Author: Nick Momrik

I'm searching for my first hole-in-one. I enjoy being active and making things. I work for Automattic.

Owned

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I got owned by Drizz in the first round of HUC2. In the best of three match I actually took the first game before the blinds went up. This while playing another heads-up that I got into by mistake. I slow played aces in the final hand and took down his top pair.

The next two games didn’t go so hot. I was outplayed pretty much the whole way. I got down early and I don’t play well heads-up when I’m behind. Definitely a weakness of mine. Give me a lead and I’ll push chips around like their coming out of my ass, but put me in a come from behind position and I get scared of everything. Note to self for next time I play HU: stay aggressive.

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No Recap Coming

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I’ve decided against doing a recap of the 2nd place finish because it’s already been 3 days. Recaps need to be typed up soon afterwards because the excitement and my memory is gone.

I remember making 3 mistakes throughout the tournament. The first I can’t remember for the life of me. The second mistake was an attemped blind steal when we were down to about 20 players. I had A6o on the button and ran into AK in the big blind. The board double paired and we split the pot otherwise I was gone. Phew! The third mistake was the costly one. We were playing heads up for a good half hour. Back and forth went the chip lead with solid play from both sides. He raised from the small blind and I decided I was going to push with my A2o. I hadn’t come over the top of him in quite some time pre-flop and I acted too quickly. He called with pocket sevens and I didn’t get any help from the board. Game over.

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Another Check Mark

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Speaking of getting things done…I just got back from working out. That’s been on my to-do list before I even had to-do lists. Spent some quality time on the bike and step machine, but had to get off the stepper during my cool down because my hammy wasn’t feeling too good. I think I might […]

Gettings Things Done

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Post frequency has been low at MDV recently because I’ve been getting a lot done, and no I don’t need a book to teach me how to be productive with my time. I use my own system. The biggest helper in this whole process has been Basecamp, an online project and task management service.

I’m using the free account and it does a fine job for what I need it to do. With the free account you are allowed one project and that’s really all a single person needs. It’s pretty easy to manage my life under one overall project. I use messages to keep track of ideas or thoughts. Right now I have 7 to-do lists where I put down tasks that I need to accomplish. I have one to-do list for each of my 5 blogs, one for the next blog, and one I titled personal. The personal to-do list currently is used for everything not associated to one of my web sites. I’ll probably eventually break that down into a few other lists, but it seems to be working right now. I’m also using a writeboard to collaborate with my brother on a new web site idea. You don’t need a Basecamp account to use writeboards though, simply sign up at Writeboard and you can share ideas with multiple people.

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In Focus

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I just finished browsing through some of my Poker Tracker stats for cash games and tournaments. It was an eye opener to say the least. What I had previously thought were my strengths are actually my weaknesses and vice versa. Once I can go through the data a bit more I’m going to write up a summary complete with a discussion and my plans for taking advantage of my findings.

I also owe a post about the tournaments I played over the weekend, including the largest cash of my poker journey. My tournament play from the weekend is actually what spurred me to check out my stats and data. Part of me is still in shock at what I found, but part of me knew it all along. I guess I’ve been hiding from myself.

It also looks like I will finally be part of a regular home game that a friend is starting up. I definitely need more live play.

Tiger and Vijay Leave Funai Classic Early

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The top two golfers in the world, Tiger Woods and Vijay Singh, failed to make the cut this weekend in the Funai Classic at Disney. During his ten seasons on the PGA Tour Tiger has only missed a total of three cuts, but two of those have been this year. Since Singh also missed the cut it means Tiger locked up the money title, but he didn’t seem to care.

If money titles meant anything, I’d play more tournaments. The only thing that means a lot to me is winning. If I have more wins than anybody else and win more majors than anybody else in the same year, then it’s been a good year.

Tiger Woods

Even though Woods has missed two cuts this year it’s been a season about him finding his golf swing again. He’s had 6 victories with two of them being major championships and won nearly $10 million. I’d say it’s been a pretty successful year for Tiger.

Simple Air Fresheners For Men

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Face it guys, your shit does stink. Not like roses either, so who are you fooling if you buy one of those cans of air freshener?

I have a cheap, but effective replacement for air fresheners. Actually it’s a trick from my friend Casey. Buy a box of wooden matches to keep in the bathroom. After you do the deed strike up a match or two and the stink is burnt right up. I’m a fan of the smell of matches in the first place, but this does the trick better than anything else I’ve seen.

You can’t beat the price either.