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Sunday

nancyt — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:14:03 +0000

We all woke up early then the kids and I fell back asleep. Then we had to do a mad dash to get to church on time. There’s a very blind curve pulling out and I did in fact pull out in front of someone, never saw him, bad curve and blond car with all the foilage .. thank goodness he stopped. Laid on the horn heavily, rightfully so, but at least he averted my error. If there had been a place to stop I would have pulled over and apologized to him, I was clearly wrong and I told the children that too.

On the main highway we were able to pull out and several cars separated us. I thought that was the end of it. We got to church and headed in. Damn if the Associate Pastor doesn’t take the pulplit and talk about the close call he had that morning and how glad he is to be in church. The same guy. I was mortified! Just couldn’t believe and made a point of laying low. Gosh what a morning …

Then off to eat and a movie and back home before the big storms hit, gotta love those summer storms.

Lazy Week

nancyt — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:07:40 +0000

This has been a lazy time so not much to post. Swimming, eating, cleaning and some sight seeing with the gang has been about it. We took the children on the two ferries – the way I go when I’m headed to Connecticut – and they thought that was more than cool. Sleeping in and roasting corn, swimming and eating is a fun way to spend the summer.

Sunday

nancyt — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:05:28 +0000

Love being up here and having a church we enjoy. We drive to Southampton, only 15 miles away, to attend the oldest Presbyterian church in the United States. Neat, ld building and the children’s church is very cool. Enjoyable day with the gators and learning what they learn. Asking Lincoln his favorite part always results in typical boy responses like “the food, the snacks or the playground” but that’s allright, it’s getting him into it all.

Saturday

nancyt — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 04:45:02 +0000

Lazy day at home, in the pool, with Lincoln and Sierra. Lincoln’s love of movies mirrors mine and Hayden’s so going through and finding ones I know he will enjoy with me is always fun. Sierra just contines to work so hard on her gymnastics. We did 20 situps together the first night and did a schedule to add 10 a day, accomplished the 30 today but by 40 tomorrow will be tough. Unlike her I don’t work out two hours a day. I fixed a big breakfast, then we swam, a light lunch, more swimming and a nice big early dinner .. and more swimming. The things the lazy days of summer are made of.

New York

nancyt — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:40:55 +0000

Plane delayed for an hour and I am exhausted so good thing long plane rides don’t bother me. Too excited to finally be getting home to rest and some happy faces were awaiting me when I got to Islip. Makes it all worthwhile.

Los Angeles

nancyt — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:40:08 +0000

My trip to our New York home got delayed for business meetings in L.A. Wednesday and Thursday. Still struggling with having a voice so that is a real strain. By the end of Thursday I was a whisper. Off to see my babies tomorrow.

Reflections

nancyt — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:02:06 +0000

Well it’s been a few days now of being home and reflecting on the experience. I think one of the hardest things is my philosophy in life has always been I see a correlation between what you put in – and what you get out – of most things. Politics has been true, parenting has proven true and poker .. well it still seems to elude me.

I’m okay with my play and the experience and I believe any time I learn something all is not lost. I learned what it is I WON’T do again which does put the focus on what I will do. So I have to look at that.

Last night I got an email out of the blue which brought me back to center to why I play. It’s about the message and it’s about the cause and in many ways that greatly overshadows the poker. That great article Rebekah Mercer authored (which will be on the site soon under Articles) must have hit home with more than a few people. Read below. Thanks to the author of this, unknown to me, as it reminds me my true purpose in this gig. If I hadn’t been at the World Series there wouldn’t have been an article. And without the article there wouldn’t be light on a subject which will be my calling from here on .. so thanks WSOP. All is cool.

Hello Nancy, I’m a big fan of poker, read your article, sorry for your loss, not just for cancer, our medical system focus on disease and over treated many medical conditions such as Hypertension, diabetes, high cholesterol. Medical school never trained us to focus on health, but used us as a medium to deliver legal drugs to the general public, as result we build more nursing home so people can die without dignity. This is the reason why I can never practice medicine. please keep up the good work on educating others regarding to our fake medical care. Best Health and inner peace. Dr. Mia Ha

End of the Main Event

nancyt — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 20:58:25 +0000

Well as much as I hate it I am out of the Main Event. I tried my hardest but I came into Day 2 under the gun and short in chips. Worked to get some but had some rough luck. My 10 10 didn’t hold up against A 3 off and my top two got counterfeited on the river …. sigh it happens.

I think I had a good Series but definitely want to do things differently in the future. I will learn the other games this year or I will only play the Main Event next year. The value isn’t in the 4800 person one thousand dolllar events, it’s in the 400 person $2500 events. I learned that this year and whenever I can learn something then it’s a worthwhile time. I miss my family and can’t wait to see them at our summer home. Will be nice to swim and chill with them. Thanks for all the support everyone.

Day 2

nancyt — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:12:09 +0000

Getting ready to head down for Day 2. Have a great attitude and am proud of how I survived. The last killer hand was my AK on a 9 K 2 A board. When another 9 hit the river and he fired I said I think you had 3 nines before the river and now I think you’ve hit quads. I fold my AK face up and he, aghast, says wow and shows quad nines. Little consolation to be right but good save on my part. Now I need to be on the winning end of just one of those hands. And I will be.

Main Event

nancyt — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:18:14 +0000

It’s here, the day all poker players await. Day 1 of the world’s largest poker tournament. Started with 30k in chips. Had a series of bad luck hands. Had QQ on a J high board that had no way of connecting and he of course had flopped a set. I lost the minimum but chips are chips and it dropped me down. A series of hands which didn’t work kept me just keeping up. However, unlike many others of the 1400 who started, I survived Day 1 with 13k in chips and return on Saturday. New day then.