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JonnyCosMo United States. Mar 02 2008 16:46. Posts 7292 | | |
Poker went pretty well in February. I started off really hot in the first week, then after that I took a 2 week downswing / break even streak, where I dropped back down to as low as 3k+ on the month. The last week went smoothly though, I played good and ran good and ended the month +$11,275 which is solid for me.
I've decided from now on to remove all the stats from my PT pics since it's not really the kind of free info I want to be throwing out there. Notice my lack of motivation this month to play a lot of hands? Only 35k hands is kind of... meh... lazy! Definitely going to fix that in March. With that said, I have a very interesting story to tell about how I almost drowned. True story:
Recently I've been going surfing a ton with a few of my friends. Friday we decide to go out at like 5:00pm, which is a pretty chill time to go out since most surfers usually go in the early morning hours. The waves were amazing out at Tourmaline (a popular surf spot in La Jolla) and we ended up surfing til 7:00 when the sun went down. Well earlier in the week it was raining, and when it rains there is run-off (mud, tree crap, dirt, all sorts of shit) that gets washed into the water. You don't notice it when your out catching the waves, but you def can see the shit closer to the beach when you're coming in. So on this day, the current dragged us about a quarter of a mile to the right side of the beach near a cliff face where the waves are a little bit bigger than normal. Once the sun went down, we decided we'd call it a day and started to paddle in, but instead of paddling a quarter of a mile back to the left side while in the water, we figured it would be easier to just watch a wave and ride it into the beach then walk over. We were wrong...
I catch a wave and ride it about 25-30 meters away from the beach when all of the sudden my board slows down on something and quickly comes to a stop, launching me a few feet infront of it. I stand up, and find myself in all sorts of shit. There is a very thick mixture of mud and seaweed all around, up to neck high level, making movement very hard. I tried getting back on top of my board, but my leash was now tangled in this forest of seaweed around me. I quickly ditched the leash from myself and the board, seeing that it wasn't going to be getting me anywhere. So I'm trying to move through this shit and make my way to the beach, and I notice that it just keeps getting thicker and thicker the closer I walk to the beach. To make matters worse, every 10-15 seconds there was a wave crashing in behind me, often submerging me completely while I was stuck in the mud and seaweed. Yea, I had some quick panic attacks while this was happening, and the thought of drowning in the ocean started to cross my mind. After a few minutes I got close enough so that the waves weren't covering me everytime they crashed in, yet they still made getting to shore very difficult. It got to a point when the mud and seaweed was at about thigh deep, and so thick, that every step I took felt like what I'd imagine walking in quick sand would feel like. It took me a solid 20 minutes to move myself and my board that 25 meters to the beach. It was pretty fucking intense. Seems like I got the worst experience out of all my friends, since they were able to ride their boards much closer to the beach (since they were further to the left side of the beach than I was) and get out of this shit pretty quick. Anyways... I'm going to need to get myself a new leash now before I go back out there. Not going to complain thou! I could have gotten a life bad beat right there!
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SakiSaki  Sweden. Mar 02 2008 17:01. Posts 9685 | | |
God surfing seems so sick! Im gonna have to come visit you sometime and you can teach me! |
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Silver_nz New Zealand. Mar 02 2008 17:10. Posts 5647 | | |
o.o how can stats be that bad? surely you mix up your play depending on the table. truth is you just played nitty amirite? 
also, surfing sounds sick cool. never heard of quicksand-mud before |
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JonnyCosMo United States. Mar 02 2008 19:07. Posts 7292 | | |
lol, I'm told I have that effect on people |
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yeah, March is another month...
be careful man, if you don't make it to Vegas I don't know what I'll dooo! |
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RS_II United States. Mar 02 2008 20:59. Posts 748 | | |
good to know you made it out alright, I go surfing on a regular basis, I surf about 20 miles south of you on a regular basis and haven't encountered anything similar. Things I try to avoid though is going out on a rain forecast and also going out when there isn't that much light for the next few hours after that, always best in the mornings.. Tourmaline (Pacific Beach) truly has a beautiful break, i've heard, haven't seen yet, hopefully this summer.. So yea my advice is, don't let that bad session out in the water discourage you from going out again. Also when you get submerged for any type of reason off your board in the future breathe out through your nose, very very important, and then come up for air..
on a side note, i have this feeling towards surfing that relates so much poker that only someone who truly surfs would understand. Didn't know you surfed Johnny, interesting story. |
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probe United States. Mar 03 2008 17:57. Posts 518 | | |
yo jc
i surf also. i go to uc santa cruz and i haven't surfed anywhere is so cal yet. hope to get down there soon. good to hear that there are a couple of other surfers out there. what kind of board you ride?
dont die yo |
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