CRASH!!!

Not shortly after my last entry here, my laptop had a fatal crash. I hadn't really even considered that as a possibility in my life. I spent a few hours trying to get it to work myself, to no avail, then took it to the Geek Squad. They informed me that I had to swipe it clean and reinstall my OP. :( Because I'm the genius I think I am, I went "cool, thanks for the help" and calmly walked out of the store. When I got to my hotel room, I tried backing up my files and the computer wouldn't do it. Try and try as I might, I couldn't convince this pile of plastic gadgetry to give up it's information that I had diligently kept track of for the past year and a half. Needless to say, I loaded the recovery disk into the drive and it proceeded to erase any evidence of my poker hobby. As of now, the only real proof of any of the struggles or accomplishments is recorded here in this blog. Having written it out like that makes one think about a few things.

Poker is a game played with cards and chips. The way we make it important( to adults) is to make the chips worth money, and that is how we keep score. There aren't any trophies or other physical accolades to this game unless you play live. Even in live events, trophies are rarely seen and the bracelet is the true goal for tournament players. I don't personally know anyone who has one of those. The rest of the game is recorded in bankrolls, which really boils down to numbers on a computer screen or penciled into a ledger. The online community has it's "Player of the Year" people for the elite, players like myself won't make those lists. So what is this fascination with the game if there really isn't anything to show for it? Good question, don't you think?

This has got me thinking. I'll be back after a while. Good luck everyone!!