Today is Hayden’s 19th birthday, hard not to think about what we would be doing. I know I would be calling him at Stanford trying to get a little Mom time, but that would be allright. Thought about what best to do today to keep my mind off of him not being here with me, and decided to do the one thing I’ve done the last four years which has kept my mind off my loss. I registered for the $220 $250,000 guarantee at Commerce.

Started at 1 p.m. and had a rough day. Had KK cracked early by 77 with four clubs on the Board. Got down to 800 chips but managed to push my way back up to $95,000, chip average, at 2 a.m. Lost with a raise with A J suited on the button of $15,000 (blinds $2500/5000) and the big blind calls. Flop 8 K 8, he had checked dark so I had to see where I was, bet $20,000 … he calls. I had to abandon and he did show a king.

We go back Sunday at 2 p.m Down to the Final 54 over two days play and over 2,000 players. Top 27 from each day return Sunday … wish me luck.