Table finale à Paris

7th in Paris for €1800, or there abouts.

I played some great poker. I got lucky on one hand with 14 players left. I felt I should have/could have won this. However, it's nice to have some ranking points again.

Now I'm over the cashing hurdle, I desperately want to cross the finishing line in 1st again. I know it's easy to play 50 tournaments and not win, easy to play a few dozen and not cash, etc. That doesn't stop a burning desire I have to win again. It's been 11 months since I won the first ranking event I ever played, in Lithuania. I don't play every single tournament like some of the circuit guys. My sponsorship doesn't cover that and it would quickly become tiresome, grinding out result after result.... or at least trying to. I have 7 or 8 tournaments left betweeen now and May 4th when my Poker Heaven deal ends. One win would go down very nicely.

I have some WSOP news. I'm off to Vegas this year with Team Poker News. I haven't been to Vegas since 2002 and then I didn't play any poker. I can't wait!