Not too much to report on this end… I haven’t played much online poker due to the birthday night festivities and the weekly home game, though I did sneak in a quick session at Empire for triple my buy-in. It was life-affirming. Well, maybe not that, but it felt pretty good at any rate.

The LA Poker Classic gathering is slowly growing in size, with Al Can’t Hang, Grubbette, PokerProf, Jeff, and Joe making it out to the Commerce Casino this weekend (and beyond?) for all the fun and games. There’s a rumor that Grubby himself will also make an appearance. I’ve promised myself to kick his ass for all the money I’ve lost playing the hammer, though now that I’ve gone through PokerTracker and filtered it for times I played it voluntarily, it appears that I’ve made 6 cents a hand. I guess I owe Grubs a stick of Bazooka Joe.

For those of you who can’t make it out to LA, or don’t like the idea of meeting a bunch of random people at a casino, sign up for the next blogger tourney, set for this coming Wednesday:

Feb 2nd, 9pm EST
PokerStars
$20 buyin, NL tournament
Password: thehammer
Listed under the Private Tournaments tab.
Open to bloggers and readers.

Finally, go get yourself a piece of Al (free shipping!) and wish him luck in this weekend’s tourneys.