Chi-town

Alright, I don't want to rant about airlines because I have never missed a connection before, but today was very bizarre. We took off from Omaha 20 minutes late for an unknown reason and were still scheduled to land in Chicago over an hour before our connecting flight to London. Everything was going as planned until we landed in Chicago at 8:20 p.m. Upon landing we were informed that our gate was occupied and we would have to wait a few minutes until it cleared up or another gate opened. No worries, our flight for London doesn't take off until 9:15 so everything is still looking like we are going to have fish n' chips tomorrow in England. So we wait, and wait, and wait, and wait. Apparently at one of the largest airports in the U.S. there wasn't one gate that opened from 8:20 to 9:30, so we sat on the runway as everyone got frustrated about missing their connections.

To make a long story short we missed our flight, got re-booked on a flight tomorrow afternoon to Frankfurt, and are staying at the Hilton right next to the airport. United did put us up in the hotel at no charge, but otherwise it was kind of a frustrating night. You win some and lose some I guess.

Well, if you are wondering why I have not written about any poker playing for the last few days it is basically because I just haven't played at all. Since Tuesday my attention has been focused on getting my school work in line and preparing for the trip. I don't mind taking a few days off once and a while to re-wet my poker appetite. I'm pretty excited to get to Vienna and play some real cards though. Hopefully the side action will be good and I'll be able to take home a profit before the tournament even starts.

I'm meeting Shannon (who I met in the Bahamas) in Vienna and one of his friends who is a SNG (sit'n go or single table tournament) specialist on-line. His friend is quite a player and is always hanging around the top of the PartyPoker tournament leader board. I'm anxious to meet up with both of them and maybe have a few good, deep talks about big-stack tournament strategy. They are both great players who I feel like I can learn a lot from, and that's what is really most important right now.

Alright, I'll hopefully update again when I arrive in Vienna.