Mom is my biggest fan...

This week has been pretty slow on the internet poker front. My roommate’s parents are visiting which means that I am also caught up in hanging out with them, which I really don’t mind. Pulling out my laptop to fire up a SNG might lead to some funny looks, so I just put poker on hold until the weekend when I head up north to visit with my parents.

My parents are much more accommodating of my degenerate habit. I have said it before to many people that I think my parents would be supportive of my making a run at superstar stardom in the poker world, especially my Mom. I think she is hooked on the idea that I would win one of these WPT tourneys and call her immediately from the broadcast to thank her. Truth is, I probably would do that very thing. I also think that my parents don’t really see the whole picture when it comes to the poker world. What they don’t think about is that for every one of those 6 WPT finalists, there are thousands who go broke trying to fulfill that dream. My parents think I am an awesome poker player simply because they don’t hang out with a lot of people who play good poker.

This leads me to my next point: I am probably my only critic when it comes to poker. This is kind of scary. I don’t have a lot of people who are into poker as I am, so I can’t get the type of feedback or analysis that I would like. Maybe I will try to get some sample hands together and post them here, illustrating some of my hands for analysis and discussion from any readers. (I know there are at least two of you out there!) It is at least worth a try, right?