Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb ...

I am soooooo on tilt this second. Better post something in the blog, before I break something elsewheres in the room.

What's wrong with the shamster, you query? Well, he played like a total armadillo, that's what's wrong. Bottom line, I was chip leader at second break of the Riverchasers Online Poker Tour event at Full Tilt. Well over 20K chips, only 10 rivals left, mixing the game up, reading well, even winning a couple of races (that's unusual!). Holding my own with some of the best regulars of the Riverchasers and Bloggers clans -- and that is extremely tough competition indeed!

And then? Splat!!! Couldn't win/hit/read/cry for anything. Doubled up foes right and left. Kept firing in a near-irrational, over-expectant manner. And the next thing you know, the final table of 9 players (six to be sweetly paid) was set -- and shamalamadingdongdorkdonk was on the rail, 10th.

That kind of day. Made the final table and earned points in the Poker Analysis Buy-In League game at Absolute ... but seventh was still two spots short of the cash. Did well early in the day playing micro Pot Limit Holdem (a rare game for me to try) at Full Tilt, then gave it all away in a couple of hands.

Only good news today was that Doyle's Room is going to start letting U.S. players play there again, starting tomorrow (Friday, Oct. 19). I always enjoyed that site. Only bad thing is Doyle's won't allow players who live in the 11 Unlucky States that have "specific laws against online poker." Those 11 states (can't think of 'em off the top of my head, but know they include Illinois, Wisconsin, New York, Nevada, 7 more) will be from here on referred to by me as "O'Shunned's Eleven". (Get it? Word play on "Ocean's 11"? Eh, never mind; just keep feeding sham his medz...)

Been a "so close!!!" kinda week on the faux felt. Got 42nd of 73 in the initial Bluff Weekly League game Wednesday at Carbon; whoever gets the most points in the league between now and mid-April wins a WSOP 2008 Main Event seat. Tuesday at Carbon was 8th of 127 in Rounder Radio Freeroll -- but only the winner earned the ticket to a Sunday $20K. At the same time as the Rounders game, I was playing the Online Poker Blogger Tour weekly game at Bodog ... and doing well. But the shamadillo just doesn't multi well for long; crashed 11th of 17 among the bloggers. And I won't even talk about the Carbon $1K freeroll Tuesday afternoon...

Enough looking back! Let's look ahead!! And here's something that'll be a lot of fun over the coming months:

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Busy weekend ahead. Hope to be shamster, not shamadillo. Highlights planned include: Bloody Battle 6.0 Saturday afternoon at Cake ($10 bounty on everyone! This'll be wild! Plus more prizes!). The always-challenging Aces Cracked private event Saturday night at PokerStars (if you haven't visited this, or the forum at aces-cracked.net, you're missing some great folks and a fun fun game!). Poker Analysis Buy-In League game Saturday at poker.com and PA Freeroll League game Sunday at Absolute (limit razz!). And more. But the mind's clouding, I need to go punch a pillow.

Rah Rutgers!! Rah Red Sox! (Though Cleveland wraps up the series Saturday.) Rah nice new doctor of the shamster (probably not the ulcers or the liver, doc says; now we'll have to look elsewhere to get to the bottom of the bleeding problem. What's a colonoscomy, colonoscopy, colonkaliope, didn't he play shortstop for...?).

Ouch. Here pillow pillow pillow...