, so that put me at about $1,300. I decided I would put about $750 in the bank, so that took me down to $550. So that's about where I'm at right now. I've been playing the .50-$1 tables, 10+1 Sit n go's and the $5 and $10 multi tables to start to build it back up.
My biggest frustration with poker is the luck factor. As all of my friends will attest to, I'm the unluckiest player alive. Well maybe not, but pretty close. I always seem to get my money in with the best hand, only to have people hit 3 and 4 outers on me. I seem to be fairly consistent in big tournaments, but I always seem to lose the coin flip hand once were down to the final 15 or 20. This has cost me alot of money, as many times I've had the chips to get to the final table, but have failed to do so. Sometimes it's my fault, but sometimes I'm just plain unlucky. It's something I have to work on, but it's a cruel reminder that in Tournament poker, one wrong move could cost you your whole stack.
Well...that's all for now. Next post I'll introduce my family and friends, and talk some more poker. I've been doing pretty well on the Party Poker tables, so maybe I'll have some good news to post.
P.s. I'm going to write this as if other people will read it. They probably won't, but maybe some day if I'm lucky enough to do something important with my life, maybe people will read it.
So. My name is Shawn Michael Justice. I am a 22 year old single male that recently graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Adminstration. I live in Westerville, Ohio with 4 of my best friends. I'm orginally from Marion, Ohio but I moved here last August because of my job.
I work at a company called Century Surety as a loss control assistant. It's not a bad place to work, but I'm definetly not making the money that a college degree warrants, so I've got my eyes open for other opportunities. Truth be told, I can't see myself working in an office for the rest of my life, so I'm gonna try to do something about that. Until then, I'm stuck doing too much work for too little pay, and wasting my degree on a job that any person with a High School diploma or GED could get.
This brings me to my passion, which is poker. I've been playing poker for probably about 2 1/2 years, but the first year or so consisted of home games like Follow the Queen, Midnight Baseball, and Guts. But after that year, my friends and I have really begun to play the real poker games such as Texas Hold 'Em, Omaha, 7 card stud, etc. We play occassionally on the table that my dad and I built, but I play mostly on the internet, since there are no casinos within 3 hours drive of Westerville, Ohio.
I consider myself a pretty decent player. I win on a consistent basis, but haven't really gotten the big break. Stealing a quote from Dutch Boyd "I never catch the big break, but always seem to catch the little ones when I need them the most". I've cashed in all but 2 tournaments I've played in at the VFW in Marion, and my highest finish was third. I got all my chips in against the chip leader (I was in second) with AK against his A5, but he proceeded to spike a 5 on the river to send me packing with 3rd place money. I ended up with $340, when 1st got over $1,000. That pretty much sucked.
I've gotten my bankroll up to about $1,900, but went to Vegas about a month ago. I broke even gambling, but spent about $300 while I was there. When I got back, I proceeded to lose $300 more playing online, so that put me at about $1,300. I decided I would put about $750 in the bank, so that took me down to $550. So that's about where I'm at right now. I've been playing the .50-$1 tables, 10+1 Sit n go's and the $5 and $10 multi tables to start to build it back up.
My biggest frustration with poker is the luck factor. As all of my friends will attest to, I'm the unluckiest player alive. Well maybe not, but pretty close. I always seem to get my money in with the best hand, only to have people hit 3 and 4 outers on me. I seem to be fairly consistent in big tournaments, but I always seem to lose the coin flip hand once were down to the final 15 or 20. This has cost me alot of money, as many times I've had the chips to get to the final table, but have failed to do so. Sometimes it's my fault, but sometimes I'm just plain unlucky. It's something I have to work on, but it's a cruel reminder that in Tournament poker, one wrong move could cost you your whole stack.
Well...that's all for now. Next post I'll introduce my family and friends, and talk some more poker. I've been doing pretty well on the Party Poker tables, so maybe I'll have some good news to post.
P.s. I'm going to write this as if other people will read it. They probably won't, but maybe some day if I'm lucky enough to do something important with my life, maybe people will read it.
The Inaugural Post
Well...Just figured out how to use this thing, so hopefully I can update it frequently. I'll introduce myself and explain my life in the next post, as long as I can keep this thing working!
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