I've won a seat at the Degree Poker Championship.

On June 21st and 22nd I will be going to Casino Niagara to play against 1000 other people for a chance to win $1,000,000 and a seat at the 2005 World Series of Poker Championship held in Las Vegas on the week of July 7th.

I guess I have to go into training. I know I'm capable of beating 45 people in a tournament... but there are going to be more than 20 times more people at this event. Another thing is that most of my poker experience is on-line. Its entirely different playing face to face with people at a table.

But, last night I did manage to come 3rd out of 45 people at a friendly (no stakes) double-shootout tournament at a local pub. I might have finished higher, but I went off of my game plan and bluffed a pot all in when I should have checked. C'est la vie... I fell victim to the slow play... and paid the price.

Anyway - wish me luck.
I could use a cool $1M.

andre