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Tom Dwan recently spoke to Full Tilt Poker Academy Dean Phil Gordon about the Durrrr Challenge. Click the link below to check it out.
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Hiya.
And welcome to my new blog. So I’m gonna try to post a bunch, but I’m usually busy and since writing isn’t exactly my favorite pastime, this might not work out too well… we’ll see.
Since this is my Full Tilt Poker blog, I’d like to thank them for adding me to the team. It’s an honor to be a part of such a talented group. I’m really looking forward to winning a buncha tourneys with this patch on.
So anyway, onto something I can write a whole blog about… the first things that come to mind are kite surfing and skydiving, so I’ll start there.
I recently spent a week and a half in Spain, hopping around between the beaches and Barcelona. I saw a bunch of kite surfers off of the beach in Marbella, and they totally blew me away. The stunts these guys could do were pretty sick, and I’d like to get somewhat into the sport, at least until I break something…
On to safer activities… I’m getting the urge to go skydiving again. I’ve been twice before in Las Vegas, though I had a slightly different experience each time. The first time I jumped was early in the morning after a crazy night out. I was exhausted the night before, having not slept in 24 hours, and was planning to crash before 11pm. My friend Alan Sass convinced me to go out and meet some friends, and before I knew it we were showing up to SkyDive Las Vegas early the following morning. Still drunk from the night’s activities, we somehow seemed sober enough for them to let us jump. Everyone I knew who had gone skydiving in the past told me how scary it was, but on the way up in the plane I had almost no fear, and thought every moment of it was super awesome.
About a year later, I got a group of friends together to make a jump, remembering how amazing the rush was the time before. This time, I remembered how I had zero fear on my first jump- but with no tequila shots in my system I suddenly realized I was about to fall out of an [expletive] airplane. It was obviously still awesome, though.
I’m actually heading back to London in a few days, and would love to go skydiving while I’m there. I want to see as much of England as I can during my short visit, but I don’t have the time to drive around the country, so I’d rather just jump out of a plane and get a bird’s eye view. On my way down I’ll be pointing things out and going: “That’s cool, that’s cool, that’s cool”.
Speaking of mid-air activities in London, I was recently there and took part in a short helicopter trip. We were heading to what I thought was a Jay-Z concert with Coldplay opening, however in the UK, it was the other way around… news that Patrik and I were not very happy to hear. As way bigger Jay-Z fans, both of us were pretty sad about his shorter set… I thought Patrik was gonna head-butt someone. I wasn’t quite as bothered as he was, but was still pretty disappointed. Regardless, the show was still super sweet. The funniest part of the night was when the helicopter landed in a huge soccer field, and some kids supposedly thought Phil was Jay-Z, which is hilarious if true.
I wanna talk about poker slightly more in at least some of my future entries, and will probably have one about my upcoming heads-up show in London. It’s the FullTilt Poker Durrrr Million Dollar Challenge, starting November 17th in London’s Les Ambassedeurs casino. I’ll post more about that later.
Also, I’ve been playing Isuldur1 a lot lately. He’s a very aggressive player, and there have been some huge swings because of both of our aggressive styles. A month or so from now, I’ll probably be addressing the games in a more detailed entry, but as of now I’ll save that for a later date.
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