Hello 2008......

Its officially 2008 and i hope everyone had a fun new years eve. This was my first year in Vegas for new years and they don't call it "America's party" for nothing. They completely shut down the strip around 6pm and its just one huge party from then on until after midnight. Some friends from California came into town for a few days to celebrate so i hung out with them on new years eve. They were staying at the Excalibur which i thought was a total dump but it was actually a nice hotel and the rooms were pretty nice. I had never been there before but it definitely impressed me so anyone looking for a decent priced hotel i would stay there, of course that's only if you cant get a room at the Imperial Palace. I headed to down to the strip to meet up with them at their hotel around 6 and it was already getting pretty nuts. We went out to eat at this restaurant (who's name i cant remember) inside Mandalay bay before we headed out for the night. I got the NY strip which was really good and I've never been a big wine guy but we got a few bottles and it was alright. A quick thanks to Cory and josh for putting the bill on their company's account. After some good food/wine it was time to get down to the strip and let the party begin. We headed down to the strip around 10 or something and it was just total mayhem everywhere which was cool but kind of sucked at the same time. It was like being in a club/bar that is too packed to the point where you cant even move, but this was how the entire strip was. It was kind of weird not seeing the ball drop for the first time. Instead all the hotels put on a huge fireworks display which was pretty cool if you are into fireworks. After the ball dropped my memory is a little fuzzy. We were supposed to meet some people at Caesars but forgot they shut down all the entrances to the casinos after midnight so we couldn't get in there. Somehow this chick we were with saw some guy she knew working the gate at harrahs so we were able to get in there and that's about the last i recall of the night.

Well now that its the new year every ones got their resolutions and i thought of a few for myself for 08'. Ive had this same resolution now i think for about 5 years in a row but this year i am going to make it happen. Drum roll please................................... here are my 2008 resolutions.

1. Lose weight/get healthy. This is by far the most important of the goals to me and I'm going to do everything i can to do this. I am going to start working out, cutting out fast food, eating healthy, and my goal is to lose at least 5 pounds every month this year. I'm not sure what my exact weight is now but I'm getting a scale tomorrow and will be posting the results to keep me motivated. Ill get more into specifics with this tomorrow once i get things ready.

2. To be playing 25/50nl regularly by the end of the year. Right now my regular game is 5/10 and a little 10/20 when they have games running. I feel like I've been playing good poker lately but in order to be playing 25/50 you need to be playing Great poker. Ive really slacked off big time over the past 6-8 months and feel like I've just been in this rut to where I'm content with my game instead of doing everything possible to become the best i can be. Also I've been playing really short sessions and quitting when I'm up like 700 or 800 instead of staying as long as possible while the game is good.

3. To have at least 3 cashes in tournaments over 10k. I think this one is going to be tough but i feel like its definitely achievable. I didn't have even 1 cash in 07 over 10k but i think my tournament game is going to blow up this year. I don't play very many tournaments but I'm going to play more this year and try to become a good tournament player.

Alright this is getting way too long so I'm going to wrap this up. I will write up a better post tomorrow about the specifics of these resolutions and what I'm going to do to reach them. Anyways hope you had/have a great year and good luck to you and me in 08'. I almost forgot to mention that i did finally reach supernova on the very last day of 07. Also i didnt feel like playing any poker for real last night so i got in a few cheap tourneys and thought i was going to start off the year with a win but.......... nope.



-Nechita-